Reactivated San Francisco thrashers FORBIDDEN will embark on a headlining tour in November/December, with support from EVILE, GAMA BOMB and BONDED BY BLOOD.
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Ralph Sutton of the nationally syndicated rock radio show “The Tour Bus” has released the following message: “About 10 years ago, Ronnie James Dio came in the studio and I decided to just hit record on an in-studio mic and tape everything that was said both ON and OFF the air.
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Work has been completed on Of Love And Death, the new album from the German epic metal band CROM. Formed in 1997 by former DARK…
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There will be a public memorial service for Ronnie James Dio on Sunday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m.
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Denmark-based hard rock/progressive metallers ROYAL HUNT have released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): “[On Sunday, May 16] we lost an amazing man, a fantastic musician, a true legend ? Ronnie James Dio.
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San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS have uploaded the fourth of many exclusive videos dubbed the “Camp Crunch Sessions” documenting the recording process for the band’s new album, “Exhibit B: The Human Condition”.
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“Heirs To Thievery”, the new album from Baltimore, Maryland’s MISERY INDEX, sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
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Drummer Lawrence “Larry” Paterson has announced his departure from Blaze Bayley’s (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) band because of “personal and professional reasons.” Due to “illness,” Paterson was unable to make the South American leg of BLAZE BAYLEY’s “Promise and Terror Tour”, which kicked off on April 1 in Teresina, Brazil.
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“The Art Of Malice”, the new solo album from ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5, sold around 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
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Guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY has issued the following update: “We were on our way to Boise, Idaho for a day off when [Tuesday] morning [May 18] about 8:45 our bus driver fell asleep at the wheel.
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In an interview for this week’s Kerrang! magazine, the surviving members of Southern California’s AVENGED SEVENFOLD speak openly and frankly about the death of their drummer and “brother,” Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan.
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CITY OF FIRE, the band featuring FEAR FACTORY vocalist Burton C.
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“Brush-fires of the Mind”, the debut album from ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer’s new project/solo album called SONS OF LIBERTY, will be released on July 13 via Century Media Records.
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