September, 2021

Guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward first appeared at Ozzy Osbourne’s doorstep in 1968. The pair arrived in response to an old “Ozzy Zig Needs a Gig” advertisement that had lingered even after Ozzy had given up on becoming a singer. Ozzy’s mother, Lillian, answered the door as Tony recalls. Ozzy remembers that Tony initially tried to storm off as he vented to Bill: “… his name ain’t Ozzy Zig. And he ain’t […]

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We love and support the beautiful and talented Mrs. Smith, and did you know she was recently kidnapped? It’s all profiled in her new music video, a cover of Metallica’s “One.” The rendition was inspired by the recent release of “The Blacklist,” an album of covers from Metallica’s “Black Album.”  “I’ve been performing “One” at […]

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Dr. Archspire is here to perform bad surgery.

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Nearly eight minutes of uh… funeral doom.

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A Chrono Trigger reference?

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The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West is a “full goth girl” who loves Black Sabbath according to a recent interview with Kim on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “North is like goth – she’s into Hot Topic. She puts fake tattoos on her face, and she listens to Black Sabbath, and she’s just like […]

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Yesterday, Thursday, September 16th, 2021 – Metallica announced late in the day that they would be playing a surprise show at the 500-person capacity San Francisco club The Independent. The band wrote: “Hey! Gonna let you in on a little secret .. We’re playing tonight at The Independent in downtown SF. Grab a $20 bill […]

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Corey, please never do this to us.

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“I have nothing but great memories of making that record with Ozz.”

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He’s a living legend in heavy metal. The drummer’s drummer and the cornerstone to perhaps the greatest thrash metal band ever. Previous comments aside, Dave Lombardo requires no introduction. With nearly four decades of liquidating faces under his belt, and with time punched in projects past and present including but not limited to Slayer, Misfits, […]

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