May 16, 2010 was more than a sad day for fans of rock and metal music. One of the most influential singers and musicians, Ronnie James Dio, lost his fight against cancer. This was, and still is up to date, a big loss since he enriched so many great metal...
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(8/10) Three years after having unveiled the “Notes from the Shadows”, Swedish metal outfit Astral Doors comes back with a new longplayer. The eighth studio album is entitled “Black Eyed Children” and features eleven new songs. It’s no secret that the...
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(7/10) Oh man, there are some albums which are very tricky to write about. One of those records is "Heavy Crown" from Last In Line. There are two major things that make it that hard for me to write about it. The first thing is the fact that "Heavy Crown"...
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(7/10) What do you expect when Craig Goldy, Chas West, Sean McNabb and Vinny Appice team up to start a new project? At least my first thought was a Dio and Dokken hybrid. In case you had the same idea, not too far away from reality I must say. The four...
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(8/10) 'Lugnet' is a Swedish word and it means 'serenity'. And I must say that the debut album of Lugnet, the Swedish band, has this ease in each of the eight tracks. Lugnet is Roger Solander (v) Marcus Holten (g), Danne Jansson (g), Lennart Zethzon (b)...
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Vivian Campell, Vinny Appice and Jimmy Bain started a new band. Singer Andrew Freeman is completing the line-up of the group that is named after Dio's second album - Last In Line. The guys, except Freeman, have been Ronnie James Dio's band for the "Holy...
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(3/10) Tom, Nailz and Joe, better known as Mandowar, have a new album in the starting box. "Hellboys from cow" is the title and it is number three already. So far so good. If you have missed Mandowar so far, don't worry; you haven't missed a lot. What...
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Revolution Saints is a new band/project with well known musicians. It is Deen Castronoo, Jack Blades and Doug Aldrich who teamed-up, wrote songs and will release a new album eary 2015. Preorder the album now: Regular: http://geni.us/RevSaintsAMZReg /...
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(7/10) Name-dropping always creates curiosity. Either a band is not good enough to convince with their music. Or they are that good that a lot of well known names want to join in for a guest appearance. The first thing I heard about the new Thomsen was...
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(8/10) Nothing new with the Classic Rock fans from Astral Door. I can't say if this is good or bad, but I liked them from the beginning and the new record "Notes from the shadows" is a good one too. The new album follows the 2011 release "Jerusalem" and...
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German teutonic band Thomsen released video to promote the upcoming album "Unbroken". The album will be released on 19.09.. "Unbroken" contains songs with guest apperances from different well known musicians: Udo Dirkschneider Dr. Mathias Don Dieth (U.D.O.)...
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(8/10) It was a sad moment four years ago when the news spread around the world that one of the most talented singers in Heavy Metal died - Ronnie James Dio. Now, almost four years after the exact date of death, a new release with the small Italian rooted...
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It was on December 12 in 1993 when Dio played a show in the legendary Hammersmith Apollo in London. This show was filmed and was so far unreleased . Eagle Vison will now release this concoert on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray in May this year. Line-up: Ronnie James Dio...
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(*/10) Time is flying. It was already four years ago when one of the biggest voices in heavy metal lost the fight against f**king cancer. A sad day for all real metal fans and friends. Dio was not only a singer with an awesome and unique voice, he was...
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