BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward spoke to Tom Russell of U.K.’s Rock Radio about why he terminated his involvement with HEAVEN & HELL ? the band featuring fellow SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Ronnie James Dio (vocals) ? in November 2006 while the group was recording three new tracks to be included on the BLACK SABBATH collection “Black Sabbath: The Dio Years”.
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French neo-classical metallers ADAGIO have recruited Swedish vocalist Mats Levén (KRUX, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, THERION, TREAT) for their upcoming European tour as the support act for KAMELOT.
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Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with returning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson on February 16, 2010.
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Rob Zombie has posted the following message on his official Twitter profile: “Big tour news coming on Monday morning! It’s a tour match-up that you’ve asking me about for years.
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THE NIBIRUAN, the new Finnish metal band featuring former AMORAL guitarist Silver Ots alongside Lauri Koskenniemi (guitar) and Eerik Purdon (bass) of SHEAR, has uploaded its entire three-song debut EP to the group’s MySpace page.
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Vicky Bradley (a.k.a.
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Brazilian thrash/death metal veterans VULCANO have parted ways with singer Angel and have replaced him with their longtime friend Luiz Carlos Louzada (CHEMICAL DISASTER, REPULSÃO EXPLICITA, K.O.V., WHITE FROGS, HIERARCHICAL PUNISHMENT, PREDATORY, PREGUH, CHAOSMASTER).
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RAVENS CREED, the “VENOM-worshipping scumbags” featuring Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY), Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, are currently writing material for their second album, “A Conspiracy Of…”, at the band’s own Tenko studios for a tentative late 2010 release via Doomentia Records once again.
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“Miracle”, the new single from Ft.
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Greek online radio station Rockmachine.gr recently premiered the new SCORPIONS song “The Good Die Young” and a reduced-, radio-broadcast-quality version of the track has since been uploaded to YouTube by the Greek Sting Fan Club (SCORPIONS’ official Greek fan club).
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Professionally filmed video footage of the all-star band consisting of Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER), Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) and Steve Lukather (TOTO) performing a hard-rocking version of the Christmas carol “We Three Kings” (also known as “We Three Kings of Orient Are”) on December 16, 2009 at the 95.5 KLOS Mark And Brian Christmas Show at the Nokia Theat
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Edward Nyahay, creator of Little Lost Productions, has posted a video clip of Kelle Rhoads telling the tale of how Kelle’s brother, Randy Rhoads, met Ozzy Osbourne and became the guitarist in the former BLACK SABBATH singer’s solo band.
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The Cumberland News, the most widely read newspaper in Cumbria, England, reports: They are not the words most people would choose to have inscribed on their coffin ? but a north Cumbrian rocker could think of nothing better for his final resting place than “Highway to Hell.” The man had already acquired his casket and wanted to ensure it had an individual touch when the time comes that it is ne
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