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SLIPKNOT Among Most Searched For Topics On Google Insights
According to U.K.'s The Independent, the death of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray has resulted in "Slipknot" becoming the search term with the second most significant growth over the past seven days on Google Insights. The search terms with the most significant growth worldwide in the last seven days as...May 31, 2010
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GEEZER BUTLER On BLACK SABBATH's Early Days
On May 14, Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with legendary bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH) about Eagle Rock Entertainment's "Black Sabbath: Classic Albums - Paranoid", a DVD highlighting the recording of BLACK SABBATH's classic "Paranoid" LP. A coup...May 30, 2010
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SLIPKNOT Releases 10-Minute PAUL GRAY Tribute Video
SLIPKNOT has posted a 10-minute tribute video to the band's late bassist Paul Gray, featuring previously unseen footage. Check it out below. Private funeral services for Gray were held on Friday (May 28) in Des Moines, Iowa. Paul was found dead in a hotel room in a Des Moines suburb on Monday (May 2...May 29, 2010
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HEAVEN & HELL Roadies Remember RONNIE JAMES DIO
HEAVEN & HELL drum and bass technicians Andre Bargmann and Terry Welte toured the world for several years with the famous metal band fronted by the late Ronnie James Dio and also featured fellow BLACK SABBATH legends Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums). KPLR-TV, ch...May 29, 2010
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Former DROWN Frontman Launches LORDS OF RUIN
Orange County, California, the breeding ground for such monumental acts as THE OFFSPRING, NO DOUBT, KORN, LIT, SOCIAL DISTORTION and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, has given birth to its newest spawn: LORDS OF RUIN. The band evolved from Southern California's SIX, who in 2008 released the critically acclaimed a...May 28, 2010
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RONNIE JAMES DIO Memorial Concerts To Be Staged In London and L.A.?
According to U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine, two major concerts are being planned to celebrate the life of the late Ronnie James Dio. The gigs — dubbed Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Memorial Concerts — will take place in London and Los Angeles in the fall. Although no official details have yet...May 28, 2010
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INSIDIOUS DISEASE: 'Shadowcast' North American Release Date Announced
Century Media Records has set a July 27 North American release date for "Shadowcast", the debut album from INSIDIOUS DISEASE (formerly INSIDIOUS),the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH. The CD was recorded at a studio in Norway w...May 27, 2010
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'RushCon/Force/10' Convention For RUSH Fans To Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary
RushCon/Force/10, a weekend-long convention for fans of the iconic Canadian rock band RUSH, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary by holding two conventions in both Toronto and Las Vegas. Both conventions have been timed to coincide with RUSH's "Time Machine" tour dates in each city. Toronto's conv...May 26, 2010
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VENOM Pulls Out Of U.K.'s HIGH VOLTAGE Festival
Due to "contractual differences," British black metal pioneers VENOM have cancelled their appearance at High Voltage, the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. Commented the band's tour manager: "We announced the concert in Febru...May 26, 2010
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SLIPKNOT Holds News Conference To Address Passing Of Bassist PAUL GRAY
The eight surviving members of SLIPKNOT just held a news conference at Wells Fargo Arena in the band's native stomping grounds of Des Moines, Iowa to address the death of their bassist, Paul Gray. Also present at the event was Gray's brother Tony and widow Brenna, who spoke briefly at the end of the...May 25, 2010
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Former TNT Singer's TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN To Release Debut In July
Frontiers Records has set a July 2 European release date (July 27 in the USA) for "Round Trip", the debut album from TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN. This is a very special record: a stripped down, reinvented retrospective of Tony Harnell's past classics originally recorded with his previous ba...May 25, 2010
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KIUAS, METSATÖLL, CELESTY Team Up For SPINEFARM's 'Boneshakers 2010' U.K. Tour
For the first time in the company's history, three acts signed to the Spinefarm label will embark on a series of U.K. shows in tandem, flying the flag for epic heavy metal (Finnish five-piece KIUAS),authentic folk metal (Estonian quartet METSATÖLL) and dramatic power metal (Finnish sextet CELESTY)....May 25, 2010
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Producer ROB CAVALLO Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO
Producer Rob Cavallo (GREEN DAY, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, PARAMORE, FLEETWOOD MAC) has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "Ronnie was the first major artist to take me seriously as an A...May 25, 2010
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Former VENOM Roadie Accused Of Child Rape
Former VENOM drummer Tony "Abaddon" Bray has told U.K.'s Sunday Sun that child rape suspect and ex-roadie Martin Smith was a "loner" who thought he was better than everyone else. Smith worked for VENOM for a short time in the mid-'80s, but was fired by the group just two weeks after ...May 24, 2010
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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has posted the following message onhis official blog: "This past weekend, we lost Ronnie James Dio, not only one of the best singers in hard rock and heavy metal, but someone who was polite, well spoken and gentlemanly, something of an anomaly in a genre where 'bad-...May 22, 2010
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