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March 28, 2008
Rumors
I heard a few interesting rumors in the last few days or so, and wanted to pass them on.
What I've read tells me that there's going to be a big cool tour in the fall, that being Heaven & Hell will be touring with Judas Priest & Motorhead. When I read about this, I immediately checked with band management, and as usual, they didn't have anything to say about rumors, but if this is true.. Oh man.. I saw Sabbath with Motorhead several times in the mid 90's when Tony Martin was the frontman. I saw Priest a few times in the 80's, and again on Ozzfest 2004. If this comes off, it's going to be one heck of a tour! Where they'll play I haven't heard anything about, but these things tend to come off in the US a lot.
I also heard rumors of some live dates during the summer, but I don't know if it's the same rumor as the Motorhead/Priest one, a different one, or just BS.
But it appears something is going on, and I have to imagine they're into writing the new album by now. I haven't had much to say lately, but this might be why.
Now I just need to get through my pile of emails and get caught up before more live dates get announced.
UPDATE: I found this text over at Ronnie James Dio's site, which has some detail on the writing, which is underway. Nice to see that.
If you've been wondering what Ronnie is up to, wonder, no longer: After taking some well-deserved time off after last year's monster Heaven and Hell world tour, Ronnie will be heading off to the UK in March to begin writing the new Heaven and Hell record with the guys. Tony Iommi will then travel to LA to reunite with Ronnie, Geezer and Vinny to continue working on the record during April and May.
Then, Ronnie will take a break during the summer to play a few special up close and personal dates for the Dio fans.
UPDATE: Rob Halford of Judas Priest all but confirms this on this story I just read.
Posted by Joe Siegler at 9:16 AM
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March 27, 2008
Heaven & Hell Artwork
I received this email awhile back from Sabbath fan Eric Goldberg, and it's sat in the dark recesses of my inbox for ages. In going through email tonight, I saw it, and thought I'd bring it up now. Thanks Eric, and sorry for the delay.
I'm not sure if you know or are interested, but the image of the Angels fighting on the front of the "Angel War" Heaven and Hell shirt that says on the back "The closer you get to the meaning, the sooner you'll know that you're dreaming" is taken from a famous image from an illustration of Milton's "Paradise Lost" by Gustave Dore, a French artist who lived in the middle of the 19th century. (As a side note, Dore lived a little over 200 years after Milton, and is famous for also illustrating Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Poe's "The Raven".)
The H&H shirt is pretty close to the original (much closer in fact than Sabbath's "Eternal Idol" cover was to Rodin's sculpture). See below for a comparison:
In case you are interested, you can see more of Dore's images on the web if you Google him, but here are a few sites you may find interesting:
Posted by Joe Siegler at 9:18 PM
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March 11, 2008
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years MVI Version now available
I got some info sent my way today for something I didn't even know existed. It's an MVI version of "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years". Since I've never heard of this until today, I'll copy straight from the Rhino website on the release. They describe it better than I could. :) I do have a copy coming my way from the record label, once I get a chance to look at it, I'll post a review for you to check out.
MVI is an innovative DVD-based music format that, in addition to offering all the benefits of an audio disc, delivers leading-edge video and interactive extras, plus a one-click capability to save digital music files onto a hard drive. Choice video content on BLACK SABBATH - THE DIO YEARS (MVI) includes footage of live performances of “Neon Nights” and “Die Young” from 1980 and a promo clip for 1992's “TV Crimes.” The MVI Disc also features the URTone ringtone application and ringtones for “Heaven And Hell” and “The Mob Rules,” plus a photo gallery, buddy icons, wallpapers, weblinks/ROM and a complete booklet PDF.
You can read more about the release over at the Rhino website here. If you'd like to order one, Amazon.com has them available for sale now.
Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:04 PM
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