March 26, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Sabbath • 0 Comments
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, who is currently receiving treatment in England for the early stages of lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed late last year, has issued the following update: “A little update on how it’s all going: “Well, I’ve had the last dose of chemotherapy, so hopefully my body will start to get […]
March 4, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Sabbath, TONY MARTIN • 0 Comments
Antonis “Jey Key” Katsaros of Greece’s webzine Rock Overdose recently conducted an interview with former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock Overdose: You are singing with a lot of passion in your voice. That is one of the reasons that people love to hear you. What […]
May 6, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BILL WARD, Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
On May 31, music fans will have their first taste of reissues from rock icon OZZY OSBOURNE’s catalog of work with the releases of two albums which form the cornerstone of Ozzy Osbourne’s career as a solo artist: “Blizzard Of Ozz” and “Diary Of A Madman” (Epic Records/Legacy Recordings). Long revered by rock fans around […]
April 28, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
Last week Ozzy Osbourne stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to discuss his new album “Scream”, his forthcoming world tour, the death of Ronnie James Dio and the possibility of a BLACK SABBATH reunion (see video below). “I love those guys — Bill [Ward, drums], Tony [Iommi, guitar] and Geezer [Butler, bass],” he told Rolling […]
April 21, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Sabbath, TONY IOMMI • 0 Comments
According to BirminghamMail.net, legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi is among the musicians who will join former BLACK SABBATH/ELO drummer Bev Bevan on stage at Birmingham, England’s Gatecrasher club next Thursday. Bevan will be the 22nd celebrity honored on the Broad Street Walk Of Stars in Birmingham, England. Iommi, comedian Jasper Carrott, guitarist Trevor Burton […]
Black Sabbath – The Legacy
September 11, 2013 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: BILL WARD, Black Sabbath, Doom, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne, Terrence Geezer Butler, The Legacy, TONY IOMMI • 0 Comments
A quick look at Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath’s legacy: Heavy Metal’s true progenitors have created a monster! Sometimes someone is so great we wish to bring to fruition and duplicate what they have done; emulating them – maybe even perhaps surpassing them. This is what is going on with the emergent subcategory in Heavy […]
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