On Sept. 29, 2014 news spread like wildfire that Black Sabbath are to finish their career with one last final album and tour, likely to be produced by Rick Rubin. The story seemed to appear first as a “world exclusive” on Classic Rock, then was picked up by music news sites around the world. Joe Siegler’s Black Sabbath online page, an…
On April 19 the original line-up of Black Sabbath digitally released “God Is Dead?” on iTunes and Amazon, their first proper single in 35 years and the first since 1978’s Never Say Die album. Well, perhaps it’s a bit misleading to say “original line-up”, since drummer Bill Ward is nowhere to be found. But still, pretty darn close.…
Bastard of Reality are a Seattle-based Black Sabbath tribute act. Bastard of Reality strive for an authentic Sabbath sound and performance, with much of their set focused on the first two studio albums. Singer David Hillman, who sounds uncannily like Ozzy Osbourne, was kind enough to answer some questions about Bastard of Reality, of course…
The last six months have been nerve racking for Black Sabbath fans, to say the least. First, on Nov. 11 the band announced a world tour and a new studio album, the first in 33 years, to be produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin (for full story, see Black Sabbath reform for new album, world tour.) Fans were…