Bill Ward’s 2005 Drum Kit Information

A small piece of information that drummers might be interested in. Bill Ward has posted the layout of his Black Sabbath 2005 drum kit online at his website. There is a diagram there from his drum tech with details of all the gear in his kit. Check it out! http://www.billward.com/gallery/billsolo/wardkit2005

Ronnie Dio, Tony Iommi, & the Future of Black Sabbath

There’s been much speculation recently online about Ronnie James Dio “rejoining” Black Sabbath. I haven’t said much about it because I wanted to get official word before I did. A week ago or so, I saw some posts online (including one on my own forums) which included this text: Ronnie James Dio is working with […]

Ozzy’s “Under Cover” album due out next Tuesday

Ozzy Osbourne has a new release out this coming Tuesday (in the US, it’s coming out Nov 21 in the UK). It’s called “Under Cover”, and is essentially Disc 4 of the Prince of Darkness set released on it’s own with a few other track changes. The version on Prince of Darkness has 10 tracks, […]

Vote for Lunarmile!

Who is Lunarmile? That’s the band with Toni-Marie, the daughter of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on vocals. The band is currently engaged in an unsigned band competition on the Kerrang radio site in the UK. LunarMile is up against four others, and it would be cool if you could help out Toni-Marie and the […]

Tony Martin News

This week, some big news hit about Tony Martin’s new album, Scream. Tony signed a record deal with MTM Records in Germany to release the album. Here’s a little of what Tony had to say on his website about it.. Eureka! I have become property of MTM Records in Munich Germany!!! Playmates I am happy […]

I’m back

I’m back and have done a full update on my Sabbath site. If anyone sent me anything, I’ve used it, so check the revision history page for a complete update on what’s changed on the site. Also, I’ve gotten several emails asking me to comment on the Iron Maiden / Sharon Osbourne fiasco. I don’t […]

Hurricane Katrina

You know, as I sit here the last few days watching the coverage from New Orleans, and all the othe surrounding areas destroyed by the recent Hurricane, I have a hard time bringing myself to work on my websites. Some of the images I’ve been watching are particularly disturbing (dead in the water, dead on […]

Wow. I mean WOW.

Read this. This is just mind blowing to me. P.S. I’ve been out sick for the last several days, hence no updates, but I had to pop in and mention this story. That’s just amazing to me.

Dio’s Holy Diver to be Reissued – FINALLY!

In something that I know a lot of people have been waiting for, the first (and a lot of people would argue the best) Dio album, Holy Diver, is to be reissued on September 30th. Check out this news story from melodicrock.com. HOLY DIVER’ SET TO BE RE-ISSUED SEPTEMBER 30: It has now been confirmed […]

Tony Martin’s “Scream” Delayed till 2006

Noticed an update on Tony Martin’s Website today regarding the state of affairs with him. The short of it is that his album has been delayed into early 2006 now. Here’s the relevant text: Mostly the industry is working on Novembers releases right now, the problem with that is it’s the season of silly songs!! […]