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HEAVEN AND HELL: New Album Tentatively Due In March/April

According to legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi, the upcoming album from HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Iommi, Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — is tentatively scheduled for release in March/April via Rhino. The group's fir...
January 5, 2009
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AIRBOURNE On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available

Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on January 2, 2009 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The program is now available for streaming at BBC.co.uk. Video footage of AIRBOURNE's December 21, 2...
January 5, 2009
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KHORS: New Song Available For Download

"Raven's Dance", a new song from Ukrainian black metallers KHORS, is available for download at this location. The track comes off the band's third album, "Mysticism", which has just been released via Paragon Records. Formed by former ASTROFAES bassist Khorus, and later joined by Helg (RUNES OF DIANE...
January 5, 2009
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LARS ULRICH's Favorite Album Of 2008: THE SWORD's 'Gods Of The Earth'

RollingStone.com recently asked METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have this heavy-metal band from Austin out playing with us, and we've got them playing shows on our days off so that we can go see them," he responded. "I'm a product of British meta...
January 4, 2009
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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist Pens Foreword To AL ATKINS' Autobiography

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill has penned the foreword to original PRIEST singer Al Atkins's autobiography, titled "Dawn of the Metal Gods: My Life in Judas Priest and Heavy Metal". The book, which was was written with Neil Daniels — a freelance rock writer and heavy metal fan who befriended Atkins d...
January 3, 2009
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GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Classics Among 'Greatest Hard Rock Songs'

This past week, VH1 paid tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". The five-part compilation, hosted by POISON singer Bret Michaels, featured the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything in...
January 3, 2009
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URIAH HEEP Guitarist: 'The Record Industry Is A Complete Mess'

Yiannis Zervos of Metal-Temple.com recently conducted an interview guitarist Mick Box of legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Temple.com: "Wake The Sleeper" is your new album and it's the first in 10 years! Why did you wait so long to...
January 3, 2009
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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...
January 2, 2009
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ROBERT PLANT, FREDDIE MERCURY, AXL ROSE, IAN GILLAN Among 'Greatest Voices in Rock'

According to U.K.'s Daily Mail, LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant has topped a poll of the greatest voices in rock organized by digital radio station Planet Rock. QUEEN's Freddie Mercury came second, Paul Rodgers of FREE came next while THE WHO frontman Roger Daltrey came fifth. The only female voice on t...
January 2, 2009
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PAUL DI'ANNO: More Footage From Last Year's VILLAROCK SALVANÉS Posted Online

More fan-filmed video footage of Paul Di'Anno's (ex-IRON MAIDEN) June 14, 2008 concert at VillaRock Salvanés 2008 in Madrid, Spain can be viewed below (clips uploaded in December by "gaia75"). Paul Di'Anno in November announced the postponement of his previously announced U.S. tour "due to reasons t...
January 2, 2009
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RAVENS CREED To Begin Recording Debut Album

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring ORANGE GOBLIN's Ben Ward, as well as Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, will enter the studio at the end of January to begin recording their debut album, "Albion Thunder", for a late spring/ea...
January 2, 2009
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DUFF MCKAGAN: Random Thoughts (And Experiences) Of 2008

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. A few excerpts follow below. "I really don't have a 'tidy conclusion of 2008' column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly...
January 2, 2009
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, ANDREAS KISSER, DAVID ELLEFSON To Perform Metal Classics In Chile

Guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH),drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH) and bassist David Ellefson (F5, MEGADETH) will be touring Chile January 22-27 for five very exclusive shows under the collectiv...
January 1, 2009
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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Issues Year-End Update

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "It was a great year of touring for us in 2008. The SYMPHONY X USA tour and Japan were the two high points for me. During the long drives we would crank SYMPHONY...
December 31, 2008
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MOTÖRHEAD: 'Deluxe Edition' Reissues Detailed

According to MusicTAP, Sanctuary Records will release four two-CD "deluxe edition" albums by MOTÖRHEAD on January 27. The details are as follows: * "Ace of Spades" will contain an added disc with "Dirty Love", a B-side to "Ace of Spades", 11 outtake alternate versions of songs from the album, and a...
December 31, 2008