It’s giveaway time again! This coming Tuesday is the US release date for the Black Sabbath Box Set “The Rules of Hell”. If you’ve been living under a rock, then you don’t know this is the Dio era of Black Sabbath’s remastered box set offering. It contains the three studio albums Dio Sabbath released, plus […]

I just found out today (thanks Steve) that there was a version of the forthcoming “Rules of Hell” box set being sold at Best Buy which is an “exclusive”. I was not aware of this happening, so I hit up my contact at Rhino for information. I was told there is indeed going to be […]

Short note.. The Rules of Hell box set can now be pre-ordered through Amazon.com. Here is a direct link for you: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AZ7RU0/73407921 (Amazon US) http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AZ7RU0/blacksabbatho-21 (Amazon UK) It is due to be out on July 22nd, and contains all three existing Dio era Sabbath albums plus Live Evil in its original double CD format. Please […]

As we approach something that hasn’t happened now in 13 years (the recording of a new Black Sabbath album – yeah, yeah, yeah, I know – Heaven & Hell. Sod that), I thought I’d query the fanbase about the three most recent studio tracks released under the name Black Sabbath. These are the three new […]

Rhino today sent over cover art for the Rules of Hell box set that is due out this summer. I’m passing it along to y’all. Shown here is the cover art for the set, and an image of what the overall box looks like. You can click on either picture for a larger version. I […]

I received a press release today regarding the upcoming “Rules of Hell” box set, as well as the Metal Masters Tour. Most of what is contained within is information we already knew, but there were a few tidbits in here worth pointing out before you check out the full press release. New Studio album in […]

As I’ve mentioned below, I’ve been playing catch up with a seven month backlog of emails and submissions. Several things have taken a slide due to this. This post will have several things I’ve run across in the email pile I thought are worth a look. Eric Singer Interview: A cool interview posted in January […]

I’m making a major attempt at getting caught up with all of my backlogged Black Sabbath email tonight. In doing that, I ran across this cool link which was sent to me back in September 2007 from someone at the BBC. Here’s what they said: We’re a BBC site, and we’ve just produced an interactive […]

A couple of days ago I posted the news that there will be a box set based on the four Dio era Black Sabbath releases. I posed some questions of band management regarding some details on the set, and I can now bring you an update based on what I found out. Individual Releases: The […]