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PRONG's LONGWORTH To Join SPEED\KILL/HATE As Touring Bassist

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE have tapped PRONG bassist Mike Longworth for their upcoming Metal Crusaders Tour, which is scheduled to begin May 26 in Montreal, Quebec. Longworth will be filling in for regular SPEED\KILL/HATE bassist Derek Tailer, who is unable to do the tour due to "personal...

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LUNARMILE Featuring TONY IOMMI's Daughter: Dates With BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, SHY Announced

LUNARMILE (Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3),the British band featuring frontwoman Toni-Marie (daughter of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi) and bassist bassist Alex Hill (son of JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill),have lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: May 12 - Coventry, UK @ The Jailho...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN To Guest On METAL EXPRESS RADIO

Tony Martin (ex-BLACK SABBATH) will be joining Metal Express Radio's "Premiere Friday" today (May 5) to present six tracks from the new EMPIRE album, "The Raven Ride", on which he handles the lead vocals. During the show, you will also hear an interview with Tony where he talks about his past, prese...

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MORGANA LEFAY Part Ways With Drummer

Drummer Robin Engström of the Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY has officially left the band. Robin's statement on the matter reads as follows: "I made the hard decision to leave MORGANA LEFAY due to personal differences. I know this might come as a surprise to many, but I hav...

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SLASH, ZAKK WYLDE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Guest On New DEREK SHERINIAN Album

Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will release his fifth solo album, "Blood of the Snake", on July 27 in Europe and August 1 in North American via InsideOut Music (August 23 in Japan via Marquee/Avalon). The CD includes guest appearances by Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-G...

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BLACK SABBATH's 'Iron Man' Tops VH1 List As the Greatest Metal Song of All Time

BLACK SABBATH's "Iron Man" reigns as the #1 song in the definitive metal count down "40 Greatest Metal Songs" airing on VH1. The countdown, which began Monday, May 1 will culminate on Thursday, May 4 at 11 p.m., with the top ten songs of all time. Hosted by Sebastian Bach (who can be seen on ...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: More DVD Details Revealed

DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star has posted the following update on PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming DVD, tentatively due later in the year: "The upcoming DVD with Ian Gillan is a two-and-a-half hour documentary, full of music, lost archive footage, tales from Ian Gillan and interviews fro...

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DIO: More Tour Dates Announced

DIO have lined up the following tour dates during the coming months: May 27 - Roeselare, BEL @ Schwung Festival May 28 - Saarbrucken, GER @ The Garage May 30 - Munich, GER @ Elserhalle Jun. 01 - Stuttgart, GER @ Longhorn Jun. 02 - Ulm, GER @ Tent Festival Jun. 03 - Frankfurt, GER ...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Talks About Next Studio Album

Tony Antunovich of MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MetalEater.com: Can you tell me what we can expect from the next ARCH ENEMY album? Amott: "Well, we're going to be touring a lot for this record still...

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Invaders

A few years after someone, somewhere, thought stoner rock was gonna be the next big thing, a younger and hipper-looking contingent came along and decided trucker caps, three-quarter-sleeve baseball jersey shirts, and velvet blacklight posters were pretty cool after all. Some old-schoolers got caught...

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KROKUS Frontman Joins DORO On Stage In Switzerland: Photos Available

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace joined German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) on stage on April 24 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland for a rendition of her song "On My Own". Check a report and photos from the gig at this location. KROKUS recently announced the addition of German drummer St...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Wasn't Aiming To Summon The Devil With Early Material

BBC News has published an article on the so-called Devil's Interval, a musical phenomenon suppressed by the Church in the Middle Ages. On the surface there might appear to be no link between BLACK SABBATH, Wagner's "Gotterdammerung", "West Side Story" and the theme tune to the "Simpsons". But all of...

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BLACK SABBATH: Previously Unheard Track Posted Online

Rockdetector.com is hosting an entire chapter from Garry Sharpe-Young's new "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" book at this location. The chapter in question deals with the mystery surrounding David Donato's term of duty with BLACK SABBATH in 1985. Speaking exclusively to Garry Sharpe-Young, Donato (together...

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IAN GILLAN Says 'Smoke On The Water' Was The Natural Choice For All-Star Jam

Launch Radio Networks reports: On his new album called "Gillan's Inn", DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan got a bunch of friends to play on the tracks, and a bunch of them also took turns on the PURPLE classic "Smoke On The Water". Gillan told Launch that of all the songs from his 40-year career, "Smoke"...

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1349: Drummer FROST To Perform With Band At This Weekend's TRANSISTOR METAL FEST

Norwegian black metallers 1349 will be performing at this weekend's Transistor Metal Fest with their regular lineup — including drummer Frost (real name: Kjetil Haraldstad) of SATYRICON — according to a posting on the band's official web site. Transistor Metal Fest is set to take place April 29 at K...