Black Sabbath Announces Australian Dates

Sharon Osbourne let it slip earlier this month that Black Sabbath would be touring Australia next year. And this morning, dates for a spring trek in Australia were officially announced. The reunited Black Sabbath will be performing down under in April/May. Now this...

Metal By Numbers 9/12: Screaming For Ghandi

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If you’re one of the people who for some reason still cares about Matchbox 20, then you probably didn’t notice that it’s been a slow week in terms chart debuts for...

Video: Black Sabbath Performs Lollapalooza

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnACyWIGBMc[/youtube] The last two days of Lollapalooza experienced some weather issues. However, Black Sabbath’s headlining set on the festival’s first night (August 3) went on without a hitch. And over this past weekend, fan...

Jon Lord: June 9 1941 – July 16 2012

Jon Lord, longtime keyboard player of Deep Purple, has died at the age of 71. He announced that he was battling cancer less than a year ago, and had a pulmonary embolism earlier today. A statement from Lord’s PR company says the following: “It is with deep...