Pre-Order Black Rain, get Free Ozzfest Tickets

While I’ve not found Black Rain available for pre-order at “conventional” online stores like Amazon.com, Sabbath fan James F. told me this morning about a link at the Sony Music Store for Black Rain. If you visit this site, you can pre-order the album direct from the record label. This pre-order will come with a […]

Info on Ozzy’s “Black Rain”

There was a press release issued by Ozzy’s offices today with info on his new album, which is due next month. The title of the album is “Black Rain”. It is due to be released May 22nd, and that is a worldwide release date – sort of. If you live outside the US/Canada, your specific […]

Thanks from Geezer

Geezer Butler has just posted a thank you to all the fans who turned up for the Canadian tour shows, as well as the NYC date and the in store signing. Go check out his site for his personal thank you message.

Win a Free Copy of The Dio Years!

It’s giveaway time again! Unless you’ve been living under a rock on another planet, you know that the new Dio Years compilation is out now, and that’s what I’m here to give away. I’ve got five copies of the Dio Years here that are being given away. I’m going to have a trivia contest like […]

The Dio Years is out!

The Dio Years is out now. It’s available at a ton of places. Here’s some links if you didn’t have them before: Amazon.com Amazon.co.UK Amazon.CA iTunes – Exclusive track (radio edit of Devil Cried, plus Digital booklet) Walmart.com – Exclusive second disc (DVD of VH1C’s Hangin’ With Heaven & Hell) Walmart.com – Regular version of […]

Whoa – Ronnie Dio quits, replaced with Ian Gillan!

Who would have thunk it? Check this story out I read tonight. Here’s the short of it. Ronnie Dio has quit, and Tony wants to fill the gig dates, so Heaven & Hell will be renamed again to “Born Again”, and the tour will carry on with Ian Gillan on vocals. As you probably have […]

Still backlogged, but…

… I’m making progress. I have some other things to clear up before I tackle the pile of submissions for the recent shows. I will get to that some time this week, but I do not know when exactly. In the meantime, I got a few people sending me this picture, thought it was worth […]

I’m back, but…

I’m back from my vacation, however, I’m horribly backlogged due to some family issues, as well as my day job duties. I will get caught up as soon as possible. Please continue to send reviews and pictures, they will get used when I’m caught up. Thanks for visting.

Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker

Gibson Strings & Accessories unveils the new Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker! Gibson Strings & Accessories, based in Elgin, IL (a division of Gibson Musical Instruments), announces a new collaboration with Tony Iommi, lead guitarist of Black Sabbath, one of Heavy Metal’s reigning pioneers. The result is the new Gibson “Tony Iommi Signature” humbucking pickup. Tony […]

I’m headed out of town

Just a short note to say that after today I’m going to be out of town on vacation with family. Due to this, I won’t be answering any emails or updating the site at all. I will catch up when I return in a week. Please continue to send in reviews and emails, they will […]