SLAYER guitarist Kerry King, who listened to “Man on the Silver Mountain” by Ritchie Blackmore’s RAINBOW as a teenager, told Billboard.com that being able to meet Ronnie James Dio was one of his treasured memories.
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KNIVES OUT Cookout Confirmed For June 6th In Baltimore
KNIVES OUT, the Baltimore, Maryland-based project featuring current/former members of HELLYEAH, NOTHINGFACE, DOG FASHION DISCO and POLKADOT CADAVER, will be playing the Knives Out cookout…
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DUFF MCKAGAN On DIO: ‘Us Rockers Owe A Bit Of Reverence To This Great Man’
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weekly column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com.
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LIZZY BORDEN Confirmed For Oklahoma City’s Rock N America Music Festival
LIZZY BORDEN has been confirmed for the Rock N America festival, set to take place July 23rd – 25th at the Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma…
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DEW-SCENTED: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
German thrashers DEW-SCENTED will release their new album, “Invocation”, on May 24 in Europe via Metal Blade Records and May 25 in North America through Prosthetic Records.
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KING DIAMOND Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO
KING DIAMOND has issued the following statement in tribute to legendary singer RONNIE JAMES DIO (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF) who lost…
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Moving Mountains moving away from post rock on new release
In a recent interview, Moving Mountains discussed what people can expect from the band’s next full length and follow up to 2008’s Foreword:
We sort of built a fan base primarily around a lot of people who are into post-rock bands in bands sort of in that scene. And this record is really not like that. It’s sort of more in the post-hardcore scene that we’re also sort of a part of that we grew up listening to. It’s far more like heavier and more aggressive and more to the point. There’s less like 40-minute ambient reverb delay interludes. It still sounds like us, there are still parts that sound like epic or whatever you want to say, but its definitely like way shorter, way more to the point, and heavier. So far it’s been heavier.
Yeah, one record that still to this day is my favorite record has been released is Underoath’s Lost In The Sound Of Separation. When that came out in like 2008 it was like absurd, and I was totally blown away by it and it totally revamped how I thought about writing music. That record had a big influence on me.
The band also note that they are currently without a label and so have not begun recording. Check out the interview here.
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TOMBS Announce West Coast Dates With ISIS, East Coast Dates With EYEHATEGOD
TOMBS will embark on a run of west coast dates alongside ISIS starting May 29th in Eugene, OR. This string of dates immediately follows Tombs…
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SLAYER’s Tom Araya Talks About Recovery, Band Future In New Interview – “I’m Still Gonna Rock Out,..
Peter Atkinson from KNAC.com spoke with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya about a number of topics including his spine injury which sees a titanium…
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman Discusses New Single
The Pulse of Radio reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD releases the first single and title track from its upcoming album, “Nightmare”, to radio stations on Monday (May 17).
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Black Lake Fest IV – Post Festival Extended Show Announced Featuring SATANIC WARMASTER, BEHEXEN,…
Black Lake Fest IV will take place on Satuday, October 30th at OIden Live Club in Lonato del Garda (BS), Italy. Acts confirmed for the…
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Former ANCIENT Drummer Diego “Grom” Meraviglia Records For HEXFIRE
Former drummer for Norway’s ANCIENT and Italy’s DOOMSWORD, Diego “Grom” Meraviglia (pictured), has provided ear-shattering drumming for a track on the new HEXFIRE album. The…
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STEVE VAI: DIO ‘Was A Shining Light Of Rock/Metal Authenticity’
Guitarist Steve Vai has issued the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): “Dio was a shining light of rock/metal authenticity.
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