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HEAVEN AND HELL To Guest On This Weekend's 'Headbanger's Ball'

An exclusive interview with HEAVEN AND HELL will be featured this weekend on "Headbanger's Ball", which airs Saturday nights on MTV2 from 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 1:00 a.m. (technically early Sunday morning). Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will be speaking about their M...

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BONE GNAWER: Demo Track Posted Online

BONE GNAWER, the Swedish/American project featuring Rogga Johansson of RIBSPREADER/PAGANIZER and Kam Lee of DENIAL FIEND/MASSACRE, has posted a demo track entitled "Hammer to the Skull" on the group's MySpace page. Commented the band: [This] was the best vocal performance — so [we're] letting this t...

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LEMMY, DIO, IOMMI, ALICE COOPER, GEOFF TATE Featured On 'Metal Christmas' Album

Santa Claus is barreling on into town... like a freekin' runaway freight train! Bob Kulick and Brett Chassen have just finished the mastering of one of the most amazing Christmas albums! Christmas, you say? These days you gotta start early to get the word out! Recorded in the 101-degree Van Nuys, Ca...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Interviewed On 'Friday Night Rocks' Radio Show; Video Available

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) were the featured guests on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM on August 1. Video footage of the interview can be viewed in ten parts...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Toronto Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN AND HELL's August 13, 2008 performance at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario (where the band was playing as part of the "Metal Masters Tour" alongside TESTAMENT, MOTÖRHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST) can be viewed below. BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL members Ronnie Jame...

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VICIOUS RUMORS To Tour Europe In The Fall

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have issued the following update: "The hell-raising VR ball keeps rolling with full force. We have received a great reception from all the fans new and old. We are having such a great time performing all the classics songs and meeting all the g...

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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL OKTOBERFEST

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for the Martohell Oktoberfest 08, set to take place October 4 in Martorell (near Barcelona),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARTILLERY (Denmark) GIRLSCHOOL (UK) NECRODEATH (Italy) SILVER FIST (Spain) METRAL...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Album Title Revealed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has set "Legacy" as the title of its 30th-anniversary album, due in October via Wacken Records/SPV. The CD will reportedly feature a plethora of special guests, including Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH),Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),...

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SYLOSIS: New Song Posted Online

UK-based modern thrash hopefuls SYLOSIS will release their new album, "Conclusion Of An Age", on October 24 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Grindstone Studios with producer Scott Atkins, who is being described by the band as "one of the best producers around." Check out the album's...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Jones Beach Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN AND HELL's August 10, 2008 performance at the Nikon at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York (where the band was playing as part of the "Metal Masters Tour" alongside TESTAMENT, MOTÖRHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST) can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "oneshot73")...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Apologizes For Abbreviated Set In Wantagh, Holmdel

Joe Siegler, the webmaster of the unofficial BLACK SABBATH web site Black-Sabbath.com, has received the following note from a spokesperson for SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL: "The band [HEAVEN AND HELL] would like to apologize for not having played 'Neon Knights' in Jones Beach [in Wantagh, New York] nor a...

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GIRLSCHOOL: Italian Dates Postponed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has postponed its previousy announced Italian dates in order to do promotion in support of its upcoming CD. The group says, "Very sorry for any inconvenience, but we will be there at some point." The affected shows are as follows: Oct. 23 - Rome,...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: 'Time Machine' Audio From 'Metal Masters Tour' Kick-Off Available

An audio recording of the song "Time Machine" captured during HEAVEN AND HELL's opening show on "The Metal Masters Tour" on August 6 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey is available for streaming below. As previously reported, HEAVEN AND HELL's setlist was as follows: 01. E5150 02....

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GIRLSCHOOL Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Evil Elvis of Festivals2Go.com conducted an interview with veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the chat below. GIRLSCHOOL will release its 30th-anniversary album in October via Wacke...

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ACE FREHLEY Featured On JAM PAIN SOCIETY Album; Audio Available

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley makes a guest appearance on the new album from the Raleigh, North Carolina-based band JAM PAIN SOCIETY. Entitled "Black Light Messiah", the CD will be issued in North America on August 12 via Locomotive Records. Ace is featured on the song "The Ride", which is ava...