Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 1, 2019
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward has released a new song “Arrows.” The track is dedicated to the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that took place exactly two years ago today (1st). Honoring the victims on the shooting’s second anniversary, Ward’s new song features drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Foreigner, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist James LoMenzo […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on May 13, 2019
On Saturday (11th), the Grammy Salute to Music Legends was hosted in Los Angeles, CA and Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler attended. During the night, the two reunited with the band’s original drummer Bill Ward and were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the The Recording Academy. Rival Sons performed a […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 21, 2017
Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward spent some time in the hospital this past weekend due to heart problems and needs to spend time recovering. As a result, he’s cancelled dates with his current band, Day of Errors: Read his official Facebook statement below: “Bill Ward/Day Of Errors Tour Dates Canceled Hi Everyone, It’s with […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 12, 2017
Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward revealed his top ten favorite metal albums of all time via Rolling Stone. Out of all of the recent lists, we have seen thus far, he is the only one who included one of his. Additionally, it’s a rather surprising diverse list ranging from the most recent 2017’s Dead […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 2, 2016
With Black Sabbath inching towards the end of their touring career, you’d think that Ozzy Osbourne and former drummer Bill Ward would mend fences. In fact, if Ward was to pop up at the occasional Sabbath gig Steven Adler style, it would make everyone in the audience extremely happy to see at least a temporary reunion […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 21, 2016
White it’s roots have been around for years, heavy metal as we know it has existed for 46 years now. It was ushered in on February 15th, 1970 with the release of Black Sabbath’s self-titled LP. And while many bands take years (or if you’re Tool, decades) to release follow-up albums, on this day in […]
Posted by Schuler Benson on February 25, 2016
In Criminally Slept-On, Schuler Benson takes a look at some of the most underrated tracks from his favorite prolific bands’ back catalogs. Black Sabbath became particularly relevant to me in the late 90’s. My dad had already introduced me to their Ozzy-era music when I was younger, so by the time the Reunion double live […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 28, 2016
In a recent interview, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler stated that original drummer Bill Ward was given the opportunity to play Black Sabbath’s last show, but he decided that he didn’t want to do that. However, Ward quickly made a Facebook post stating that he was never offered the opportunity to play with Black Sabbath, and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 25, 2016
Last week, Black Sabbath kicked off their final tour, and as many know, they did so without founding drummer Bill Ward. And whether he’s not playing because of financial concerns (he says) or poor health (Sabbath says), the fact remains that a lot of people would prefer to see Sabbath go out the way they came […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 20, 2016
Today, Black Sabbath kick off their last tour ever. And as many know, it’ll be without original drummer Bill Ward. This time last year, Ward and Ozzy Osbourne were in a very public war of words about the band’s decision to move on without him. The “he said-he said” didn’t find any party winning, with Ozzy […]
