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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Releases Doomy New Song 'Scent Of Dark'

Tony Iommi, iconic guitarist for BLACK SABBATH, whose monolithic riffs are rightly credited with single-handily creating the vast genre known as heavy metal, aside from his 2017 acoustic collaboration with the Birmingham Cathedral Choir, returns with his first new electric music since the release of...

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IAN GILLAN On RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'We Were Very Close'

In a recent interview with Vikram Chandrasekar of Tales From The Road, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan was asked if he was good friends with legendary heavy metal frontman Ronnie James Dio. "Yeah, we were close. We were very close," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "It was Ronnie Dio, Kla...

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JUDAS PRIEST Taps QUEENSRŸCHE For Rescheduled '50 Heavy Metal Years' North American Tour Dates

QUEENSRŸCHE will support JUDAS PRIEST on the rescheduled "50 Heavy Metal Years" North American tour dates in March-April 2022. According to Ticketmaster, dates will kick off on March 7 in West Valley City, Utah and conclude on April 11 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. So far, the following shows hav...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video OF METALLICA Performing 'Fight Fire With Fire' At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Fight Fire With Fire" live during the band's first headlining set at the Welcome To Rockville festival on Friday, November 12 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida can be seen below. Welcome To Rockville, a four-...

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Embers Of War

Someone at PROSTHETIC RECORDS deserves a pat on the back for continuing to explore the cutting edge of traditional heavy metal. Following on from stellar releases from PALADIN and JUDICATOR, "Embers Of War" shines a well-deserved beam onto the brilliance of ETERNITY'S END, a German quintet with two...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Says He Is Using 'A Different Voice' For His Collaboration With PETER TÄGTGREN

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner spoke to Greece's RockPages.gr about his collaboration with Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren on a new album, tentatively due next year. Asked why it has taken him so long to release a new studio LP, Joe said (as transcribed by BLA...

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You Can Own QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI's 1970s GRETSCH Drum Kit

An early 1970s round badge Gretsch drum kit in a burgundy sparkle finish that originally belonged to QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali is available for purchase via Reverb. This drum set includes a Gretsch 14x10 marching snare, two floor toms (at 16x16 and 16x18),a 10x14 rack tom, and a 14x26 bass...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's European Tour With JUDAS PRIEST Postponed To 2023

Ozzy Osbourne's previously announced European tour with guests JUDAS PRIEST, originally set for 2019 and then rescheduled three times, has once again been postponed. All tickets remain valid and will be honored for new dates in May and June 2023. Ozzy says: "Due to the ongoing uncertainty with full...

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Lordiversity

You will probably need to set a whole day aside to listen to the new LORDI album. 78 songs deep and four hours and 44 minutes long — well, let's just say that this is one for the diehard fans. The premise is all important, of course: LORDI's last album, 2020's "Killection", purported to be a time-tr...

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Former WHITESNAKE Bassist MICHAEL DEVIN: 'The Past Ten Years Have Been Pure Magic'

Former WHITESNAKE bassist Michael Devin has described his decade-long tenure with the band as "pure magic." Devin's departure from WHITESNAKE was announced on Sunday, November 21. His replacement has since been revealed to be Tanya O'Callaghan, an Irish-born bassist who has previously performed with...

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JUDAS PRIEST Announces 'Screaming For Vengeance' Graphic Novel

Z2 Comics has announced that JUDAS PRIEST will team with the rapidly growing entertainment brand for an original graphic novel to be released in 2022, in time for the anniversary of the British heavy metal legends' highest-selling album, the indisputable classic "Screaming For Vengeance". Teaming wi...

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KISS: 'Destroyer' Deluxe Pop! Album From FUNKO Coming Soon

Funko is celebrating hard rock music and the 45th anniversary of the release of KISS's "Destroyer" with an exclusive Deluxe Pop! Album. Never forget the iconic album by collecting this Deluxe Pop! Album "Destroyer", which features each of the KISS bandmembers as Pop! figures and the album cover art...

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SLIPKNOT's KNOTFEST JAPAN Postponed A Third Time; 2023 Event Announced

SLIPKNOT has announced the postponement of the 2022 edition of Knotfest Japan. In March 2020, SLIPKNOT was forced to cancel its Asian tour, including the band's appearance at the 2020 edition of Knotfest Japan, due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. The festival was eventally mo...

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The Dregs Of Hades

LOCK UP is a union of extreme music luminaries who have converged to create a musical beast that's both reflective of the individual members' main bands and meaningful enough to have its own distinct identity. It has been four years since the supergroup's last studio album, "Demonization", and the b...

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Ascension Codes

The events that have occurred between the release of 2014's "Kindly Bent to Free Us" and CYNIC's 2021's album, "Ascension Codes", could warrant a several-hundred-page band biography without regard for the band's prior history. The acrimonious split in 2015 between founding members Paul Masvidal (voc...