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Immortal and Aura Noir have both been confirmed to play next year’s Inferno Festival which takes place April 20th-23rd 2011 in Oslo, Norway.

The Kerrang! Awards honoured Ronnie James Dio by awarding him with the Kerrang! Icon award last night. The late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was also remembered with the Kerrang! Services to Metal Award.
Full list of winners:
* Best British Newcomer: RISE TO REMAIN
* Best International Newcomer: TRASH TALK
* Best Single (Presented By Red Stripe): YOU ME [...]

Fozzy, the band featuring WWE superstar Chris Jericho and Stuck Mojo main man Rich Ward, have announced that they are hitting the UK again with another set of tour dates throughout October.
The band will also be releasing a new video that was filmed on their last UK tour in May
Oct. 10 – Cardiff, UK – Millennium Hall
Oct. 11 [...]

Heaven and Hell members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will be joined on stage by vocalists Glenn Hughes and Jorn Lande to perform a special tribute concert to Ronnie James Dio at this years High Voltage festival with all proceeds going to the Ronnie James Dio “Stand Up And Shout” Cancer Fund.
Speaking to Classic Rock magazine [...]

Check out the great new design for the new Watain album, ‘Lawless Darkness’ below.  A zip hood and patch are also available in this design.
Click here to buy Watain shirts

Head over HERE to pick up the great new Dark Funeral design, ‘Inneffable Kings of Swedish Black Metal’, available as both a t-shirt and a girly.

The remaining members of Heaven & Hell will play a one-off show as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio with Glenn Hughes and Jorn Lande handling the vocals, reports www.black-sabbath.com.  Former Deep Purple / Black Sabbath star Glenn Hughes was a close friend of Ronnie’s for many years and performed a musical tribute at Ronnie’s funeral [...]

The second leg of Soulfly’s European tour in support of their blistering new album ‘Omen’ has been revealed.  This stint includes an appearance on the True Metal Stage at Wacken and the Saturn Stage at Sonisphere UK.

31 July 2010
Knebworth, UK
Sonisphere UK

01 August 2010
Dublin, Ireland
Academy

02 August 2010
Belfast, UK
Spring and Airbrake

03 August 2010
Cardiff, UKÂ
Millenium Music Hall

04 August 2010
Stoke, [...]

Soon to be in stock are five new Dio tshirts inlcuding a design from the ‘Holy Diver Live’ album which now stands as the last album the much missed heavy metal legend released with the Dio band.
Click here to buy Dio shirts

It’s just under an hour now until one of the greatest rock/metal festivals gets under way with the big attraction of tonight being AC/DC though you can catch Anathema on the Ronnie James Dio Stage at 15.50 and Them Crooked Vultures on the main stage just before AC/DC.
Some of the other bands you can catch on the [...]