Guardian Music — (Spinefarm)Power metal – a kind of high-camp Eurovision take on Iron Maiden – has two main constituencies in its fanbase: lonely World of Warcraft addicts with no sense of irony whatsoever, and vintage Dio T-shirt-wearing hipsters whose ironic de... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Now here’s the instrument for the heavy rock aficionado with almost everything: a one-of-a-kind electric guitar custom painted by hand … er, trunk … by Asian elephants. In a collaboration that would seem to be a no-brainer, Wendy Dio, the... more info

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ContactMusic — LIV TYLER's mum BEBE BUELL has signed a major new management deal with rocker RONNIE JAMES DIO's widow.Wendy Dio has signed the singer/songwriter to her Niji Management. Dio tells WENN, "I went to New York City to see Bebe Buell perform live and I kn... more info

Metalsucks — I remember a time when if a singer couldn’t sing, they either a) did not get to have a career, or b) fronted a really dirty-sounding band so that it didn’t matter that they sounded kinda, uh, off. I mean, Tom Araya was never exactly Ronnie James ... more info

Guardian Music — So Neil Young was wrong. "Rock and roll will never die," the whiny-voiced old coot told us, and we believed him. But now along comes Paul Gambaccini, the self-styled "Professor of Pop", to announce that, since only three rock songs appeared in last y... more info

Metal Injection — Father Befouled - Sacriligeous Defilement Gwar - Zombies March Devoid - A Gods Lie Atheist - Fictitous Glide Enslaved - Ethica Odini Firewind interview Firewind - The Ark Of Lies Therion - Din Duke - Microman Forbidden - Dragging My Casket Pharoah - ... more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonMozart, Mozart everywhere. Midway through Radio 3's 12-day marathon, the station again teamed up with Kings Place, where the year-long Mozart Unwrapped festival is just getting going. And if the live broadcast offered Mozart in you... more info

Starpulse — Rocker Ronnie James Dio's cancer death could have been avoided, according to his Heaven & Hell and Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler. The bassist wishes his pal had seen a doctor earlier - beca... more info

ContactMusic — Tragic rocker RONNIE JAMES DIO's cancer death could have been avoided, according to his HEAVEN & HELL and BLACK SABBATH bandmate GEEZER BUTLER.The bassist wishes his pal had seen a doctor earlier - because Dio would still be alive if he had. Butler t... more info