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  Vivian Campbell's Last in Line Mixes Dio Legacy and New Tunes

  October 14 at 4 a.m.

  Ronnie James Dio played with a lot of different bands and musicians throughout his career. Arguably the owner of heavy metal’s finest voice, he’s graced albums by Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own long-running band Dio. For many fans, his pinnacle was the 1983-85 run of those first three...

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  Iron Maiden Proves Its "Legacy" Is Secure With An Outstanding Show At The Woodlands

  September 23 at 6:50 a.m.

  Iron Maiden September 22, 2019 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Our arenas are littered with aging bands creaking through "farewell" tours before decades of excess force their hands, and then there's Iron Maiden. The laws of nature state that we must inevitably grow old, slowing down as we do so. It...

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  Mac Sabbath's Fast Food Philosophy

  July 30 at 4:04 a.m.

  This is Texas, where we take our beef seriously. After all, we are residents of the state where Oprah Winfrey was sued by an Amarillo cattleman for disparaging the food on her talk show. Remember, this actually went to trial in 1998. Winfrey and her guest were ultimately found not...

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  New-look Oceans of Slumber Headlines White Oak Music Hall on Saturday

  July 18 at 6:44 a.m.

  When local metal heroes Oceans of Slumber hit the stage at White Oak Music Hall this Saturday, catch them while you can. In less than a month, they’ll be back on a plane over the Atlantic. The band will embark on its second European tour this year—a string of headline...

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  Revisiting Static X's Masterful "Evil Disco" Debut Album

  June 21 at 5:30 a.m.

  I did not grow up in the most musically progressive town. Victoria, Texas is big enough to have multiple radio stations, but in the late ‘90s, it wasn’t big enough to have any stations that played  any sort of hard rock that could be considered modern. No, if you wanted...

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  Checking Out the Parallels Between Black Sabbath And Van Halen

  June 11 at 4 a.m.

  Black Sabbath and Van Halen share a lot of common characteristics and parallels.