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
March 5, 2010 by
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!
February 13, 2010 by
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
February 12, 2010 by
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
February 10, 2010 by
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!
February 8, 2010 by
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. […]
More Deluxe Edition Releases – Dio Era
February 6, 2010 by
As you probably know, there were several remasters released in 2009 from Sanctuary/Universal records in the UK. These were based off the original UK set of album masters (as opposed to the US/Warner set which resulted in Black Box & Rules of Hell). The first three Sabbath albums were released in multi disc format with […]
Black Sabbath to hit Guitar Hero 5
January 28, 2010 by
Caught today on one of my game news sites that the game Guitar Hero 5 will get some Black Sabbath songs as downloadable content. This is a first for Black Sabbath in that these will be original master recordings. Black Sabbath did have some songs in the past in the original Rock Band, but they […]
Mailing List
December 25, 2009 by
It’s been a few months since I sent out the mailing list. 2009 has been bad for me, and many things fell by the wayside as my life was turned upside down due to the loss of my job. The mailing list was one of them. I looked today at restarting it, and I discovered […]
Mail Problems
December 12, 2009 by
If you have tried sending me an email, and got this error: Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: […]
