by Metal Insider | Aug 13, 2010 | Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. In a recent interview with The Republic, Ozzy Osbourne added...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 28, 2010 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoM27ufMxjs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] This past weekend, the remaining members of Heaven & Hell performed a tribute set to late singer Ronnie James Dio at London’s High Voltage Festival. While Glenn Hughes (ex...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 20, 2010 | Follow Ups
What a difference a year makes. Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi have resolved their dispute over the Black Sabbath trademark. Ozzy Osbourne had sued Iommi, claiming he’d illegally taken sole ownership of the band’s name after filing it with the U.S. Patent and...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 25, 2010 | In Memoriam, Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QofxqDOlraI[/youtube] While the metal community was mourning the loss of Ronnie James Dio on May 16th, for many in the Bay Area thrash scene, the passing of manager Debbie Abono on the same day was just as important. Abono was a...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 25, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
Scream, Ozzy Osbourne’s 10th solo album, is expected to sell between 65 and 70 thousand copies in its first week, which isn’t bad, but is about half of what his last album, Black Rain sold in 2007. While there have been a few weeks slow enough in SoundScan...