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As double-bills go, packaging together the celestial grooves of Journey and devil's-horn grind of Whitesnake makes a certain amount of sense.

Scantily-clad female dancers; a generous helping of F-bombs, strobe lights and fog; lots of black leather; and a half-naked woman strapped to the back of Tommy Lee while he and his drum set looped around a giant steel circle.

Every so often we get an album that stands the test of time. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, bringing more than their fair share of accolades in just three years of indie service is the Monks of Mellonwah.

Artizan are a band who have released Ancestral Energy. This is very melodic heavy rock which straddles the line between metal and hard rock.

Dancer and the Moon is the upcoming 8th studio album from Blackmore's Night. The album features the revered Ritchie Blackmore on guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drums, and tambourine while the elegant Candice Night does all the vocals and plays the penny whistle.

SEVEN black faces stare intently into the lens, their shared gaze unwavering. Each wears a red headband that holds back their blonde, brunette or greying hair.

TheNewsTribune.com May 18 2013 Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.

Rock On The Range , now in its seventh year, has officially become a three-day music festival.

The year's worth of anticipation and build up finally came to an end Friday afternoon as local rockers X Factor 1 took the Jagermeister Stage and officially kicked off Rock on the Range 2013.

The Black Sabbath rocker, 66, will be reunited with the X Factor judge at their mansion in Buckinghamshire, the Sunday People has revealed.

Deep Purple has debuted a campy and creepy new promotional video for "Vincent Price," the last track on the band's recently released studio album, Now What?! The clip follows the adventures of an attractive young couple who enter a haunted-house attraction only to find themselves transported into an actual black-and-white horror movie.

In 2011, Jammin Joe's moved from Wheat Ridge to its current location in Arvada, a strip-mall spot that was previously home to the Brickhouse Nightclub and the very short-lived Mind Bender's. Since relocating, Jammin' Joe's has brought in a steady parade of local hard-rock acts, as well as '80s hair-metal bands like Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and ... (more)

Singing super-group The Shock T's have performed in Charleston so many times, we forget they actually live in Chicago.

Before forming VALIS , bassist Van Conner was a founding member of Screaming Trees.

Other bands on the bill included Maximum the Hormone, Dir En Grey, MAN WITH A MISSION, Momoiro Clover Z, Steel Panther, Ningen Isu, Galneryus, Namba69, AA=, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, MUCC, The Treatment, Anthem, Crossfaith, coldrain, Knock out Monkey, HEAD PHONES PRESIDEN, ARTEMA, and fade.

The second semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malm, Sweden overnight.

Mike Estes is a singer/guitarist who has been active on the music scene for several decades but has never found a permanent home. That may have changed with his band Skinny Molly.

Black Sabbath fans jonesing for an early taste of the band's upcoming '13' album got a treat last night , when Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler showed up to debut some new material on the season finale of ' CSI .' The band was shown performing the song in question, 'End of the Beginning,' during a scene from the guest star-packed ... (more)

Iconic axeman Ritchie Blackmore and his Blackmore's Night outfit have officially released a new single "The Moon Is Shining " from their upcoming studio release "Dancer and the Moon," Blabbermouth reports.