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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Diagnosed With Lymphoma | CraveOnline

While the world may have damn near exploded with joy upon hearing the news that the architects of heavy metal themselves Black Sabbath are reuniting to record their first studio album with original frontman Ozzy Osbourne since 1978, a sad update arrives to darken the mood: guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphoma.

A statement just released on the band's Facebook page reads:

"With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time. Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan--the “IRON MAN” of Rock & Roll remains upbeat and determined to make a full and successful recovery."
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Rob Halford, Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Lemmy and More To Tribute Dio ::Dio News ::antiMusic.com

Some of the biggest names in hard rock and metal are reportedly signed on to appear on the forthcoming tribute album to Ronnie James Dio.
Blabbermouth.net reports that the project will include Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Chris Jericho (Fozzy) and Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters).
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Double Live GONZO indeed!!!

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Gonzo From the Muppets Takes Over Ted Nugent Album Cover – Pic of the Week
 
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Cover art for le Sigh's upcoming album.

Very much looking forward to this. :dancing-smiley:
 
Deftones and Far Supergroup Crosses Set New Release and Live Dates ::Crosses News ::antiMusic.com

Crosses, the side project featuring Deftones frontman Chino Moreno, Far's Shaun Lopez, and Scott Chuck, will be following up their debut EP with yet another short form release later this month and will be playing some live shows.
Last August Crosses quietly surfaced with a free download of their debut EP '†††.' The debut was just the first chunk of 16 completed songs the band plans to release via EP, they also contributed the track 'The Years' to the soundtrack for the popular 'Batman: Arkham City' video game.

Now Crosses have dropped the unusual trailer for the next EP release '††' — which will be available January 24th. It has also been reported that Deftones have a new album planned for 2012, as does Moreno's other side project Team Sleep
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Music Review: Heavy Metal Presents: Gates Volume 1 – Ascension | Geeks of Doom

For over 30 years Heavy Metal — the sci-fi/fantasy comic — has graced comic shop shelves with visceral covers featuring Adonis-like men with rippling muscles and svelte, pointy-breasted semi-naked women. This year Heavy Metal has released a soundtrack of metal and electronica to accompany its first web comic: Gates. If that wasn’t cool enough, all net proceeds go towards the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.



Gates is dedicated to the art of Frank Frazetta and the music of Ronnie James Dio, and is also, according to its creator Hal Hefner, an homage to the soundtrack of the Heavy Metal film from the 1980s. Releasing an album almost as a companion piece to a 30-year-old soundtrack might seem like a strange idea. Taken on its own, Gates Volume 1 – Ascension is a good collection of tracks.

Deltanaut’s “The King” with its strangely sexy Michael Bolton sax licks (wait, did I just say ‘Michael Bolton’ and ‘sexy’ in the same sentence? Bloody hell, don’t tell anyone) sounds like it was performed in a seedy jazz club; it feels beautifully dirty and is a great blues rock track. Deltanaut also boasts an ex-member of Megadeth in drummer Nick Menza.

Some of them, including the soppy “Fools Bleed” by Black ‘N Blue and Prince-lite Friend Slash Lover’s “Where Have I Been All My Life” feel slightly out of place. While not particularly bad songs — “Fools Bleed” is a fine, but not very exciting hard rock song — they don’t quite fit, feeling a little too straight forward. They don’t quite match the strange atmospherics of Jordan Reyne’s “The Washing Machine Song” or the blasting black metal of Elysion Fields’ “Of Titans.”

If “The Entity (Ghostly Lust)” is not an ideal track title for a sci-fi fantasy compilation then I don’t know what is. Shame the song by Rusty Eye (Ewww…) does not quite match. The headbanging insanity of “This Violent Earth” by Havoc Hate (surprisingly it is not a folk band) is the track of the album. Fast, heavy, excellent.

No, it’s not perfect but soundtracks rarely are. But, to discover some bands that many will never have heard and to put some money towards a very good cause, Gates Volume 1 – Ascension is well worth checking out.
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I figured I'd advertise a bit and post the latest video of this Slovenian black metal band. Band members are my friends and they released their 3rd full-length last year. The music can be classified as somewhat atmospheric/melodic post-black metal, then again ... it's up to you to decide.

Just so you get a quick taste of how extreme music sounds in Kopi's homeland ;)
 
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