New Ozzy Single – “Let Me Hear You Scream”

Noticed this morning that the new Ozzy Osbourne single is floating around out there. The track name is “Let Me Hear You Scream”. The album is entitled “Scream” (which was way better than the unfortunate first choice of “Soul Sucka”). The album is due out June 15th, and while it’s not available for pre-order yet, […]

Twitter

I decided today that I probably should have a Twitter account to go with this site, so I’ve gone and done that. If you want to follow the tweets I make about this site and Sabbath in general, you can do so at the following location: http://www.twitter.com/blacksabbathweb My plan is to post updates to the […]

More 2010 Dates – In Italy

Three more dates were announced. They are: July 1st: Rock In Roma Festival, Ippodromo Capannelle- Rome, Italy July 3rd: Alcatraz – Milan, Italy July 4th: Pordenone Fiera – Pordenone, Italy You can pick up tickets for these dates at the following link. No news on anything US yet, though. I’ll also get my tour date […]

2010 Tour Dates Refresh

I noticed earlier this week that more tour dates have snuck out there for 2010 that I didn’t notice. I updated Geezer Butler’s site the other day, figured I needed them here too, eh? ;) Anyway, take a look below – here’s the current list of 2010 Tour Dates. This is of course all conditional […]

Christian Band Stryper to cover Black Sabbath

Saw this morning (oddly enough as I was getting ready for Church myself) a story that surprised me a little. The Christian metal band Stryper’s new album will be an album of covers. That kind of thing has been done a few times before, most recently Queensryche’s album of covers “Take Cover“, where they covered […]

Tony Martin not playing Metalfest

I got a short email earlier today from Tony Martin about his appearance at the Metalfest festival. It said this.. Joe dude Can you announce that I have been removed from the metalfest… I will NOT be appearing on March the 12th with my apologies. Thanks buddy No further details than that.

Black Sabbath (the album) turns 40 today!

    What is this that stands before me? Figure in black which points at me Turn around quick, and start to run Find out I’m the chosen one – Oh no! Thus starts the first song on the first album in a long line of albums by Black Sabbath. Oh, there were 18 studio […]

The Album Survivor Series

A few weeks back on the forums, I decided to revive an old game that was started initially some years ago by Sabbath forum member rossmosis. It’s “Black Sabbath Survivor”. Basically, we start with all the tracks, and you vote for your LEAST favorite. Each poll lasts a week, and at the end of the […]

Tony Iommi and Facebook

I got an email from someone at Iommi’s management team asking about Facebook. Turns out there’s someone on there who has created an account in Tony’s name, using a real looking Facebook URL. They wished it to be known that whoever has set that up was not Tony Iommi, or anyone involved with his management […]

Album #1 Turns 40 on Saturday!

If you are reading this site, then you probably already know about this, but it bears repeating. This coming Saturday, the original Black Sabbath album turns 40 years old! Originally released in the UK on Friday February 13, 1970, this seminal album in Rock (not just metal, but rock in general) will reach a milestone. […]