BlackSabbath

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler took to his website to dispel any and all rumors that Black Sabbath will reunite for both a tour and a new album. Butler posted a definitive, terse statement on his website. "I would like to make it clear, due to mounting speculation and rumours, that there will be definitely NO reunion of all four original members of Black Sabbath, whether to record an alb

Just over seven months after the tragic death of Heaven & Hell and Dio frontman Ronnie James Dio, bandmate and bassist Geezer Butler has revealed facts that may make Dio's passing even more tragic. It didn't have to happen. "All the doctors said if he'd have gone in a year earlier or two years earlier, they could have treated him," Butler told Noisecreep. "B...

Dio's double-disc affair 'At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987' is going to be issued on vinyl Feb. 15. It will be the first-ever Dio release to be issued on high-grade, 180-gram vinyl. Dio's longtime engineer, Wyn Davis, oversaw the mixing and mastering of the release, so you know it sounds terrific. ...

The last official video release from Heaven & Hell to feature the late legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio -- 'Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell Live in Europe' -- debuted at number six on the Billboard Top Music Videos chart Nov. 23. No...

Nashville is obviously a hotbed of country music. But it will become a hotbed of hard rock and of metal on Dec. 5, as members of powerhouses like Black Sabbath, Quiet Riot, Dio, Whitesnake and Ratt will all perform a holiday benefit at 12th and Porter, which is designed to raise money for education programs for prison inmates...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi can't be stopped, even at the age of 62 years young. The guitarist told Metal Hammer that he has been experiencing a creative surge and is applying it to the next phase of his career -- even though he's not quite sure what the end result will be...

It doesn't matter who your favorite Black Sabbath singer is. It's Ozzy Osbourne who is the most well-known, so it makes sense that a Black Sabbath box set of the Ozzy era will be released on Nov. 15. 'The Ozzy Years -- Complete Albums Box Set' collects all nine of the Ozzy-era Sabbath records...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain are teaming up with Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan and keyboardist Jon Lord to record a brand new song to help raise money to rebuild an Armenian music school. The genesis of the song lies in the time Iommi and Gillan were part of a group of musicians that re-recorded Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' in 1989...

The combination of Halloween and heavy metal is a beautiful marriage made in hell and when it comes down to it, a complete no-brainer. Since the early 1900s, an entire cottage industry has risen around the Oct. 31 holiday. Whether it's books, feature films or the multi-million dollar costume industry, Halloween has made a lot of people rich...

Geezer Butler keeps talking about how a Black Sabbath reunion is not out of the question. The bassist told our friends over at Hellbound.ca that he "wouldn't say no" to a reunion, adding, "You know it would be nice to finish the whole thing off with one last tour...