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!! […]

Sabbath bows out of Columbus OH gig, too

Oz’s sickness continues to derail Black Sabbath. I was just made aware that Black Sabbath will not be playing the Columbus OH Ozzfest gig. That makes three in a row now, so one has to think, is this the last cancelled gig? I don’t have any information about that, but my gut feeling says there […]

Sabbath cancels Noblesville, IN gig?

According to a news story posted here, Black Sabbath is also canceling their gig tonight on July 31st. There’s no mention of this on the Ozzfest site as I write this, but the website for the venue (Verizon Wireless Music Center) says Sabbath won’t be there tonight. Further details are available at the Verizon Center […]

Black Sabbath Gig on July 27th Cancelled

Due to an illness in the camp, Black Sabbath will not perform at tonight’s Ozzfest show in Holmdel, NJ. Refunds are available through your point of purchase or can be arranged through the box office until 3pm at PNC for those already inside the venue. Iron Maiden will headline tonight’s Ozzfest. —————– This text appeared […]

Get Fused & Ohmwork Signed at Ozzfest

In the last couple of days both the Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler websites have made announcements about meeting Tony & Geezer at Ozzfest shows. They will be signing copies of their new respective solo albums at a special booth on the Ozzfest grounds during an hour block each day on Ozzfest in the “FYE” […]

Winners of Fused Giveaway

Last week I posted a contest where folks could win a copy of Fused, which was released yesterday. Today I picked the winners, and here they are: 1) Eric Goldberg of Shrewsbury, MA 2) Leo Scheben of Anchorage, AK 3) Lev Kalman of Philadelphia, PA 4) Timo Peterse of The Netherlands 5) Michelle Davies of […]

Tony Iommi’s Fused is now available on iTunes

Tony Iommi’s new album Fused is out today. You’ve read about it (read my review of Fused). Now you can go get it. Head on over to your local record store today (in the US/Canada), and pick it up (our UK bretheren got it yesterday). However, it’s available now on iTunes. If you just can’t […]

Iommi Fused Update – Extra Track Information

Since I posted my review of Fused yesterday, I’ve since been made aware of some additional “bonus” tracks that will appear in relation to this release. There is the already mentioned Let it Down Easy, which will be on the Japanese version of the album. That one I’ve already heard and reviewed. This track is […]

Tony Iommi’s Fused comes out next week – My review & a giveaway are up!

Next week Tony Iommi’s third solo album, “Fused” comes out. This is a masterful work, and I’m here to discuss a few things about the album. ALBUM PRE-ORDER: First are some links you can use to pre-order the album. In the US: Amazon.com’s Fused Page In the UK: Amazon.co.uk’s Fused Page WIN A FREE COPY […]