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Surviving HEAVEN & HELL Members To Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

HEAVEN & HELL's 2009 album, "The Devil You Know", was honored in the "Best Album" category at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards, which was held earlier tonight (Monday, June 14) at the IndigO2 venue in South London, England. While accepting the award on behalf of HEAVEN & HELL, gui...

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SLAUGHTER Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO; Video Available

Rokken Randy has posted video footage of SLAUGHTER performing a Ronnie James Dio tribute — consisting of BLACK SABBATH's "Heaven And Hell" and a snippet of "Neon Knights", as well as DIO's "The Last In Line" — during the band's June 10, 2010 concert at the Market Block Party in Syracuse, New York. W...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer On Touring With MAIDEN, Playing With AVENGED SEVENFOLD

Jay Nanda of the San Antonio Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Antonio Metal Music Examiner: Why does [IRON] MAIDEN mean so much to you? Portnoy: They are definitely the blueprint for the...

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HAIL! Performs BLACK SABBATH Classic With NIGHTWISH's HIETALA; Video Available

Video footage of HAIL! — the supergroup featuring vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR),guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),drummer Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) and bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH) — performing a cover version...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Interviewed On 'Hard Rock Nights'; Audio Available

Vocalist/guitarist Richie Kotzen (formerly of POISON and MR. BIG) was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Hard Rock Nights" show. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Fan-filmed video footage of Kotzen's May 19, 2010 performance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be viewed below. Ko...

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HAIL! Joined By NIGHTWISH Bassist At Helsinki Concert

HAIL! — the supergroup featuring vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR),guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),drummer Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) and bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH) — has issued the following update: "Helsinki,...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: Debut Album Details Revealed

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa — has confirmed the track listing and release date o...

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RAINBOW Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl

Back On Black, which specializes in vinyl editions of classic metal albums and is dedicated to providing top-quality releases for record collectors and metal fans worldwide, has announced that 2010 will see the release of the original classic RAINBOW albums on vinyl. All records will be 180-gram hea...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO During Special 'School Of Rock' Appearances

Students attending the School Of Rock programs in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to share a studio and stage with legendary rock singer/guitarist Joe Lynn Turner, when he serves as guest professor and performer with the all-stars at three locations in June: Downington...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Rejoined By Bassist JASON BLACHOWICZ

Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have been rejoined by original bassist Jason Blachowicz. Blachowicz initially left on good terms to further his tattoo career, but the death metal sickness still runs deep in his veins! "Been in hiding, working in tattoo shops for quite some time now...

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STEELWING: 'The Illusion' Video Released

"The Illusion", the new video from Swedish metallers STEELWING (formerly SCAVENGER),can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Lord Of The Wasteland", which was released in Europe on April 30 via Noise Art Records, a division of Rock The Nation. The CD was recorded at Deep Blu...

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DROWNING POOL: 'Turn So Cold' Video To Debut This Wednesday

"Turn So Cold", the new video from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, will make its online debut this Wednesday, June 9. The clip was directed by Matt Cooper, whose resume includes pieces for JET, THE FEDS and THE PHUSS, as well as the last DROWNING POOL video, "Feel Like I Do". Behind-the-scenes fo...

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NIGHTFALL Taps TRAVIS SMITH For New Album Artwork

Reformed Greek metallers NIGHTFALL — featuring frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas alongside Evan Hensley on guitar, Stathis Kassios on keyboards and Jörg Uken on drums — have tapped Travis Smith to create the artwork for their new album, "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants", due in late 2010...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: 'The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live In Tokyo' DVD Due In October

Inakustik/MVD has set an October 19 release date for MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP)'s "The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live In Tokyo" CD/DVD/Blu-Ray. This performance was recorded in January 2010 during the band's 30th-anniversary Japanese tour. On this trek, the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP consisted of Mic...

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ORPHANED LAND's Appearance At SONISPHERE Festival In Istanbul Cancelled

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND have released the following statement: "Two weeks ago, we were the happiest band on earth when we were announced to Sonisphere Istanbul, we all waited for this moment for so long. Then, a political fucked up crisis started between our countries an...