The Mezmerist

Bill Ward was in and and out of Black Sabbath during the 80’s a few times before finally popping up in 1990 with his (severely underrated) first solo album, “Ward One: Along The Way“.   For the most part what he was up to over the years inbetween his appearances in Black Sabbath was mostly […]

New Kill Devil Hill album UPDATE

Noticed there was some updated info on the new album from Kill Devil Hill, the project with longtime Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice on drums.  The new album is due out October 29th and is called “Revolution Rise”.   I’ve got a new press release here with cover art, as well as a tune from the […]

September 3, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA [ Official Band Facebook Page for Gig ] THE BAND Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals Tony Iommi – Guitar Geezer Butler – Bass Tommy Clufetos – Drums Adam Wakeman – Keyboards OPENER Andrew WK SET LIST War Pigs Into the Void Under the Sun Snowblind Age of Reason Black Sabbath Behind […]

An evening with BLACK SABBATH in Tinley Park

Here’s a guest post by Sabbath fan Joel Roza talking about his experience seeing Sabbath in Tinley Park (Chicago), Illionis.    It was such a good post, I thought I’d promote it up here, since this site is supposed to be about Sabbath fans, not just “my voice”. Check it out:

Tony Martin IRS Era Deluxe Editions

Back on June 29, 2009, Universal started releasing Deluxe Editions/remasters of the Black Sabbath catalogue, starting with the original album in 1970.  They worked through the discography, and released all the studio albums up through “The Eternal Idol” (plus Dehumanizer).   The final release in the series was Born Again, which was released on May […]

Bob Daisley’s “For Facts Sake”

One of the names that has been around various projects related to this site in one way or another is Bob Daisley.  As a member of the original Blizzard of Ozz band in 1980, he, along with Lee Kerslake formed the rhythm section for two of metal’s most classic albums, “Blizzard of Ozz” & “Diary […]

Happy 30th, Born Again!

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 […]

Austin TX July 27 Concert Review

So Black Sabbath is touring again.  That’s not an entirely unique situation, they’ve been touring on and off since 1997 through 2013, some with Ozzy, some with Dio (yeah yeah, I know about the name thing – shut up).   What is unique is that this tour is to support a new album.  The Devil […]

An Interview with Me

Recently I conducted an interview with Michael Anthony (no, not that one) of the site “Words and Music”, a website that does interviews with people like Michael Schenker, Scott Ian, Berie Torme, etc..  Well, he decided I was a worthy subject, and this morning published an interview with me.   His interview series has some […]

Magica Deluxe Edition Review

Magica is an album I’ve written about on my site many times before.  I’ve always felt it was an under appreciated album.    What’s weird about this, the lone official “concept” album in the Dio catalogue is that it doesn’t work for me as a concept album.  Never has.   To this day, I have […]