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Eddie 'The Rocker' Norton, a former roadie for Black Sabbath, has died. Norton, 62, was killed in a motorcycle accident on May 17 in Thailand.

It's not as if Ozzy Osbourne had not reunited with Black Sabbath before, even playing with his original bandmates on his own branded Ozzfest. Sabbath have played six such Ozzfest events dating back to 1997, but yet the band never recorded any new material. Osbourne admits in a new interview that part of the reason for that was his own ego.

Black Sabbath recently engaged in a two-fer by filming their video for 'End of the Beginning' on the set of the season finale of 'CSI' on which they appeared! Talk about your multi-tasking! The clip starts in black and white, featuring Sabbath in a bit of an underplay situation, performing to an assembled audience in a small room with attendees pumping their fists in the air...

Prospect Park - Five Finger Death Punch let another piece of their upcoming album slip by exclusively premiering a snippet of 'You' at Loudwire. Listen here:

Black Sabbath have mostly received positive word-of-mouth for '13,' their first new album in 35 years, which begs the question of whether or not we'll see more original music from the metal icons down the road. Bassist Geezer Butler tells Billboard concerning their future work, "Well, I guess you should never say never...

Where do old guitar strings go to die? Well, they don't, at least in the case of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. The guitar deity has elected to donate his old guitar strings to Wear Your Music, a charity that takes musician-used strings and fashions them into wearable jewelry, such as bracelets and necklaces...

Little by little, Black Sabbath have been leaking out their highly-anticipated '13' album, but now that leak is a full-on gusher. With the disc due in stores next Tuesday (June 11), the group has decided to let everyone have an advance listen to the collection by streaming it via the iTunes store...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is thrilled to be back onstage performing for audiences again, but just because he's doing so does not mean that his cancer battle has ended. The guitar great may have regained his strength to play again and complete a new disc with Black Sabbath, but he reveals in a new interview that his cancer battle may never be over...

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi is on the road to recovery now, but the guitar great says there was definitely some periods of doubt as he began his treatment for lymphoma. Iommi tells Guitar World that the initial diagnosis really hit him hard...

Black Sabbath have just announced the dates for a North American tour. The 20-city trek will launch on July 25 in Houston, Texas and will include stops in cities like Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco and other major markets, along with the previously announced stops in Holmdel, N.J., Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto.