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RONNIE JAMES DIO: I Never Found RITCHIE BLACKMORE Difficult At All

DME Music Site recently conducted an in-depth interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO). Several excerpts from the chat follow: DME: This is the first time you go to the Middle East. Still, you used the Eastern inflections before, in songs like "Egy...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE, MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Interviewed For 'Ringers: Lord Of The Fans' DVD

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister are among the musicians interviewed for the "Ringers: Lord of the Fans" DVD, an award-winning film which charts the incredible influence and ripple-effect that "Lord of t...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Talks About DREAM THEATER's 'Scenes' Stage Production: Audio Available

On September 3, 2005, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson discussed the upcoming stage production of DREAM THEATER's acclaimed concept album, "Scenes from a Memory", on his BBC Radio 6 "Rock Show". Dickinson talked about the the show for around four minutes and had some interesting thoughts on the...

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SEETHER Pay Tribute To Fallen PANTERA Guitarist

South African hard rockers SEETHER reportedly performed a cover of PANTERA's "Walk" during their concert at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium Sunday night (Sept. 25) as a tribute to fallen PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The San Francisco show was the second night of SEETHER's...

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THE HAUNTED Drop Off HELLRAISERS' BALL; CROSSBREED Step In

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have pulled out of the first annual Hellraisers' Ball, set to take place Saturday, October 1 at the Town Square Plaza Park/England Bros. Pavillion in Pinellas Park, Florida. Replacing them at festival are Tampa's CROSSBREED. The Hellraisers' Ball billing is now shaping...

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SOUL DOCTOR Sign With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records have announced the signing of SOUL DOCTOR, featuring singer Tommy Heart (FAIR WARNING). The group's third studio opus, "For a Fistful of Dollars", is scheduled for release on December 5. Born in 2001 as a hard-rockin' union featuring Heart together with Chris Lyne on guitar, ex-BON...

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Virus

The product coming off Peter Tägtgren's death metal assembly line may sometimes be a bit, ya know, workmanlike. But it's rarely low-grade stuff. Whether delving into more pop structures, creating martial anthems like "Roswell 47", or revisiting his speedy, thrashed-out death metal roots, HYPOCRISY s...

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Guitarist GLEN DROVER: 'Being In MEGADETH Is A Great Thrill'

VueWeekly.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On being in MEGADETH: "Being in MEGADETH is a great thrill. It's amazing to be in a band that you grew up listening to. Even after all these shows it's not like that effect h...

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MNEMIC Confirm Singer's Departure, Announce Replacement

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have confirmed the departure of frontman Michael Bøgballe. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "It is sad it has come to this, but Michael has chosen a different path in his life and wishes to leave the band. This last weekend, we did our last...

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HATEBREED Confirmed For Florida's HELLRAISERS' BALL

HATEBREED are the latest confirmed act for the first annual Hellraisers' Ball, set to take place Saturday, October 1 at the Town Square Plaza Park/England Bros. Pavillion in Pinellas Park, Florida. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MOTÖRHEAD HATEBREED MESHUGGAH DEVIL DRIVER GOD FORBID O...

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World Declension

You can always rely on CENTINEX to deliver the goods when it comes to classic Swedish death/thrash metal, thanks in large part to lone original member and bassist Martin Schulman pushing the band onward. Strangely enough, the group has never been as well known as Swedish brethren ENTOMBED, GRAVE, or...

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Deuce

Seeing BEAUTIFUL CREATURES play to 35 people at an Ohio headlining gig to support their 2001 debut, it was remarked that nowhere in the show's advertising was singer Joe LeSte's status as an ex-member of BANG TANGO mentioned. Since the only people in the front row were aging, in-the-know Metal Sludg...

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MOTÖRHEAD, MESHUGGAH, DEVILDRIVER Confirmed For Florida's HELLRAISERS' BALL

MOTÖRHEAD, DARK NEW DAY, MESHUGGAH, DEVILDRIVER, GOD FORBID, OTEP and THE HAUNTED are among the bands confirmed for the first annual "Hellraisers' Ball", set to take place Saturday, October 1 at the Town Square Plaza Park/England Bros. Pavillion in Pinellas Park, Florida. The festival billing is sha...

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Alternative Music Festival Promoters Forced to Fight City Hall

The first annual New England Punk, Goth, and Metal Festival is reportedly in danger of being relocated from its originally-contracted site, Lowell's LeLecheur Park, due to opposition from the City Manager's office. In what was a sudden turn of events, the festival's promoters allegedly received a ca...

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The Dark Archives

"The Dark Archives" was "arranged, rehearsed and recorded in five days with two microphones and preserved with a cassette 8-track, to uphold the true spirit of analog." That quote from the CD sleeve should tell you about all you need to know about this trashcan black metal vanity project of metal jo...