BLACK SABBATH was embroiled in a protracted legal battle with its former manager in 1975 when the band started recording its sixth studio album, “Sabotage”. The group felt sabotaged at every turn — hence the album’s title — but that feeling helped fuel the intensity of the new music they were making. In spite of...
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Unheard BLACK SABBATH Song Featuring RONNIE JAMES DIO Surfaces Online
A classic BLACK SABBATH rehearsal recording of the band playing a previously unreleased song, apparently called “Slapback”, can be heard just below. The song was laid to tape back in 1979 during the pre-production sessions for the band’s “Heaven And Hell” album and features Ronnie James Dio on vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar and Bill...
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Check Out BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Lady Evil’ And ‘Die Young’ From ‘Heaven And Hell’ And ‘Mob Rules’ Deluxe Editions
Singer Ronnie James Dio joined BLACK SABBATH in 1979 which resulted in two back-to-back classic albums: “Heaven And Hell” and “Mob Rules”. On those memorable albums, Dio’s soaring tenor and gothic songwriting were the perfect foil for the band’s bone-crushing mix of razor-sharp riffs, intense grooves, and dark imagery. Rhino salutes the long shadow cast...
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BLACK SABBATH Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS Launches TOMMY’S ROCKTRIP; Debut Album Due In May
TOMMY’S ROCKTRIP, the newly formed hard rock outfit led by renowned drummer Tommy Clufetos (BLACK SABBATH, OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE, TED NUGENT, ALICE COOPER, DEAD DAISIES), will release its debut album, “Beat Up By Rock N’ Roll”, on May 7 via Frontiers Srl. The first single and video will arrive on March 11. “Beat Up...
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Check Out BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Neon Knights’ And ‘Voodoo’ From ‘Heaven And Hell’ And ‘Mob Rules’ Deluxe Editions
Singer Ronnie James Dio joined BLACK SABBATH in 1979 which resulted in two back-to-back classic albums: “Heaven And Hell” and “Mob Rules”. On those memorable albums, Dio’s soaring tenor and gothic songwriting were the perfect foil for the band’s bone-crushing mix of razor-sharp riffs, intense grooves, and dark imagery. Rhino salutes the long shadow cast...
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BLACK SABBATH To Release Super Deluxe Edition Of ‘Vol 4’, Listen To Remastered Version Of ‘Changes’
BLACK SABBATH unleashed its fourth album in two years in 1972 with “Vol 4”. Stacked with classic tracks like “Supernaut”, “Changes” and “Snowblind”, the record harnessed the group’s surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the albums chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., on its...
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CHECK THIS OUT: Previously Unheard 1979 Rehearsal Recording Of BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Heaven And Hell’
A previously unreleased rehearsal recording of BLACK SABBATH playing the classic song “Heaven And Hell” during the pre-production sessions for the 1979 album of the same name can be heard below. The song features SABBATH’s longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls on bass and was uploaded to YouTube by Geoff’s stepson and executor of his estate, Gary...
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BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER Ain’t No CARDI B Fan
BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler isn’t much of a fan of rapper Cardi B and her latest hit single ‘WAP’. “WAP” debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August and is generally viewed as either an empowering anthem for feminism or as a gratuitously offensive track celebrating the natural lubrication of…you...
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BLACK SABBATH’s ‘End Of The End’ Concert Film To Be Aired On TV
AXS TV’s “Docs That Rock” will air BLACK SABBATH’s 2017 concert film “Black Sabbath: The End Of The End” on November 11 at 9/8c. Taking the stage in front of a sold-out crowd in their hometown of Birmingham, England, the band performs enduring hits such as “Iron Man”, “Paranoid” and “War Pigs”, interspersed with intimate...
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OZZY OSBOURNE On Ever Performing With BLACK SABBATH Again: “Not For Me. It’s Done”
Ever since SABBATH finished “The End” tour in Birmingham, England in February 2017, there has been some speculation on a possible one-off reunion, either for a festival appearance or another special event. BLACK SABBATH frontman OZZY OSBOURNE recently sat down with Rolling Stone and was asked about guitarist Tony Iommi’s comment that he would still...