Artist: Black Sabbath

Metal legends Black Sabbath announced that the writing sessions for the forthcoming album with the band's original lineup has been moved from Los Angeles to Birmingham, England. In a post on the band's Facebook page, the band added "Sabbath has gone back to where it all started and it?s been just amazing. This is where the writing of the album w... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

"Yeah...right," I remember muttering as I read their press kit. I may have giggled a little bit, too. Ronnie James Dio (rest in peace) was one of the greatest vocalists of all-time, in my opinion, so when Sweden's Astral Doors mentioned, "the sound's unmistakable kinship to Dio-fronted Rainbow and Dio/Martin-fronted Black Sabbath ," when describing their new album, I had more than a few doubts. Then I heard the 11 tracks of power-metal on Jerusalem and all those doubts disappeared. Poof. [...]

Raining. Wind whipping the scattered leaves into a violent frenzy of attacking dead foliage. Lightning cracks the sky. Time to get some doom on. Leather Nun (America) - All Your Kin Of all the doom bands that have plodded into the Ripple office over the last four years, Leather Nun (America) have always been one of my favorites. [...]

I was a little worried when Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma a few weeks ago. One, I genuinely hope that Iommi can recover from this horrible disease and two, I was worried that the Sabbath reunion would be in jeopardy. But, it seems that's not the case. Tony is set on making ...

I was a little worried when Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma a few weeks ago. One, I genuinely hope that Iommi can recover from this horrible disease and two, I was worried that the Sabbath reunion would be in jeopardy. But, it seems that's not the case. Tony is set on making ...

30 years ago today, on 20 January 1982, an anonymous fan of Ozzy Osbourne took a live bat to a concert of the then-ex-Black Sabbath frontman in Iowa, Des Moines. He/She threw it onstage, and the rest, as they say, is history . While (thankfully) no footage of Osbourne's unwitting chiropteracide , it does give us a good excuse to go revisit the album he was promoting on that tour - 19812s Diary Of A Madman 1982 was a pretty significant year for Ozzy Osbourne - [...]

Ice Dragon's debut The Burl, The Earth, The Aether has been compared by many to Black Sabbath's self titled and Electric Wizard's Dopethrone, and it's really not hard to see why. Taking many cues from the titans that preceded them, Ice Dragon weaves a solid, dynamic album that is dismally bleak and oppressively heavy, all the while retaining a spaced out atmosphere. The album as a whole flows and progresses really well; the pace is staggered with crescendos and dotted with dynamic changes in both riffs and tone which moves the album along and a lumbering jaunt, [...]

Self-titled albums are one thing. But when a band names one of its songs after itself - or, alternately, when a band names itself after one of its songs - it's a pretty big deal. The song itself comes off looking something like a mission statement, an encapsulation of everything that the band means. When Bad Company names a song "Bad Company," they want you to know that this song is what they're all about . Not too many bands have been brave enough to attempt this trick throughout history. For some reason, a lot of [...]

There's no telling if any of these albums are coming out this year...it's all a massive guess...all for fun. Some of these may come out before Fall...some after...but rumors are flying. Here are the 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2012: Tool - TBA (Nov.) Stone Roses - TBA (Oct.) Pearl Jam - TBA (Oct.) No Doubt - TBA (Nov.) U2 - TBA (Oct.) Green Day - TBA (Dec.) The xx - TBA (Oct.)

UK rockers, get ready to do some dancing and some headbanging at Donington Park this year. The line up for the 10th annual Download festival was recently announced and the line up is rather big for fans of hard rock and metal. Headlining this whole shindig are Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Prodigy. You've also got Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro and Soundgarden providing support (even though I think Soundgarden should be a headliner but that's just me.) Other bands appearing include Tenacious D, Machine Head, Lamb of God, You Me At Six, Trivium, [...]

Church Of Misery "Megalomania (Herbert Mullin)" by Metal Blade Records While waiting for the Black Sabbath reunion album, Rise Above/Metal Blade's reissue of Church of Misery's full-length debut, Master of Brutality , should be a good holdover. Master of Brutality was Church of Misery's first full-length and the disc originally came out on Southern Lord in 2001. This new reissue adds three bonus tracks which extends the total running time by an additional 33 minutes. While a [...]

Dismissed by many critics at the time of its release, Black Sabbath 's Paranoid has since gone on to be considered one of the most important and influential albums in the rock and metal idioms. Almost immediately on the heels of their self-titled debut, the band found themselves once again in the studio working with producer Rodger Bain on their follow-up. As with their debut, the band recorded the album live with few or no second takes. Released in 1970, nine months after Black Sabbath , Paranoid continues many of the themes found on the debut, digressing [...]

On today's RiO!B episode, I wanna know from you what albums you're looking forward to this year. A lot of bands are expected to release new music this year so what ones are you hoping to get in 2012?

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Earlier this week, we were saddened to report that legendary Black Sabbath guitarist has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Now Iommi has released a statement on the matter via his Facebook page: "My fans, friends & colleagues - "I just want to say how overwhelmed I am with all your messages of support, thank you so [...]

The metal world was shocked when it was announced on Monday that legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been stricken with lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. The news came on the heels of Sabbath's recent reunion announcement, and commitment to a new record and world tour. Many were speculating if Iommi's diagnosis would put ...

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Holy shit it is time to get super-pumped for new Van Halen music. That is for sure, fun lovers! Of course, it has been like thirteen years since their most recent album, so the music-makers of VH had some dust to shake off. No biggie. The more daunting task before Team Van Halen now is [...]

Billboard : Black Sabbath was confirmed to headline Coachella, but pulled out due to Tony Iommi's recent lymphoma diagnosis. EW : Watch the trailer for LCD Soundsystem flick documenting James Murphy and company's performance at MSG. It's Sundance approved. USA Today : Kelly Clarkson will be singing the national anthem at the Superbowl. Pitchfork : Cloud Nothings recorded their new album with Steve Albini. Sounds like a real drag. [...]

So that Coachella bill? Looks pretty good, Dr. Dre and Snoop, Radiohead, and, hmm, The Black Keys? Sure ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ black-sabbath-apparently-was-s et-to-play-coachella/60463/