Jazz Sabbath‘s first official live album ‘Jazz Sabbath Live‘ will be released on 20 February. The trio, helmed by longtime Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne keys and guitar player Adam Wakeman, present 11 exploratory jazz arrangements based on Black Sabbath tracks from the period 1970-1973. The album was recorded 25 shows into their 2025 tour at the […]
Dave Walker Appearance Surfaces
November 28, 2025 by
Over Thanksgiving, something that has been talked about for ages finally cropped up. Those who follow my site know that I care about the full history of the band, not just the Ozzy bits from the 70’s. Anyway, from that era, it’s known that Oz left Sabbath after the Technical Ecstasy tour to try and […]
Ozzy Osbourne has died
July 22, 2025 by
There’s not much else to say. Ozzy died today. I didn’t want to say anything about it until I could verify the news on my own, and once I did here goes. As I post this on 1:55PM central time on 22 Jul 2025, the news has just broke – there’s not a ton of […]
Volume 4 Documentary
May 1, 2025 by
BLACK SABBATH VOL. 4 DOCUMENTARY This fan made documentary is now streaming free on YouTube This is six months of obsessive, archival-deep research crammed into 75 minutes. A new feature-length documentary has dropped on YouTube that digs deep into the creation, chaos, and cultural impact of Black Sabbath’s 1972 masterpiece, Vol. 4 — the album […]
Eternal Idol 2025 Re-Release
February 7, 2025 by
This morning, it was announced on Tony Iommi’s social media that The Eternal Idol will get a Record Store Day 2025 re-release. It was a short announcement that had a clip from the Shining music video, so there’s no formal press release on the thing. I did however look into a few things, and came […]
“The End” Indeed
February 5, 2025 by
It was announced today that that Black Sabbath Mk I will reunite for one final show in 2025. That’s Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, & Bill. Yeah, Bill Ward. It’s a single concert – 5 Jul in Villa Park (#UpTheVilla), and Sabbath will be the headliner on a day of concerts, which will also include a solo […]
Snowblind in East Ham
November 10, 2024 by
A new A4 sized glossy book, 160+ pages, authored by former Black Sabbath Appreciation Society founder Pete Sarfas. This timely new book is crammed with hundreds of colour photographs many of which come from the BSAS archives and include an abundance of behind the scenes shots. The focal point of the new book is the […]
Jazz Sabbath III
September 23, 2024 by
I’ve been send some details of a third album from the “Jazz Sabbath” band entitled “Jazz Sabbath: the 1968 tapes”. It’s due for release on 29 of November. The first two albums were a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to hear the third one. I haven’t heard a pre-release copy, but when I […]
Live Evil Atmos Blu-Ray
September 7, 2024 by
Back on 30 August, a friend of mine sent me a link to something in the Rhino webstore saying it was Live Evil on Blu_Ray, and asked if I knew anything about it. I didn’t – it was the first time I heard about it. I reached out to my rep at Rhino (twice), and […]
Fused & DEP Re-release
August 2, 2024 by
The second and third Tony Iommi “solo” albums are getting a re-release treatment this fall. Announced today, “The 1996 DEP Sessions” and “Fused” will be re-released on 4 October from BMG. Given I tend to be known for posting details, I’ll go with the details I know first. Both albums will be released on CD, […]
