Today I’m here to announce another giveaway on my Sabbath site. This time I’ve got five copies of the String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath to give away. There’s no trivia contest this time, just send an email with your name and address to stringquartet@black-sabbath.com. Please note that ANY EMAILS SENT ANYWHERE ELSE THAN STRINGQUARTET@BLACKSABBATH.COM… [Continue Reading]

For those of you waiting to check out the new Tony Martin / Dario Mollo album, "The Cage II", you don’t have to wait anymore. Available now are sound samples from each track on the album. Head on over to melodicrock, and check ‘em out today! Dario has sent me a promo copy of the… [Continue Reading]

A couple of years ago, the most excellent album "The Cage" by Dario Mollo & Tony Martin came out. Those who have heard it have had nothing but praise for it. Tony Martin had told me a few months ago that he had laid down tracks for a Cage II CD, so yesterday I inquired… [Continue Reading]

The circle of Sabbath / Purple / Rainbow / Ozzy / etc band members grows closer yet again with the announcement that former Sabbath & Ozzy band member Don Airey has been named the new keyboardist for Deep Purple. He replaces Jon Lord, who has retired, presumably due to the fact that he’s getting on,… [Continue Reading]

Some of you have mentioned the Sabbatum disc on the last issue or two of the newsletter. I haven’t covered it yet, because I was waiting on something to come in from the folks who made this disc. For those of you who haven’t checked it out, Sabbatum is a disc of Sabbath covers unlike… [Continue Reading]

I’ve been informed by Dario Mollo that there has been a deal struck for the Tony Martin / Dario Mollo "Cage" project to have a new record deal. Here’s Dario’s email to me on the subject: From: "Dario Mollo" <Email withheld> Subject: Mollo-Martin news Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:10:57 +0200 Frontiers Records and Now… [Continue Reading]

Zakk Wylde’s (former Ozzy guitarist) band, Black Label Soceity, has been moved from the second stage to the main stage on Ozzfest 2001. I felt he didn’t really deserve to be on the second stage anyway – not unless he was headlining.

Here’s some updates on various other members of Black Sabbath besides Tony Iommi. Bobby Rondinelli & Neil Murray: I recently heard from Bobby Rondinelli who told me that he has asked Neil Murray to participate on an upcoming solo album of his. No further word yet on that. Bill Ward: Bill is in the mixing… [Continue Reading]