First “13 Single Released Apr 19th

This will be a short and sweet comment.  It appears the first single from “13” will be “God is Dead?” – it’s showing up on the Amazon (US) MP3 store.  As I write this in the wee hours of Monday morning the 15th, I don’t see it available anywhere else at the moment, but I’m […]

Dio’s Magica Deluxe Edition Coming June 25

Just a tad over 13 years (has it been that long, really) the album “Magica” was released by Dio.  This album was a turning point in Dio’s career.  He had just come off a couple of albums with Tracy G, and to a lot of long time Dio fans, those albums didn’t sit well.  Not […]

“13” Listening Party Review

Earlier today, a private record label listening party happened out in the LA area.  I wasn’t invited (Waaaaah! – haha), nor do I personally know anyone who attended.  However…  We live in an age of the Internet and instant information, so you KNOW things would get out.   An hour or so ago, I got […]

Partial “13” Track Listing

Earlier today there was a private record company listening party for a very small group of people, and the couple of remarks I’ve read about it are very positive.  Hope to have some more detail shortly.  But what I am seeing is a listing of some track names. End of The Beginning (8:07) God is […]

Black Sabbath to appear on CSI

Geezer Butler posted this on Twitter & Facebook a short while ago.. I’ve seen almost every episode of CSI, so it’s cool to say I’m actually in the season finale! Black Sabbath will be playing a track from the new album; watch out for it! That’s pretty cool, and envokes the kind of promotion that […]

“13” Cover Art Revealed

They did it in the form of a Youtube video, which also has a snippet of one of the new songs playing in the background.   Check it out below:

New Deep Purple Press Release

DEEP PURPLE CONFIRM NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN APRIL “The title of our new album is still a question mark to all of us… We have recorded a new album, and it’s a fantastic collection of songs. At the moment that’s the only affirmative point we can offer…” (Ian Gillan, December 2012) Eight years after the […]

Dream Evil Deluxe Edition

The next album in the series of Dio Deluxe Editions is about to be released – on March 4, 2013.  Last year we got the first three Dio studio albums (plus the first live one, Intermission).  I got a lot of emails asking when the next one was coming out, and today I got a […]

Black Sabbath release “In the Studio” video

On the same day that marks the 43rd anniversary of the release of the original Black Sabbath album, the band has released a new promotional video for the forthcoming “13” album.  It shows Tony, Geezer, & Ozzy in studio with Brad Wilk working on the new album.   Check it out below:

Snakecharmer Review

I live in the United States, and given my age, I was a “musical child of the 80’s”.  I was 15 in 1980, and music of that era is what dominated my rock listening style.   Like a lot of Americans, I was introduced to Whitesnake through the Slide it In album, and that crystallized […]