by Zach Shaw | Feb 17, 2012 | Touring, Updates
In an unfortunate turn of events, it’s been announced that Black Sabbath have been forced to postpone plans for a full European tour this Summer due to Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma. As a result, Black Sabbath will only be performing at this year’s Download...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 17, 2012 | Drama Bloody Drama, Updates
The situation between Black Sabbath and drummer Bill Ward has been extremely intense. However, fans hoping that Ward will receive the “signable contract” he’s been asking for (including those apart of the large Facebook campaign) might have reason to remain optimistic...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 15, 2012 | Award Show Battles
Earlier today, a press conference held at the Grammy Museum in LA to announce details and the nominees for the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards. A slew of rock and metal’s finest, including Alice Cooper, Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy and a handful of...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 15, 2012 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmcX97Y3vE4[/youtube] Thanks to the money they raised via Kickstarter, Helms Alee and director Andrew Cox were able to create a pretty memorable video for the song “8/16.” Actually, the point of the video is that hopefully...
by Metal Insider | Feb 13, 2012 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Forty two years ago today, Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album was released. Though the album didn’t come out in the States until June 2 of that year, the album’s UK...