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OZZY OSBOURNE: I Can't Stand The Title 'Heavy Metal'

Simon Greene of ScotlandOnSunday recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On addiction: Ozzy: "Rehabs are not there to cure you. You'll never get cured from addiction, but they'll tell you what's wrong and suggest how...

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RAINBOW Reunion? Forget It, Says Former Keyboardist TONY CAREY

Former RAINBOW keyboard player Tony Carey has told U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine that he can never see a reunion of the band. Carey, who played on the classic "Rising" and "On Stage" albums, believes the time has now passed for this to happen. "I'd love the chance to get on stage again with ...

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CRYONIC TEMPLE Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

Swedish heavy metal band CRYONIC TEMPLE has issued the following update: "CRYONIC TEMPLE is looking for a new drummer! Hans Karlin has decided to leave the band cause he feels that the time he can put into the band isn't enough. "As soon as the spot is filled by a new drummer, a big farewell ...

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M.A.N Begins Recording New Album

M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — entered Grand Recordings in Gothenburg, Sweden on September 18 with engineer Svein Jensen to begin laying down 14 songs for the band's third album, entitled "Massive, Audio, N...

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SIMON WRIGHT, TONY HARNELL Interviewed On 'Metal Rules! Radio'; Audio Available

Legendary drummer Simon Wright (DIO, RHINO BUCKET, TIM "RIPPER OWENS, UFO) and former TNT and current STARBREAKER singer Tony Harnell were interviewed for episode 22 of Metal Rules! Radio. The entire podcast can now be streamed using the audio player below. Wright recently took part in the recording...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Interviewed On Fresno's 103.7 KRZR; Audio Available

Skippy on Fresno's 103.7 KRZR radio station conducted an interview with vocalist Phil Labonte of Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS on September 17, 2009 prior to the launch of this fall's "HardDrive Live" tour with LACUNA COIL. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player be...

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PRONG Mainman Interviewed On Fresno's 103.7 KRZR; Audio Available

Koyote of Fresno's 103.7 KRZR radio station conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor on Friday, October 2. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. PRONG has just kicked off a U.S. tour in support of "Power Of The Damn Mixxxer", the remix counterpart to the...

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TONY IOMMI To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH) will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, October 23 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet betwe...

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EARTHEN GRAVE's RACHEL BARTON PINE Featured On NBC's 'Today' Show

Chicago-based doom metal band EARTHEN GRAVE was shown performing on NBC's "Today" show as part of a September 25, 2009 feature on the group's violinist Rachel Barton Pine. Watch the report below. "I've been a big heavy metal fan since I was 12, groups like PANTERA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, METALLICA, SLAY...

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TAD DOYLE's BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH Teams Up With MICO DE NOCHE For Limited-Edition Vinyl

BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH, led by Seattle music legend Tad Doyle (TAD, HOG MOLLY),has joined with fellow Pacific Northwest heavies MICO DE NOCHE and Violent Hippy Records to bring you a very limited (500 copies) debut vinyl release. It is available for preorder now at www.taddoyle.com; select ind...

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LENG TCH'E Recording New Album

Belgian razorgrind warriors LENG TCH'E have issued the following update: "Drums [for the next LENG TCH'E album] were finished back in July in devastating fashion by Tony [Van den Eynde]. Shit was so fast we didn't even have time to say 'razorgrind!' Jan [Hallaert] has been steadily laying down the g...

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FRANKIE BANALI Quits FREAKSHOW

Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has announced his departure from FREAKSHOW, the new band featuring Markus Allen Christopher (guitar/vocals; M!SS CRAZY) and Jeff LaBar (guitar; CINDERELLA). He says, "Please understand that I am no longer a member of the group FREAKSHOW, and have not been sin...

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French Death Metal Band GOROD To Perform Inside Steel Cube

French death metallers GOROD will take part in Evento 2009, a new biennial event that will take place October 9-18 throughout the urban public space of the city of Bordeaux, France. This year's edition will present artistic, theoretical and performative interventions by over 50 participants, articul...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist Interviewed On PIRATE CAT RADIO's 'Hard Candy'; Audio Available

Guitarist Geoff Thorpe of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS was interviewed on the September 20, 2009 edition of Pirate Cat Radio 87.9 FM's "Hard Candy" show. You can listen to the program using the audio player below. (Note: The Geoff Thorpe interview begins around the 35-minute...

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OVER THE RAINBOW In Bucharest: Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of OVER THE RAINBOW performing the RAINBOW classic "Can't Happen Here" on September 4 at Fratelli in Bucharest, Romania can be viewed below (courtesy of "jedipancu"). OVER THE RAINBOW's current European tour features the following setlist: 01. Tarot Woman 02. Kill the King 0...