If you’re the kind of fan who thinks Black Sabbath died after 1978, or are one of those fans that say “No Ward, No Sabbath”, then you might as well stop reading now. This article won’t be for you. I’m here to talk about the 25th anniversary of one of the more maligned albums in […]
30 Years An Idol
November 23, 2017 by 25 Comments
Those of you who follow me on social media have noticed that I’ve started marking albums’ birthdays a lot. In some ways, it is because I like bringing light to albums that never rGot the attention they should have. Mostly I just like marking the passage of time. Plus I like hearing from people who […]
In Memory….. of a 30 year old Star
January 28, 2016 by
NOTE: This article was originally published on Jan 28, 2006 and was called “In Memory of a 20 year old Star”. 10 more years have passed, so I’ve brought it back to the top of the pile, and added a couple of small things. Enjoy. Thunder shattered the dawn Raging with fury, the king has […]
Happy 25th Headless Cross!
April 24, 2014 by 30 Comments
I don’t have time to write one of the giant 5,000 word essays at this time, but I didn’t want to let this anniversary pass. Today is the 25th anniversary of the Headless Cross album, originally released back in 1989. While technically the second Tony Martin era album, it felt like the “first” to me, […]
Happy 20th, Cross Purposes!
January 31, 2014 by 55 Comments
Today is January 31, 2014. That means that 20 years ago, it was Jan 31, 1994. And on that date, came the penultimate studio Black Sabbath album in the Tony Martin era of the band, Cross Purposes! I’m not doing a full retrospective, because I’m a bit too busy to write about it on […]
Happy 30th, Born Again!
August 8, 2013 by 47 Comments
Today is August 7, 2013 (Well it was when I started writing this, it got too long, and it came out on August 8th). Thirty years ago today was the original release of one of the more polarizing albums in the history of Black Sabbath, that being Born Again. I was a recent Black […]
Happy 30th, Holy Diver!
May 25, 2013 by 21 Comments
Today (March 25th) is the 30th anniversary (in the United States anyway) of the original release of the first, and arguably the best Dio album, “Holy Diver”. Man, thirty years, eh? I know time is the enemy that marches on, never stopping, never ceasing, but when you reach milestones like that about things from […]
An Angel is Missing – A Dio Career Retrospective
November 30, 2012 by 43 Comments
If you’ve been following me for awhile (and especially on Twitter), you’ll know I like to post playlists. Given my overall music collection is so gigantic, I generally have a playlist for every band I like. I’ve posted several of them to twitter. However, this afternoon when I was thinking about Ronnie James Dio, I […]
About Henry
January 3, 2012 by 49 Comments
If you’re a Black Sabbath fan, especially a long time one, you’ve seen Henry a bunch of times. Thing is, most people didn’t know he’s called Henry. He’s something akin to Iron Maiden’s “Eddie”, although Henry has never come out on stage live. :) Henry is of course the “flying devil” or “flying angel” […]
Black Sabbath / Depeche Mode Connection?
June 21, 2004 by
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 […]
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