Black Sabbath

The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's still not great. I'm ... More >>

Rock Band DLC Shuts Down: How A Geek Sport Briefly Became A Party Phenomenon

Rock Band is over. Well--kind of over. It's been "over" in the people-who-wouldn't-otherwise-touch-a-Playstation-caring-about-it sense since a few months after Beatles Rock Band came out, but now it's "over" inasmuch as after April 2, when "American Pie" will be released (nice timing), developer Har ... More >>

Deep Thoughts on Geography from Swedish Band Graveyard

Besides learning that "begravningsplats" is Swedish for graveyard, talking to Axel Sjöberg, drummer for the Swedish rock band of the same name, was both fascinating and a bit unnerving. Not only does the guy sound exactly like Dirk Nowitzki, but just when I thought the language issue was going to g ... More >>

10 Heavy Metal Albums You Need to Hear Before You Die

In the near or not so-near future,when you're lying on your deathbed, you'll reflect on things in your life that you've failed to accomplish: the kiss you never gave, the boss you never slugged and the metal album you never bought because your partner was bitching about the money that you "wasted o ... More >>

Phil Anselmo On His First Gig: "I Was About Seven Octaves Out Of Key"

See also: A not-so-vulgar discussion of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power Next Tuesday, Phil Anselmo comes back to Dallas with Down, to play a show that was originally planned for the Ridglea Theater, but has now moved to Trees. Anselmo talked about the first show he played, how he befriended fell ... More >>

A Journey Through Lollapalooza in 25 GIFs

BY REED FISCHER See also: What your Lollapalooza outfit says about you Are you ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osbourne, "I can't fucking hear you!" I said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GIFs?! This past weekend's running of Lollapalooza in Chicago was intense. The heat, the monsoon-like storm on S ... More >>

Why Every Album You Love Should Be Ripped Apart By a 19-Year-Old

Recently, over at NPR, a 19-year-old intern was tasked with reviewing Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, an album he had ostensibly never heard or had little knowledge of. He reviewed it, didn't really like it, and was subsequently annihilated in the comments section. It ... More >>

Portland's White Orange Have Very Strong Feelings About Black Sabbath's Volume 4

While Austin will have a more concentrated amount of bands over the course of the next several days, we'll see just as many in the Metroplex. One of the bands that rarely trek through Texas but will be hitting ATX for a few shows later this week is Portland sludge metal outfit White Orange. Before d ... More >>

My Block: The Neighborhood As a Mixtape

It came from inside the house. Or rather, from below: The very familiar sounds of someone learning to play bass. And not just that: Learning to play "Iron Man." Then, 15 minutes later, came another sound from across the hall: Pink Floyd's "Money" at full blast, as if to negate Black Sabbath. I turne ... More >>

It's No Surprise Scott H. Biram Likes Metal and Muddy

​For those who think they've experienced a downright dirty electric blues show, but haven't managed to catch a set from Scott Biram, you haven't gotten electro-nasty just yet. The Austin resident recently released Bad Ingredients on the dependably great Bloodshot label, and while the record is ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Wild Flag, Drew Grow and The Pastors Wives at The Loft

Wild Flag, Drew Grow and The Pastors WivesThe LoftOctober 28, 2011Better than: only experiencing the album. Wild Flag​At least every once in a while, a performance causes a person to reflect on that eternal question: "Did I waste my money on this?" While the age of digital music has made it easie ... More >>

Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Black Label Society

Sunday, October 16, at Allen Event Center in Allen

Last Night at 35 Conferette: Cut Chemist Wowed With His World-Class Abilities.

Cut Chemist​Cut Chemist1 a.m. at Hailey's ClubBilled as the first hip-hop event of the 35 Conferette, Thursday night's show at Hailey's was the most illustrious lineup Denton has seen in the genre for a very long time.And, given the festival's proclivity toward indie rock and folk music, it was po ... More >>

Wo Fat

Noche del Chupacabra (Nasoni Records)

Midlake Curates Upcoming Compilation and Covers Black Sabbath's "Am I Going Insane"

​Last we heard, Midlake was back at work, writing some material for a follow-up to 2010's The Courage of Others, a disc that scored pretty much as highly as possible in Europe but gained little traction in the States. As intent as they may be on following up that release, though, it looks like the ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Black Sabbath Gets Paranoid at Memorial in 1971

Black-Sabbath.com​Compared to some of our more recent offerings, the sound quality on this hard-to-find, recently unearthed recording leaves something to be desired -- perhaps someone can use their 21st-century tech to scrub some of the mud off this back-pocket recording passed down like a well-wo ... More >>

Stew

Harm & Ease (Self-released)

Today In Music News: Tony And Ozzy Settle, Ice-T Gets No NYC Love And What's In A Name?

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 21, 2010...Tony Iommi and Ozzy have settle out of court over the rights to the name "Black Sabbath."You would think Ice-T would get a break from New York cops since he plays one on TV. If you're trying to decide on a baby name, maybe you sho ... More >>

Today In Music News: Not A Real Supergroup, Pearl Jam Don't Know How The Internet Works And Francis Bean Needs To Unfriend Her Mom

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 11, 2010... Is it really fair to call a supergroup a combination of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin when there isn't a real Zeppelin member in the band?I realize the members of Pearl Jam and their team aren't from the internet generation... but, ... More >>

Today In Music News: Ozzy Sues, Phil Spector Goes To The Big House

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 1, 2009... In a moment of clarity, Ozzy Osbourne realized he's not receiving his proper share of Black Sabbath royalties. So, he's suing Tony Iommi.  Disgraced producer Phil Spector received a sentence of 19 years to life for the murder o ... More >>

Today In Music News: Jay-Z Goes Indie, Arctic Monkeys Love Sabbath, Massive Attack Plans Tour

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 22, 2009... Jay-Z bought out his Def Jam contract for a reported $5 million. Since he's got the spare cash layin' around: Jay, I could use some cash... The Arctic Monkeys used Black Sabbath as inspiration for its new album. Let's hope a deal ... More >>

Gig Alert: Goblin Cock Tonight at The Loft

Besides possessing a great name, San Diego quintet Goblin Cock has the brains to go along with its ballsy brawn. Led by former Pinback frontman Rob Crow, the band has all of the subtlety of a pitbull--and that's exactly what makes the band a wonder to behold. Channeling everything that was cool abou ... More >>

Heavy Duty

The Inwood rocks out the Heavy Metal

World Wide Web

Imaad Wasif Would've Surely Improved Our Independence Day Celebrations

Atmosphere, Mac Lethal, Grayskul

Thursday, September 27, at the Palladium Loft

Drag Queens

Josh Homme and Co. glam it up

Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath), Megadeth, Machine Head

Thursday, May 3, at Nokia Theatre

Solitude Aeturnus

Into the Depths of Sorrow|Beyond the Crimson Horizon

It's All in the Music

The evolutionary ?uest of the Roots

Really, Nobody Wants Free Flaming Lips Tickets? Shame.

Electric Eel Shock

Tuesday, June 20, at Rubber Gloves

Venom

Metal Black (Sanctuary)

Spitfire Tumbleweeds

King James Version (TXMF)

Far Beyond Redneck

A childhood Pantera fan comes out of the closet

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath--The Complete Black Sabbath 1970-1978 (Rhino)

Raising the Bar

At last, the USA Film Festival is back under the influence

Electric Wizard

June 4

God Bless America

To Lamb of God, the New American Gospel is "pure American metal"

Out Here

ASKA

Scene, heard

New releases from Last Beat, Darlington, Centro-matic, and Lift to Experience; Black Sabbath tribute night

Bardo Pond

Electric funeral

Black Sabbath has reunited, but has it cost its members their souls?

Out Here

Mind games

Kim Deal puts her rock together all wrong, all right?

Roadshows