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Reunited THE CROWN: More Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Swedish death/thrash act THE CROWN has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 02 - Backstage, Trollhättan, Sweden Jul. 10 - Getaway RF, Gävle, Sweden Aug. 12-14 - Party.San Open Air, Bad Berka, Germany Aug. 21 - Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl, Germany Oct. 1-2 - Way Of Darkness, Lichtenfels, Germa...

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Haven For The Insane

Do not attempt to adjust your controls, peons, because someone time-warped NASUM into Sunlight Studios circa the first DISMEMBER record! Holy hell, this is some welcome ear candy for any old-schooler worth their REPULSION back patch — flailing blast beats, buzzsaw riffs, deep Swede-like death vocals...

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Mafia

You look at the cover art, check out the band name, read the album title, and get the peculiar feeling of something being a tad askew. But the seemingly strange contrast between the understood style of Italy's FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and the album cover and title logically connect after one reads the ly...

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BIOHAZARD Guitarist To Tour With Reunited BLOOD FOR BLOOD

Boston's favorite white-trash, hardcore hooligans BLOOD FOR BLOOD have reunited and will embark on their first tour since 2004. Commented the band: "BLOOD FOR BLOOD has agreed to join the Persistence Tour in Europe [in December 2010] sharing a stage with longtime friends SICK OF IT ALL as well as ot...

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WENDY DIO Discloses Details Of 'Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund'

Ronnie James Dio's widow, Wendy Dio, who also served in the role of Dio's longtime manager, has released the following two statements to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Statement 1: "Regarding Rock [THE RODS frontman/ex-ELF guitarist David Feinstein] and [MANOWAR bassist] Joey DeMaio's relationships with Ronnie:...

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LIV KRISTINE: 'Skintight' North American Release Delayed

The North American release date of "Skintight", the new solo album from Norwegian singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY),has been pushed back two weeks to September 14 from the previously announced August 31. "Skintight" will be made available via Napalm Records on...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: 32-Minute Video Tribute Posted Online

Bay Area Backstage has uploaded a 32-minute tribute to legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio — best known for his work with BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW and his own band DIO — featuring interview and performance clips that were captured over the years. Dio died of stomach cancer on the morning o...

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DIO's Wife/Manager Slams 'Tribute' Projects That Are Profiting From Her Husband's Death

Wendy Dio, wife/manager of late singer Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO, ELF),has released the following statement via Ronnie's official web site: "Dear friends and fans of Ronnie, I have seen lately on BLABBERMOUTH.NET a lot of announcements of bands releasing 'so-c...

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OTEP Frontwoman Comments On BP Oil Spill

Known for her outspoken political views and ongoing advocacy in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community, OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya responds to the BP oil spill in the following online post: "My friends, "I find myself deep in the rolling green of the beautiful Southern territo...

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JORN LANDE Talks About His Influences, Future Plans

More-Metal.com conducted an interview with Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) at the Sweden Rock Festival, which was held June 9-12 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. Watch the chat below. Lande will perform with the surviving HEAVEN & HELL me...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Checks In From The Road

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has issued the following update from the road: "This tour has been going amazingly well. "I am consistently surprised at how many places we find young people mixed with older in the audience. If we keep going, it may be possible to meet a lot of third-generation fan...

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HEAVEN & HELL Drummer To Appear At Cystic Fibrosis Trackside Bar-B-Q Fundraiser & Cacklefest

Vinny Appice, powerhouse drummer for BLACK SABBATH, DIO and HEAVEN & HELL, will be on hand to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trackside Bar-B-Q Fundraiser & Cacklefest at Barona Drag Strip in Lakeside, California on Friday, June 25 between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.speed...

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TONY IOMMI Talks About Upcoming RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert; Video Available

Surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will play a very special tribute to their fallen bandmate, Ronnie James Dio, at this year's High Voltage festival on July 24 at Victoria Park in London, England. The musicians will be joined by legendary former DEEP PURPL...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Working On 'Aggressive-As-A-Motherf**ker' Solo Project

Metal Insider recently conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, SUPERJOINT RITUAL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Insider: What is your musical output other than DOWN right now? Are you in any other side projects? Anselmo: I did do ARSON ANTHEM, the second...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer Presented With Icon Of Our Lady Of Vladimir

According to Interfax, rector of two Moscow churches Hegumen Sergy (Rybko) presented the Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir to DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan. The renowned missionary and the legendary musician met at the Rock on the Volga festival, which took place on Russia Day and attracted about 200,0...