heaven and hell

Kill Devil Hill the new project featuring acclaimed drummer Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, Dio) and bassist Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) have signed with SPV/Steamhammer. The band is rounded out by guitar slinger Mark Savon and killer vocalist Dew Bragg...

Just over seven months after the tragic death of Heaven & Hell and Dio frontman Ronnie James Dio, bandmate and bassist Geezer Butler has revealed facts that may make Dio's passing even more tragic. It didn't have to happen.
"All the doctors said if he'd have gone in a…

The last official video release from Heaven & Hell to feature the late legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio -- 'Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell Live in Europe' -- debuted at number six on the Billboard Top Music Videos chart Nov. 23. No...

Heaven & Hell bassist Geezer Butler has mixed feelings about the band's July 24 performance at the High Voltage Festival. On the one hand, he looked forward to paying a proper tribute to band's late vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who died from stomach cancer on May 16. Ho...

Before Ronnie James Dio succumbed to his battle with cancer over a month ago, Heaven & Hell planned to tour. The remaining members -- Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, along with Vinny Appice -- will honor one of their commitments and play a one-off show on July 24 at the Hi…

A public memorial service for the late, great Ronnie James Dio will be take place on Sunday, May 30 at 2 PM in Los Angeles at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. The exact address is 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, Calif...

When Heaven & Hell frontman Ronnie James Dio received the award for Most Metal Vocalist at the 2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards on April 8, the vocalist seemed to be in good spirits and was optimistic about beating his battle with stomach cancer, which he was diagnosed with in November 2009.…

The metal world survived the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards. The bullet-belted, star-studded event, which occurred on April 8 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, featured a full-fledged black carpet with everyone from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to Slash to Chino Moreno to Corey Tayl…

Today, the Noisecreep staff will be taping episode numero tres of our newly-launched, weekly ''Creep Show' podcast, and man, is it shaping up to be must-see TV. We're having special guest Trevor Strnad swing by to sit in. Yeah, the dude from Black Dahlia Murder...

It was a quintessential New York moment at what's billed as the 'World's Most Famous Arena': One throng of people at Madison Square Garden are queued up to see Britney Spears in the arena, and another to see Heaven & Hell play downstairs, at the WaMu Theater at Madison Sq…