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Metallica Contributing to Dio and Deep Purple Tribute Albums

Amy Sciarretto — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:39:03 +0000

The loss of vocalist Ronnie James Dio to stomach cancer in 2010 still stings the hearts of metal fans, including that of the mighty Metallica. The band plans to be involved in the upcoming Dio ribute album, which will also feature Anthrax, Rob Halford and more. It turns out that Metallica even contacted Dio’s widow directly in order to get the ball rolling on their participation.

Rob Halford, Dave Grohl, Lemmy + More Contribute to Dio Tribute Album

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:20:28 +0000

The worldwide metal community has mourned the tragic death of the iconic vocalist Ronnie James Dio ever since he succumbed to stomach cancer at the age of 67. A year-and-a-half after Dio’s passing, some of rock and metal’s biggest names such as Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister and Dave Grohl have begun recording a tribute album in honor of the late singer.

New Dio Album Due Out In October

BJ Ragone — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:56:52 +0000

It’s been a little over a year since the unfortunate passing of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio. It looks like he had enough unreleased material for a new album, and we’ll get to hear that stuff come October. Dio fans rejoice! Much like Tupac, Ronnie James Dio is releasing an album after his [...]

Ronnie James Dio Tribute [VIDEO] NSFW

JMrozek — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:36:29 +0000

And wait until you hear who’s planning to be on it. It will be a whole cooler than that one that came out in 2000, that’s for sure! Although we don’t have the entire list of artists, here is what’s confirmed according to noisecreep.com. Dave Grohl will be doing ‘Mob Rules’ and Rob Halford will [...]

Revolver Golden Gods 2011

BJ Ragone — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:48:57 +0000

The annual heavy metal and hard rock award show is taking the stage in Los Angeles on April 20 and yesterday the nominees were announced. Revolver’s Golden Gods award show has been a staple in the heavy metal community since 2009. Unlike other awards shows like the Grammy’s that continually snub heavy metal and hard [...]

No Sabbath Reunion Just Yet

BJ Ragone — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:15:06 +0000

That’s what ex Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler just recently stated in an interview with AOL’s Noisecreep. Ex Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler says don’t expect a Sabbath reunion with Ozzy anytime soon. In fact in his interview with AOL’s Noisecreep he said it probably wouldn’t even be considered until sometime in 2012 (hopefully before the world [...]