As recently as two years ago, former Dio and Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice referred to Dio tribute band Dio Disciples as “disgusting” in an interview. “I mean, why are they even doing it?,” he said. “Plus, (Ronnie) has not even been passed away for a year. And, you know… It’s kind of… I don’t [...]
Monday, June 10, 2013
Vivian Campbell has a busy couple of months ahead of him with Def Leppard and Last In Line,playing festivals and headlining certain gigs across Europe and North America from June until August. However, in a shocking turn of events, the guitarist has revealed that he is currently in recovery for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Campbell tells how [...]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. With yesterday’s passing of The Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, it got us thinking about the most maligned instrument in metal: the keyboard. While synths and keyboards aren’t the core part of a stereotypical “metal” band, there are definitely a decent [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Since Ronnie James Dio’s death, numerous all-star Dio tribute groups have come to fruition. The two most notable, though, are Dio Disciples (featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens and Dio’s last lineup) and the more recently formed Last In Line (lead by guitarist Vivian Campbell and his former Dio bandmates). Now those two tributes have something in [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
33 years ago today, one of the most important Black Sabbath albums in their career was released. Heaven and Hell was the first album to feature the band’s replacement for Ozzy Osbourne, former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio. In fact, it was essentially an album made by Dio and Tony Iommi, as Bill Ward doesn’t remember [...]
Monday, March 11, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Buzzfeed is one of the most popular sites on the internet. It’s also one of the laziest. Throwing together endless lists and stupid .gifs in a transparently blatant (yet completely effective) attempt to grab traffic, it’s kind of like journalism [...]
Monday, January 28, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Crazy to think how within a few hours, we suddenly had TWO Black Flag reunions to choose from. Hell, even one version of the punk icons plan to record a new album. But the circumstances of the multiple Black Flags [...]
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, the metal world was thrown for a loop when Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano left the band to concentrate on his production work. Actually, it was the second time Caggiano had left the band, as Dan Spitz had a [...]
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
1982 was a rough year for Ozzy Osbourne. In March, his guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash while the band was on tour for Diary of a Madman, which had been released four months earlier. Ozzy continued to tour as a way of catharsis, with Brad Gillis filling in on guitar. On September 26th [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
On October 31, a gala was held by the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund at the Avalon nightclub in L.A. Eric Blair of “The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show” was there to interview some of the attendees, including a recent addition to the Century Media family: Buckcherry. In the video interview, [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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