heaven hell

It was a quintessential New York moment at what's billed as the 'World's Most Famous Arena': One throng of people at Madison Square Garden are queued up to see Britney Spears in the arena, and another to see Heaven & Hell play downstairs, at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. In...

To Geezer Butler, the legendary bassist from Black Sabbath, the formation of the band Heaven & Hell was unplanned. So he and his band members -- singer Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Vinny Appice -- are taking their career in stride, including the follow-up to 2009's 'The Devil You Know.' "W...

Coheed and Cambria's vocalist – the wiry-haired, soft-spoken genius known as Claudio Sanchez – isn't just a singer and guitarist known for pushing the prog-metal envelope with his complex music. He's also a best-selling author, who has penned the sci-fi comic mini-series 'The Armory Wars.' Sanchez i...

Don't expect a reunion of the original Black Sabbath lineup any time soon. With his former Sabbath band mates Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler touring and recording with Ronnie James Dio (Osbourne's replacement in Black Sabbath when he left the band in 1980) as Heaven and Hell, Ozzy Osbourne is suing Iommi over the rights to the Sabbath moniker according to the 'New York Post...

Metal legends Heaven & Hell brings some visceral imagery on their debut, 'The Devil You Know.' The background painting is by Norwegian illustrator Per Haagensen. Not knowing the title of the album or of the piece, one is able to assume the snarling figure's identity via the multi-crucifixes and general nightmarishness of the Horned One. Th...