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Ronnie James Dio – Remembering A Metal Icon

Ronnie James Dio – As incredible as it sounds, it’s been three years since the iconic Ronnie James Dio passed away. May 16th, 2010 was one of the saddest days in the history of Metal and Rock N’ Roll. At age 67, Ronnie James Dio’s battle with cancer came to a tearful end. No matter how evil cancer is, the one thing it cannot destroy is the memories and spirit of its courageous victims.

The spirit of Ronnie James Dio shall forever live on and my memories of seeing him in concert, listening to his albums and letting his lyrics and music move me will never fade away. Never. I am very pleased to see the constant and never-ending outpouring of love that the fans, bands, musicians and record labels give toward Ronnie James Dio each day on social network sites like twitter and facebook.

It’s truly amazing to read about how many lives that this one incredibly talented man had touched over the decades; and Ronnie James Dio is still touching us all with his never quit strength he had exhibited and priceless Metal spirit that lives on (in all of his fans). There will never be another Ronnie James Dio.

God Bless Ronnie James Dio and may he rest in peace.

Stone.

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Help the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund!

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* For more info on Ronnie James Dio, click on the links below!

facebook: The Official Ronnie James Dio Fan Page

http://www.ronniejamesdio.com

Legendary DIO Tribute Band: facebook: Dio Disciples

Long Live Rock N’ Roll.

Ronnie James Dio

July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010

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PALMS SHARE ALBUM COVER & TRACK LIST – DEBUT SHOWS THIS JULY

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags chino moreno, hard rock albums 2013, metal albums 2013, palms, palms debut album, rock music news on May 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

May 15, 2013, LOS ANGELES – Palms, the Los-Angeles based band featuring members of ISIS and Chino Moreno of Deftones, have unveiled the album art for their June 25th self-titled debut album as well as the six-song (47 minute) track list.

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Palms Track List:

1. Future Warrior

2. Patagonia

3. Mission Sunset

4. Shortwave Radio

5. Tropics

6. Antarctic Handshake

A special iTunes pre-order gives purchasers an immediate download of “Tropics” (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/palms/id644888681). Physical pre-order packages will be available later this month.

The band recently premiered “Patagonia,” a song from the upcoming album, via Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15371-patagonia/).

The quartet have also announced their first tour dates: a four-date west coast run this July with stops in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco:

Palms came together following the demise of ISIS, with Jeff Caxide (bass), Aaron Harris, (drums) and Clifford Meyer (keyboards/guitar) electing to continue playing music together. “After a little time Jeff, Cliff, and I decided that it was insane that we all still lived here in Los Angeles and weren’t playing together,” Harris says. “It just sort of happened naturally, probably because we have been playing together for so long, and things started to come together. But we didn’t want to be instrumental: We wanted vocals. We just weren’t exactly sure who that would be at first.”

The band, knowing that Chino Moreno (Deftones) had been a fan of ISIS, thought he would be a great fit and he agreed. “A chance to work with the guys from ISIS sounded like a lot of fun,” Moreno says, “I’ve always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs.”

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

* For more info on PALMS, click on the links below!

http://palmsband.com/

facebook: Palms

LONG LIVE PALMS.

Stone.

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All Hail The Mighty WITCH CROSS, For “Demon In The Mirror” Is: Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, music videos, rock music, rock music news with tags demon in the mirror video, metal albums 2013, Metal News, stone's metal pick of the day, witch cross, witch cross axe to grind, witch cross demon in the mirror on May 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

WITCH CROSS – Honestly, the Metal comeback story of the legendary WITCH CROSS is one for the METAL ages. Who would think this Metal band would ever return? And return they have! With a Metal vengeance! With their (also legendary) peers SATAN making a Metal comeback as well in 2013, I couldn’t be more overflowing with Metal glee!

What’s so remarkably impressive about this WITCH CROSS Metal comeback are their (obvious) connection to their fans, their wooing same fans at various European Metal festivals and the lead single, Demon In The Mirror, from their forthcoming NEW studio album: Axe To Grind.

Metal as my witness, Demon In The Mirror has made me feel like a Metal kid again; making me feel the way I did when I first heard such classic Metal songs as: You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ (Judas Priest), Denim And Leather (Saxon), Power (Rainbow) and Bark At The Moon (Ozzy). Why those particular songs? Call it Metal imbedding in my (very own and personal) Metal soul and call it delicious Metal elements all coming together.

Demon In The Mirror exhibits elevated Metal vibes of profound substantial levels, is Old School and has a quasi-energetic outro (courtesy of guitarist Mike Kock) that (to me) rivals what the incredible Jake E. Lee had accomplished so brilliantly with the song classic Bark At The Moon. Kev Moore was born to sing Metal. This band was born to play Metal. For me, Witch Cross has created a thunder strike of Metal bliss with Demon In The Mirror.

Listen to and watch Demon In The Mirror below. If it doesn’t blow you away, your listening to the wrong genre of music. Metal be thy name.

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* Demon In The Mirror was produced by Peter Hansen.

* Axe To Grind will have an international release date of July 13th, via Hells Headbangers.

* For more info on WITCH CROSS, click on the links below! Whoa!

facebook: Witch Cross

www.witchcross.dk

Hells Headbangers: http://www.hellsheadbangers.com

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* For the official press release on Axe To Grind, click on the link below!

WITCH CROSS News: HELLS HEADBANGERS Announces July 13th As The International Release Date For WITCH CROSS ‘Axe To Grind’

The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on April 27, 2013.

LONG LIVE WITCH CROSS.

HAIL METAL.

Stone.

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ZOMBIEFICATION – “At the Caves of Eternal” Out Now In North America

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags at the caves of eternal, Death Metal, death metal albums, metal albums 2013, Metal News, old school death metal, zombiefication on May 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Mexican corpse-walkers ZOMBIEFICATION have their second full-length album, At the Caves of Eternal, out now in North America via Pulverised Records.

This putrid masterpiece was recorded at Revolution Studios with Jesús Bravo handling engineering duties and then sent to Necromorbus Studios in Sweden (Watain, Demonical, Desultory, etc) for mixing and mastering under the helm of Tore Stjerna. At the Caves of Eternal comes on the heels of last year’s five-song EP, Reaper’s Consecration.

To stream At the Caves of Eternal in full and purchase a digital download of the album, visit pulverised.bandcamp.com

Jewel case CDs are available at http://www.pulverised.bigcartel.com

Media Praise:

“…prepare for a delectable feast of old school Death Metal that not only remains both catchy yet punishingly heavy throughout but also incorporates slower more methodical and sinister moments, darker and colder segments that border on Black Metal influence and the constant presence of a band who totally dominate their sound and style.” [10/10] – Destructive Music

“…obscured and rotten death metal with classic dark vibes.” – Zombie Ritual Zine

After 3 decades of sickness, the 2 piece maggot eating death machine known as ZOMBIEFICATION is ready to crawl out of the grave with disgust. Soon they will take over the graveyard and unite the dead for the unholy ceremony. Few have been to the encounters so far, but the new age of putrid Death Metal will stench the world. Welcome to the gates, to the gates of the Underworld. Only stench is real!

ZOMBIEFICATION:

Mr. Hitchcock – Vocals

Mr. Jacko – Bass

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Live Musicians:

Mr. Kim – Guitars

Mr. Brain – Guitars

Mr. Hammer – Drums

* For more info on ZOMBIEFICATION, click on the links below!

facebook: Zombiefication

http://www.youtube.com/zombiefication666

http://www.pulverised.net

LONG LIVE ZOMBIEFICATION.

UNDERGROUND. OLD SCHOOL.

HORRIFYING MEXICAN DEATH METAL.

Stone.

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BARONESS – Add Additional Tour Dates For 2013; Band Share Candid Behind-The-Scenes Video

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news with tags baroness, baroness tour dates 2013, baroness yellow & green, hard rock news, Metal News, rock music news on May 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Photo Credit – Doug Seymour

Philadelphia – Baroness have added an additional leg to their previously announced Yellow & Green North American Tour, with a number of Midwest and West Coast dates including a stop at Bumbershoot.

The band has also released a candid interview clip where they share their thoughts on the Summer 2012 tour bus accident and reveal the first rehearsal footage with Nick Jost (bass) and Sebastian Thomson (drums). Watch below:

Baroness has a full summer ahead of them with their headlining dates kicking off on May 24 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia and upcoming stops at Chaos in Tejas, The Orion Festival, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Heavy Mtl.

Baroness announced their eagerly awaited return to the road in early April with guitar player Pete Adams saying: “It’s hard to find the words to express how excited we are to announce this tour. Seven months ago, who knew when it would be or even if we could get back on the road. But here we are, picking right back up where we left off. A heartfelt thanks to everyone’s unconditional love and support for us through, let’s hope, the hardest time this band will ever see. We told you we’d be back so let’s do this thing!”

Inter Arma opens May 25 & 26; True Widow opens May 28 – 31; Coliseum opens June 4 to 15; Royal Thunder opens on headlining dates from Aug. 1 to Sept. 4

Tickets for the additional dates are on-sale this Friday at 10 am local time except Denver, which is on-sale Saturday at 10 am.

Baroness was sidelined when their tour bus plunged off a viaduct in the Bath area of England on Aug. 15, leaving the band and crew members with a variety of serious injuries. Yellow & Green had been released less than a month when the accident happened, and with just four shows remaining in the six-week trek before the band could return home to enjoy the praise that was being heaped upon the double-album. Singer/guitar player Baizley suffered extensive injuries, which, at one point, clouded the future of both the band and his return to music.

In October, after an unprecedented outpouring from fans, peers and friends, Baizley posted an open letter in which he painfully recounted the horrific crash (http://baronessmusic.com/update-from-baroness/), ending the ten-paragraph note with a fierce determination to return to music and touring. By December, a clip of Baizley and Adams performing an acoustic rendition of “Stretchmarker” was posted on the Baroness website (http://baronessmusic.com/a-message-from-john-stretchmark-video/) with a brief note that started with “Simply put: it’s time to get back to it.” With that, Baroness’s return to touring was not a matter of if but when. Adams and Baizley made their first public appearance with a performance in late January at Decibel Magazine’s 100th issue celebration in Philadelphia. Earlier this month, Baizley ventured to SXSW for a solo performance at Invisible Oranges/Brooklyn Vegan’s showcase as well as pair of art exhibits (Baizley’s art can be viewed at www.aperfectmonster.com).

Yellow & Green has garnered enormous praise and landed on various best of and year-end lists worldwide including reigning over Spin’s “20 Best Metal Albums of 2012,” iTunes awarding “Take My Bones Away” the distinction of the best metal song of the year, Metal Hammer Germany placing the release at #2 on their year-end list and BBC Music describing the album as a “nearly flawless collection” while giving Yellow & Green the #13 spot in their Top 25 albums of 2012. The 18-track record also landed on year-end lists from Amazon (#46), Close Up Sweden (#4), Decibel (#2), Guitar World (#15), Loudwire (#4), Magnet (#12), Metal Hammer Norway (#4), Metal Hammer UK (#14), Paste (#47), Pitchfork (#27), PopMatters (#4), Revolver (#4), Stereogum (#18), Terrorizer (#2), Treble (#2), Village Voice (#6) and Visions Germany (#4).

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

* For more info on BARONESS, click on the links below!

facebook: Baroness

http://www.baronessmusic.com

http://twitter.com/YourBaroness

http://www.youtube.com/baronessmusic

www.relapse.com

WELCOME BACK BARONESS!

LONG LIVE BARONESS.

Stone.

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DEEP PURPLE – Current Cover Features Galore! ‘NOW What?!’ Crashes European Music Charts!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags classic rock, classic rock albums 2013, Deep Purple, deep purple magazine covers, deep purple now what ?!, hard rock albums 2013 on May 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

DEEP PURPLE have once again returned to the worldwide album charts with NOW What?!, a stunning and super memorable studio album! Check out (above) and below at all the current magazine cover stories that the legendary DEEP PURPLE have been awarded!

Metal Odyssey Celebrates DEEP PURPLE! Metal be thy name!

Be sure to check out (at the bottom of this post) the European chart debuts for NOW What?!

For more on this (above) issue of Metal Hammer:

Metal Hammer Poland – http://www.metalmind.pl/metalhammer/

For more on this issue of Sweden Rock Magazine:

http://www.swedenrockmagazine.com/

facebook: Sweden Rock Magazine

For more info on this issue of Classic Rock:

Order here: http://classicrockmag.de/shopping/

For more on this issue of InRock:

http://www.inrock.ru/

For more info on this issue of Rock Hard:

Order here: http://www.copotesi.sk/obchod/action/productdetail/oc/1315/product/rock-hard-vol15-april-maj-duben-kveten-2013.xhtml

For more info on this issue of Rock & Pop:

http://www.rockandpop.cz/

For more info on this issue of Scream Magazine:

www.screammagazine.com

For more info on this issue of Lust For Life:

http://www.lustforlifemagazine.nl/

For more info on this issue of Aardschok:

http://aardschok.com/

CHECK OUT BELOW THE IMPRESSIVE EUROPEAN CHART DEBUTS FOR NOW WHAT?!

A HUGE METAL CONGRATULATIONS TO DEEP PURPLE!

Deep Purple – NOW What?!

Released in North America on April 30th, 2013, via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

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DEEP PURPLE:

Ian Gillan – vocals

Roger Glover – bass

Steve Morse – guitar

Ian Paice – drums

Don Airey – keyboards

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* For more info on DEEP PURPLE, click on the links below!

http://www.deeppurple-nowwhat.com

facebook: Deep Purple

www.deeppurple.com

LONG LIVE DEEP PURPLE.

HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL LEGENDS.

Stone.

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PHANTOM 13 – Needs YOUR Help To Save Their Van; Big Repair Bill Leaves Van Idle

Posted in horror metal, horror punk, Metal, metal music, Music, Punk rock, punk rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags horror punk, phantom 13, phantom 13 van donation, Punk Metal, Punk rock, rock music news on May 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on the facebook page of PHANTOM 13:

PHANTOM 13 – SAVE THE VAN – Anyone who would like to donate to the save the van project you can do so by going to http://phantomthirteen.com/ there is a donation box in middle of the page. We ran into Major problems on the way to the Alrosa Show. Any amount would help our van that is stuck in Columbus Ohio with a big repair bill. If your into helping a local artist, we sure could use the help. Thank You, Chuck Black

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* For more info on PHANTOM 13, click on the link below:

facebook: Phantom 13

LONG LIVE PHANTOM 13.

Stone.

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OLIVA “Raise The Curtain” – Legendary Jon Oliva: His First Solo Album Releases On June 21st, Via AFM Records

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock albums, rock music, rock music news with tags classic rock, jon oliva, Metal News, oliva raise the curtain, rock albums 2013, rock music news on May 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

OLIVA – The extraordinary and legendary, multi-instrumentalist Jon Oliva will be seeing his first solo album released, via AFM Records, on June 21st, 2013. This release date is taken directly from the AFM Records website. Jon Oliva fans need no introduction to his musical genius; with his legacy being built upon Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Doctor Butcher and Jon Oliva’s Pain.

Jon Oliva continues to build upon his formidable and immeasurable career in music, with his forthcoming and highly anticipated solo album: Raise The Curtain. Check out the track listing below and sensational album artwork above. Metal be thy name.

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Raise The Curtain Track Listing:

01. Raise The Curtain

02. Soul Chaser

03. Ten Years

04. Father Time

05. I Know

06. Big Brother

07. Armageddon

08. Soldier

09. Stalker

10. The Witch

11. Can’t Get Away

12. The Truth (bonus track)

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* For more info on JON OLIVA, click on the links below!

facebook: Jon Oliva’s Pain

http://www.afm-records.de

LONG LIVE JON OLIVA.

A LEGENDARY MAN OF MUSIC.

Stone.

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DEEP PURPLE – “Vincent Price” Releasing As Download, CD Single & 7″ Vinyl On June 7th!

Posted in classic rock, classic rock bands, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, Music, rock albums, rock music, rock music news with tags classic rock, Deep Purple, deep purple now what ?!, deep purple vincent price, hard rock albums 2013, rock music news on May 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

NOW What?! Entered The German Charts At #1!

The new single “Vincent Price” will be released on June 7th as download, CD single and 7” transparent vinyl.

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Official Press-Release:

“Vincent Price will become a Purple collector’s item, due to the inclusion of the song “First Sign Of Madness”, which was recorded during the NOW What?! sessions and not included in the final selection.”

7”: Side A “Vincent Price” / Side B “First Sign Of Madness”

CD single and download:
1) Vincent Price
2) First Sign Of Madness
3) The Well Dressed guitar (from the now deleted RAPTURE OF THE DEEP limited edition CD)
4) Wrong Man – live (from the now deleted RAPTURE OF THE DEEP limited edition CD)
5) Vincent Price – VIDEO

More info: http://deeppurple-nowwhat.com/wp/?p=268

Order NOW What?! here: http://www.deeppurple-nowwhat.com/order/

VINCENT PRICE VIDEO PREMIERE IS MAY 17TH!

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