ContactMusic — A 26-year-old charity album featuring heavy rock icons like Ronnie James Dio and members of Motley Crue and Iron Maiden is to be re-released as a CD and Dvd to raise cash for African famine relief The Band Aid-style project organised by Dio and dubbe... more info

Altsounds — Image: http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f47882%5fACbIjkQAAWx2To5RiwV7cWddLMo&pid=1.3&fid=Inbox&inline=1 *KIDDA RELEASES NEW ALBUM 'HOTEL RADIO' VIA SKINT RECORDS ON OCTOBER 17TH* *_www.kiddamusic.com_ (http://www.kiddamusic.com/)... more info

Guardian Music — Dave Grohl's band serenade anti-gay protesters with song about 'man muffins'Foo Fighters fought back against anti-gay protesters at a concert this weekend, singing in celebration of "man muffins". The rockers held a surprise gig outside their tour ve... more info

Metal Injection — Scott Ian of Anthrax likes to keep a blog and not only is he a good writer, he is a good salesman. Ian shed some light on a track off the band's upcoming release, Worship Music, called In The End. It was written in honor of "Dimebag" Darrell an... more info

Metalsucks — Earlier this summer, I declared Axel Rudi Pell’s The Ballads IV an early contender for worst album of the year; the entire thing is atrocious, but the prime offender is a cover of Dio’s “Holy Diver” so truly and unforgivably terrible that if ... more info

Metalsucks — They are, according to  MetalTalk.net, who broke the news yesterday, and now the Birmingham Mail, who have gotten a confirmation from Tony Iommi. It’s not exactly shocking news; after Dio passed away, putting an end to Heaven and Hell (which was... more info

Guardian Music — The corporation that runs the Bloodstock metal festival in Derbyshire is of the very oldest kind. Meet Paul Gregory and his kids Vicky, Rachael and Adam – Britain's first family of metalWhile Download and Sonisphere slug it out for supremacy in the... more info

Metalsucks — If you’ve ever wanted to hear Dio’s “Holy Diver” transformed from one of metal’s most powerful anthems into a hair metal-style sad sack power ballad complete with Casio keyboards and a synth violin so shitty it wouldn’t have been consider... more info

ContactMusic — Ronnie James Dio's family members and close friends gathered at his graveside on Monday (16May11) to mark the first anniversary of the heavy metal icon's death. The Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow frontman lost his battle with stomach cancer last y... more info

Metal Injection — I can't believe it's been a year since Dio passed. Here's to one of the greatest set of pipes not just in metal, but in all rock'n'roll… more info