Post Tagged with: "Black Sabbath"

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Guitars and Gore: Exploring the Horror Themes in Film and Heavy Metal

As we all know, the Devil gets the best tunes — and scripts.

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Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, “Hand of Doom” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek

Brownout’s horn-driven take on “Hand Of Doom” heralds an offbeat collection of Black Sabbath remakes.

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Glenn Hughes of California Breed, Deep Purple + Black Sabbath: Something Else! Interview

Glenn Hughes, in conversation, is as expansive as his own strikingly multi-faceted career.

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Van Canto – Dawn of the Brave (2014)

As bizarre as it is, I wasn’t sure that I was going to review this latest record from a cappella metallers Van Canto. Then I got to the final song on the record, a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” and I just couldn’t resist. You May Also Like: Peter VanRead More

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‘A positive outcome has prevailed’: Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward is recovering from shoulder surgery

Maybe physical issues were part of Black Sabbath’s failure to reunite without Bill Ward. The band’s original drummer has undergone right-shoulder repair surgery, a procedure that was complicated by a perforated diverticulitis issue. You May Also Like: Greg Ward – Touch My Beloved’s Thought (2016) How Emerson Lake and PalmerRead More

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2013: Steven Wilson, Black Sabbath, The Band

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2013: Steven Wilson, Black Sabbath, The Band

Every one has had their individual say, made their choices, argued the point. Now, it’s time for consensus ruling from the bench: Here is The Official™ Top 10 for 2013 from Something Else! You May Also Like: How Black Sabbath’s Self-Titled Debut Invented a New Genre of Music How RobbenRead More

Fred Phillips' Best of 2013 (Metal and Hard Rock): Amon Amarth, Tom Keifer, Black Sabbath, Carcass

Fred Phillips’ Best of 2013 (Metal and Hard Rock): Amon Amarth, Tom Keifer, Black Sabbath, Carcass

Any time my year-end list starts with more than 20 candidates, it’s been a pretty metal year for me. That was the case for 2013 You May Also Like: Why Black Sabbath Went Out on a High Note With ’13’ Metal Church – XI (2016)

Mark Saleski's Best of 2013 (Rock, Pop, Country, Whatever): Black Sabbath, Billy Joe + Norah, Moby

Mark Saleski’s Best of 2013 (Rock, Pop, Country, Whatever): Black Sabbath, Billy Joe + Norah, Moby

Somehow, I ended up with a fair amount of country-ish material on this year’s list. How did that happen? You May Also Like: How Black Country Communion’s Debut Brought Back ’70s-Style Hard Rock Elvis Costello’s ‘The Delivery Man’ Once Again Resisted the Urge to Look Back Why Black Sabbath’s TonyRead More

Nick DeRiso's Best Of 2013 (Rock and Pop): Steven Wilson, Steve Lukather, Stick Men, Paul McCartney

Nick DeRiso’s Best Of 2013 (Rock and Pop): Steven Wilson, Steve Lukather, Stick Men, Paul McCartney

Artists reclaimed their thrones in 2013, did things they were supposed to do in the way they were supposed to do them. Sounded, if nothing else, like their very own glorious selves. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘We were sort of used to it’: Bill Ward’s latest absence from Black Sabbath wasn’t a surprise

Tony Iommi takes a long view on the controversy involving Bill Ward’s absence from the recent Black Sabbath reunion. After all, in a stint with the band that goes back to the 1960s, he’s seen it all before. You May Also Like: Why Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Was Only inRead More