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OZZY OSBOURNE To Talk About 40th Anniversary Of BLACK SABBATH's 'Paranoid' On 'In The Studio'

Legendary BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne will be interviewed on the "In The Studio" show during the week of September 13. He will discuss the 40th anniversary of the band's classic second album, "Paranoid", with the Dallas, Texas-based rock and roll disc jockey Redbeard. "In The Studio" is a wee...
September 11, 2010
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OBITUARY Wants TERRY BUTLER To Be Band's New Permanent Bassist

Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with Trevor Peres and Ralph Santolla of Florida death metal legends OBITUARY at this year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI),which was held August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway. You can now watch the chat below....
September 10, 2010
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VINNY APPICE Schedules California Clinic

Drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) has scheduled the following clinic: Saturday, September 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pulse Drumming 2434 East Main St. Ventura, CA 93003-2604 (805) 648-3786 For more information, go to this location. Surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Io...
September 10, 2010
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JORN: More European Tour Dates Announced

Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) and his band JORN will embark on a European tour during the fall. The dates are as follows: Sep. 26 - Gothenburg, Sweden, Brew House Oct. 01 - Karlshamn, Sweden, Compagniet Oct. 02 - Helsingborg, Sweden, The Tiv...
September 1, 2010
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GEEZER BUTLER On RONNIE JAMES DIO's Passing: 'It's A Big Part Of My Life Gone'

Keith Carman of Canada's Exclaim! recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim!: Is there any real status update on BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL at present? Geezer: Not...
August 25, 2010
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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD: The Music That Changed My Life

Goldmine magazine recently spoke to legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward about the the artists and music in general that matter to him. You can read the entire article at this location. While Ward is a fan of "probably anything" in the LED ZEPPELIN catalog, "Led Zeppelin I" has the strongest me...
August 22, 2010
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GEEZER BUTLER Would Like To Continue Playing With TONY IOMMI And VINNY APPICE

Legendary bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) has admitted to Canada's Exclaim! that he's unsure what his next professional move is going to be following the recent passing of HEAVEN & HELL singer Ronnie James Dio. "We're all just on hold since Ronnie passed away," revealed...
August 22, 2010
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Take it as it Comes

With all due respect to Herman Rarebell for his prodigious drumming/songwriting contributions to so many classic SCORPIONS' songs, "Take it as it Comes" from his HERMAN ZE GERMAN project is a painfully generic and frequently awful hard rock/lite-metal album destined for eternal bargain bin status. I...
August 21, 2010
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HEAVEN & HELL: Highlights From RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Concert To Air On U.K.'s SKY ARTS

On August 28 at 9:00 p.m. local time, U.K. cable satellite channel Sky Arts will broadcast presumably professionally filmed highlights from the High Voltage festival at Victoria Park in London, England, including the July 24, 2010 performance by surviving HEAVEN & HELL members Tony Iommi, Geezer...
August 20, 2010
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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Think For The First Time In My Life I Know What I Want To Do'

Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Boston Globe: The new album ["Scream"] has some standout tracks, in particular "Life Won't Wait" . . . Ozzy: My youngest boy, Jack, i...
August 20, 2010
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OZZY: Making Killer New BLACK SABBATH Album 'Would Make My Life Round Up Perfectly For Me'

Rege Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On being sober: "When I first started to get sober, I thought, 'Well, how can I enjoy music without drugs or alcohol in my syst...
August 19, 2010
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OBITUARY: Quality Footage From BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Available

Quality fan-filmed video footage of Florida death metallers OBITUARY performing the song "Slowly We Rot" on August 13, 2010 at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom can be viewed below. SIX FEET UNDER/ex-MASSACRE bassist Terry Butler has...
August 18, 2010
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BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER 'Wouldn't Say No' To Reunion With OZZY OSBOURNE

Hellbound.ca recently conducted an interview with legendary bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hellbound.ca: When you look back at your recording career and all the albums you have been a part of, is "Paranoid" the album you wou...
August 17, 2010
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BILL WARD Says Making New BLACK SABBATH Studio Album 'Would Be The Ultimate'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward. An excerpt from the chat follow below. Goldmine: Looking back, is there anything you would do different, concerning BLACK SABBATH? Ward: I don't regret anything that we've gone through or...
August 15, 2010
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TONY IOMMI's Guitar Stolen At HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

According to a posting on the BLACK SABBATH fan site Black-Sabbath.com, Tony Iommi's Iommi SG guitar (see photo below) was stolen at the tribute show HEAVEN & HELL performed on July 24 at the High Voltage festival at Victoria Park in London, England. If you have any information or leads regardin...
August 11, 2010