Tony Iommi performs at Chicago's Charter One Pavilion on June 11, 2009. Photo by Adam Bielawki. Photobra (Adam Bielawski), CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi diagnosed with lymphoma

Monday brought sobering news to metalheads across the globe with the announcement that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, 63, has been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. The news came as a shock to fans who were understandably excited about the Nov. 11 announcement of a new Black Sabbath studio album and world tour (for coverage of the Nov. 11 announcement, please see Black Sabbath…

Album cover for Guns N' Roses 'Chinese Democracy'.

Review of Guns N’ Roses – ‘Chinese Democracy’

15 years the release of the perplexing punk rock cover album Spaghetti Incident, Guns N’ Roses have returned with the long-overdue Chinese Democracy. Or rather, Axl Rose has returned with an album featuring no original members, except for Dizzy Reed who joined in 1990, five years after the band’s inception. And just as the original members have all gone their various ways…