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Craig Goldy says that “certain members” of the original DIO band became motivated by “money” because they “didn’t have the same heart for the fans” as Ronnie James Dio did. Goldy joined DIO during the “Sacred Heart” tour in 1986 after original guitarist Vivian Campbell was fired from the band following a contentious business disagreement with the legendary heavy metal singer and Ronnie‘s management. For the past several years, Goldy has played sporadic shows with DIO DISCIPLES, which is made up of former members of DIO, along with a rotating lineup of singers, including former JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim “Ripper” … Continue reading

Joe Lynn Turner says that he still stands by his comment that Vladimir Putin is the only world leader “telling the truth,” explaining that “there’s more freedom in Russia” than there is in the United States of America. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer made headlines in 2015 when it was revealed that he joined a list of Western celebrities who publicly expressed support for and defended the Russian president, whose image had suffered greatly because of Moscow’s aggressive foreign policy. Two years later, Turner says that his opinion of Putin has remained unchanged. “He still is [telling the … Continue reading

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy said he “wanted to strangle” guitarist and primary songwriter Eric Peterson during the making of the band’s 2016 “Brotherhood Of The Snake” album. While the disc is considered a worthy addition to the band’s deep and influential catalog, both Billy and Peterson have expressed varying views on the rushed and impromptu nature of its creation, one that saw lead guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Steve DiGiorgio and drummer Gene Hoglan largely left out of the songwriting process. Billy, however, did add that upon the album’s completion, he and Peterson made up “like brothers.” In an interview (see … Continue reading

Impact metal channel conducted an interview with guitarist Rob Cavestany of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers DEATH ANGEL prior to the band’s November 18 concert at Barba Negra Music Club in Budapest, Hungary with TESTAMENT and ANNIHILATOR. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his relationship with fellow guitarist Ted Aguilar, who joined DEATH ANGEL in 2001: Rob: “We just love music. Our lives are based around music and even our friendship is based around music and equipment and gear and everything. We’re constantly, if we’re not dealing with actual music itself, … Continue reading

Brazil’s Heavy Talk conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of veteran German metallers ACCEPT prior to the band’s November 15 concert at Teatro Ademir Rosa (CiC) in Florianópolis, Brazil. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the creation of the band’s new “The Rise Of Chaos” studio album: Wolf: “I’m not sure that we even have a concept, to be honest. We never really do. We just have a collection of songs. We really just write songs until we feel we got an album’s worth of material then, at some point, … Continue reading