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RONNIE JAMES DIO Attends London Premiere Of 'The Pick Of Destiny': Photos Available

The following update has been posted on singer Ronnie James Dio's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) official web site: "Ronnie has been hard at work with [BLACK SABBATH guitarist] Tony Iommi creating new tracks for the forthcoming box set ['Black Sabbath: The Dio Years'] due tentatively in February 2007...

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TOOL To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

TOOL will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, December 9 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST) at BBC.co....

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Headline U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival?

According to a posting on Spain's MariskalRock.com web site, Ronnie James Dio revealed during an appearance at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour event in London Monday night (Nov. 6) that HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band featuring Dio alongside original BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler an...

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KRISIUN Pulls Out Of Europe's X-MAS FESTIVALS

Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN have issued the following update: "After the bands SIX FEET UNDER, GOD DETHRONED and CATARACT dropped off the X-Mas festival, now KRISIUN decided to cancel it too. They tried to [stay] on the bill until the last chance just because they were concerned about the fans...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Talks About Touring With GUNS N' ROSES

SunJournal.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: SunJournal.com: Can you let people know, what is the show going to be like? It's a killer bill with you and GUNS N' ROSES. Bach: Well, I'm playing with GUNS N' ROSE...

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EDENBRIDGE Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. Commented the group: "Napalm Records have been doing a brilliant job for their bands. Since last year they have been making a great effort to sign us and therefore we are extremely happy to work together with t...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Attends 'Guitar Hero II' Launch In London

According to a posting on BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's official web site, Tony was at the Gibson Guitar Studios in London Wednesday night (Nov. 1) for the launch of the new Sony Playstation 2 game "Guitar Hero II". The game features the BLACK SABBATH track "War Pigs" and two fearless members...

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KORN Singer Lands Second Lead Role In Horror Film

Launch Radio Networks reports: KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has landed the title role in yet another horror movie, according to Fangoria.com. The movie, called "Job", follows a religious serial killer and was co-written and directed by John Gray. The relatively unknown filmmaker said about hiring Da...

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TOOL Plans Spring American Tour, Different Stage Show

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL will return for another North American tour in March and April, according to drummer Danny Carey, who also told Launch that the band's stage show on its next trek will be different from what audiences saw this summer and fall: "The show in the springtime will defi...

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Ex-CARCASS Frontman Joins AMORAL For STRYPER Cover: Video Available

Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL have posted the following message on their official web site: "OK, this [video] was too hilarious not to put up for you guys to see. It's Sunday night of the Tuska weekend, we're the last band on the afterparty bill and we're about to play the last song of the...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist Says His Bands Are Owed $150K In Unpaid Royalties

STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward has elaborated on the reasons for his decision to sell a guitar and amp from his personal collection in order to help cover the recording costs for STUCK MOJO's new album, "Southern Born Killers". In a posting on his official message board, Ward writes, "In a per...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist Parting With 'Dear Friends'

STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward has posted the following message on his official message board: "With recording costs of [STUCK MOJO's upcoming] 'Southern Born Killers' album continuing to escalate, I have decided to part with two of my dear friends. Those of you who know me well will find this...

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SPIRALARMS Guitarist LOCICERO: 'We're All Overwhelmed By The Positive Responses'

SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero (ex-FORBIDDEN, MANMADEGOD) has issued the following update: "I just wanted to kind of update you all on what's in store for the next two months. "First off, thanks to all of you that listened and reacted so favorably to the three new tunes we posted Friday. I thin...

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JEFF WALKER On CARCASS Reunion: 'If It Doesn't Happen Next Year, Then Forget About It'

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: So you are in touch with your old CARCASS bandmates? Jeff: Yeah, I mean Bill [Steer, guitar] and I still text each other, still see e...

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ALLHELLUJA: 'Superhero Motherf*cker Superman' Video Slideshow Available

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, filmed a video for its song "Superhero Motherfucker Superman" on October 21 in the Arizona desert with renowed artist/director Chad Michael Ward (whose previous collaborations...