Vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): “It’s been a while now and I still cannot deal with the fact that you are gone.
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On May 14, Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with legendary bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH) about Eagle Rock Entertainment’s “Black Sabbath: Classic Albums – Paranoid”, a DVD highlighting the recording of BLACK SABBATH’s classic “Paranoid” LP.
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“Mirror Messiah”, the new video from the doom rock trio BLACK PYRAMID.
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Eulogy Recordings has announced the signing of Iowa’s STAND UNITED.
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Greek quintet PSYCHO CHOKE has inked a deal with 7Hard Records for the worldwide release of the band’s new album, “Unraveling Chaos”.
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Midwest thrash maniacs VINDICATOR will release their sophomore album, “The Antique Witcheries”, on August 10 via Heavy Artillery Records.
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7Hard has announced the signing of MINUETUM for the release of the band’s debut album, entitled “Haunted Spirit”.
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American singer-songwriter Amanda Somerville will perform at this year’s Sirens of Metal II festival on August 13 at Blondies nightclub in Detroit, Michigan.
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Photographer Jay Banbury has provided BraveWords.com with the following exclusive update: “I wanted to take a minute to let all of you know about the new…
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Diana Silveira Piedade, the 25-year-old runner-up in the 2009/10 season of “Ídolos”, the Portuguese version of “Pop Idol”, will join HAIL! ? the supergroup featuring mainstays Tim “Ripper” Owens (BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) ? on stage on Sunday, May 30 at the Rock In Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal to perform a cover version of an old
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Guitarist Jani Stefanovic has left SOLUTION .45 and MISERATION for “personal reasons.” Jani explained in a statement, “For several years I have been working with many talented musicians and done many albums in a very short period of time.
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linkSonic Excess conducted an interview with Adam “ATF Sinner” Buszko (vocals, guitar) and Konrad “Destroyer” Ramotowski (guitar) of Polish extreme metallers HATE on May 16, 2010 in Santa Ana, California.
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According to a posting on the Ultimate Randy Rhoads MySpace page, there is a Randy Rhoads book in the works entitled “You Can’t Kill Rock & Roll” that has a “major publisher” backing the project.
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