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OZZY OSBOURNE Sings BOB DYLAN On New MOUNTAIN Album

Ozzy Osbourne is featured on the title track of MOUNTAIN's new album, "Masters of War", due on July 24 via Big Rack Records. The CD features rearrangements of classic BOB DYLAN songs by MOUNTAIN singer-guitarist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing along with all-star help, including ALLMAN BROTHERS...

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Report: Half Of OZZFEST Free-Ticket-Holders Choose To Stay Home

A five-minute video montage of highlights from the opening show of this summer's Ozzfest, which took place last Thursday (July 12, 2007) in Auburn, Washington, has been posted on YouTube (set to the sound of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Not Going Away"). In other news, Leslie Griffy of the San Jose Mercury News...

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KORN Working On Covers Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that KORN frontman Jonathan Davis told reporters yesterday (July 18) the band has started work on what will likely turn into a full set of cover songs in the future. "We've already done, like, 'Love My Way' from PSYCHEDELIC FURS," said Davis. "We've done 'We Care...

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ILL NINO: 'Enigma' Pushed Back To September

ILL NINO's new album, "Enigma" (Cement Shoes Records),has reportedly had its release date pushed back to September 25 from the previously announced July 17. A track from the CD, entitled "Alibi of Tyrants", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. ILL NINO's last release was the "The...

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Estonian Singer Fronting Band Featuring Ex-ANTHRAX, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, DREAM THEATER Members

Estonian female singer Maarja is currently recording a heavy metal album with a backing band consisting of Paul Crook (MEAT LOAF, ex-ANTHRAX, SEBASTIAN BACH) on guitar, Scott Metaxas (ex-NUCLEAR ASSAULT) on bass, Derek Sherinian (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-DREAM THEATER) on keyboards and Brian Tichy (ex-O...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks About Favorite Guitar Players; Video Available

A three-minute video clip of Ozzy Osbourne talking about his favorite guitar players has been posted at MySpace. On July 6, Ozzy Osbourne became the first artist to be honored on Birmingham, England's own Hollywood-style Walk of Stars in the city's Broad Street / Centenary Square. Fan-filmed video f...

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Classic BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER Albums Focus Of Books In '33 1/3' Series

BLACK SABBATH's "Master of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign in Blood" LPs will be the focus of the first two books about heavy metal albums in Continuum Books' popular 33 1/3 series. The 33 1/3 series documents some of the most important albums ever made. "After 50 books in the series on pop, rock, R&am...

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THRESHOLD Singer Pulls Out Of This Weekend's Gigs, Previous Vocalist Steps In

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have issued the following update: "THRESHOLD singer Andrew 'Mac' McDermott has astonished his fellow band members by deciding not to perform at this weekend's Metalcamp and Earthshaker festivals in Slovenia and Germany. "Fortunately the band's previous singer Dam...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: OZZFEST Kick-Off Footage Available

The Ozzfest 2007 tour officially kicked off Thursday (July 12) in Auburn, Washington. Fan-filmed video footage of headliner OZZY OSBOURNE's performance has surfaced on YouTube: "War Pigs": Video "Not Going Away": Video "Crazy Train": Video "Paranoid": Video According to the Seattle Weekly, before OZ...

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OSBOURNE, HETFIELD, SIMMONS Featured In VH1 Classic's 'Seven Ages Of Rock' Series

"Seven Ages of Rock", a co-production with the BBC, will make its U.S. debut on VH1 Classic Monday, December 17. MTV veteran Mark Goodman narrates this seven-part series, which showcases the various genres of rock music that impacted and shaped pop culture. From the birth of rock to metal to alterna...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Setlist For OZZFEST Kick-Off Show Revealed

The Ozzfest 2007 tour officially kicked off Thursday (July 12) in Auburn, Washington. According to the Seattle Weekly, before headliner OZZY OSBOURNE took the stage, "a series of TV and movie spoofs played, all of which put Ozzy in humorous situations. From 'The Sopranos' to 'Wedding Crashers', Ozzy...

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BROKEN HOPE To Reunite?

Chronicles of Chaos recently conducted an interview with former BROKEN HOPE and current LUPARA guitarist Jeremy Wagner. An excerpt from the chat follows: On what led to BROKEN HOPE's split: Jeremy: Well, we'd gotten to our fourth album and we'd paid a lot of dues and had been working really hard to...

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OZZFEST 2007: Metal For The Masses

Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune reports: There were plenty of big names on hand when Ozzfest 2007 invaded Auburn's White River Amphitheatre on Thursday, the tour's first American date. On the main stage there was STATIC-X, LAMB OF GOD and, of course, namesake OZZY OSBOURNE. HATEBREED headlined...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Says First OZZFEST 2007 Show Went 'Better Than Expected'

The Ozzfest 2007 tour officially kicked off Thursday (July 12) in Auburn, Washington. One of the bands performing on the festival's second stage is Polish extreme metal outfit BEHEMOTH, whose frontman Nergal has checked in with the following report: "It's just started and I can tell you it feels gre...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Dublin Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of OZZY OSBOURNE's July 3, 2007 concert in Dublin, Ireland has been posted at YouTube: Part#1, Part#2, Photos. On July 6, Ozzy Osbourne became the first artist to be honored on Birmingham, England's own Hollywood-style Walk of Stars in the city's Broad Street / Centenary Squ...