BLACK SABBATH’S “13” SET TO REACH NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Black Sabbath is heading for its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, reports Keith Caulfield of Billboard. Industry sources suggest the group’s new 13,released on Tuesday (June 11th), may sell over 120,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, June 16th. Black Sabbath’s 13 is the band’s first studio […]
FORMER IRON MAIDEN SINGER PAUL DI’ANNO SAYS THE BAND IS “F’ING BORING” AND COMPARES STEVE HARRIS TO HITLER

According to blabbermouth.net, in a recent interview, former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno compared bassist Steve Harris to Adolf Hitler, said he wrote “20-times better songs” than Harris’ and claimed Maiden is all about “money, money, money, money – nobody else counts.” Di’Anno’s comments came during a press conference in Argentina last month. The singer […]
AEROSMITH’S TYLER AND PERRY DISCUSS WRITING “WALK THIS WAY” AND “DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY”

Billy Heller of the New York Post reports: Filmmaker Mel Brooks is hardly known as a lyricist. But Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are more than happy to give him props for an assist on one of their best-known songs. As the rockers get ready for their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame […]
FAN FILMED FOOTAGE OF METALLICA’S ORION FESTIVAL “KILL ‘EM ALL”SET POSTED ONLINE

Metallica stunned fans at the first day of their Orion Music + More Festival by appearing on the second-smallest stage to perform debut album Kill ‘Em All in full. Watch fan filmed footage of the entire show below. The official schedule had listed a band called Dehaan to play at 4.30pm on the first day […]
BLACK SABBATH RELEASE VIDEO FOR “GOD IS DEAD?”

Black Sabbath have released an official video for the song God Is Dead? from their new album 13 which will be released on June 11th. View the video below. 13 marks the first Black Sabbath studio album to feature Ozzy Osbourne on vocals in 35 years. Black Sabbath North American Tour Dates: Jul 25th Houston, […]
GUITARIST VIVIAN CAMPBELL DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, SAYS HE’S FEELING “RATHER SPIFFY, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell says a “cough that wouldn’t quit” has turned out to be cancer. The guitarist had a surgical biopsy on March 11th following several months of coughing that revealed he has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, he said through a spokesperson on Monday, reports Marc Schneider of Billboard. Doctors prescribed six months of chemotherapy […]