Black Sabbath / Depeche Mode Connection?

This past week, I got an email asking me something I had never seen before. It was in relation to the Born Again cover art. They had asked me if I knew anything, because the cover art for Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the Depeche mode single “New Life”. Let’s get right to the pictures […]

Black Box is out!

Black Box is out, folks, go get it! As was said before, it’s a US/Canada only release. If you want it outside these areas, you’re going to have to import it. Rhino tells me there are no plans for it to be sold elsewhere. You can get more info on Black Box here.

More on Black Box

The response to my review of the Black Box package on Friday has been outstanding. My web traffic has shot up almost 100% over the weekend (as if it wasn’t high enough already). I want to thank all who sent in feedback on it. I do have a few other things to point out. 1) […]

Black Box Review

Got a surprise delivery today handed to me at work from Airborne Express. It’s my copy of the Black Box set. The final release version. Many moons ago I got copies of the CD’s from someone at Rhino so I could check out the new recordings, but now I have the final release set which […]

Black Box Single

I got this in the mail from someone recently regarding Black Box. In other news, I just got back from Best Buy with a Black Sabbath “Paranoid” CD single released by Warner Bros./Rhino. Going for a mere $2.99, it contains “Paranoid” and “Iron Man,” specifically the remastered versions that will be heard on the upcoming […]

Rockline, Ozzfest 2004, Sabbath

The other night, Rockline held an interview with Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne. A variety of topics was discussed from the forthcoming Black Box, to Ozzfest 2004, to “When I Came Down”, and more. I didn’t get to hear the interview unfortunately, but Rob Dwyer of sabbathlive.com did. With Rob’s permission, I’m going to copy […]

Tony & Ozzy to be on Rockline

Rockline, the nationally (in the US anyway) syndicated radio programme will feature Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi. They will be on the March 31st edition of the programme. The live show begins at 11:30PM Eastern Time, and you can call in to the show with questions by phoning 800-344-7625 (during the […]

Future of Black Sabbath?

Recently I’ve been swamped and haven’t had a chance to update like I would. I have a ton of stuff to get through, and when I get backlogged, I don’t generally report on “old” news that happened, but this one is one I think I should. It’s a remark Bill Ward made back in early […]

Minor Black Box Update

Was going through an update I got from Rhino about the Black Box cover art, and it has some clarification as to how the box set will actually look. here’s what they told me. This is a printable-version of the cover (i.e. the white graphics). Those graphics and the title of the box, which is […]

Another Black Box Update

Another day, another Black Box update. :) This time the update is about a news story over at ozzyhead.com about Black Box. In it the article talks about content on the package. Specifically, it says this.. It (the DVD) will also feature original interviews from such SABBATH disciples as Rob Zombie, James Hetfield, Vince Neil, […]