A sweet serving of Enuff Z’Nuff’s Xtra Cherries are ready to be devoured. The highly anticipated 21st studio album chock full of their signature power pop music stylings mixed with melodic rock, is out today through Cleopatra Records (their first of all new material for the label). It’s all topped off with even more treats: […]

Strap on your astronaut helmets and say sayonara to Japan. Helloween are blasting off, leaving behind the electrifying energy of their powerful lead single This Is Tokyo (which can be heard here) and setting a course for something even more spectacular: outer space. Written by guitarist Sascha Gerstner, Universe (Gravity For Hearts) is a stunning, cinematic […]

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi discusses the passing of Ozzy Osbourne.

The Osbournes, have posted the following tribute video, on their youtube page.

Judas Priest have shared the following message:   “Our hearts are broken like millions around the world. Words can’t express the love and loss we are all feeling. Sharon, may God surround you and your beautiful family with love, peace and light. Ozzy, you will never leave us — your music is eternal. God blesses […]

Black Sabbath posted its first comments on the death of former frontman and metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. “Ozzy Forever,” the legendary British rockers wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of Osbourne at their farewell final concert on July 5th in Villa Park in the singer’s hometown of Birmingham, England. In a separate post, Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi also offered a […]

The Sun reports: It comes just weeks after the Black Sabbath star took to the stage one final time with his band mates at Villa Park in Birmingham. He died “surrounded by love”, a statement from his family said on Tuesday night. The family said, “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we […]

Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo, reportedly stated, that the band was not invited to participate in Ozzy Osbourne‘s and Black Sabbath‘s final Back To The Beginning charity concert, which took place on July 5th, in Birmingham, United Kingdom In a post in the Back To The Beginning – Black Sabbath’s Final Concert Facebook group, Charrie Foglio, who […]

Def Leppard, who have sold more than 110 million albums worldwide and have countless accolades including their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, announced their triumphant return to Las Vegas today (7/21) with their third residency that promises a brand new electrifying production to showcase their timeless catalog of hits along with […]

I do suspect they might have been a different band, but perhaps there might have an eventual metamorphosis towards the sound, they are best known for? It’s an amusing thought, to entertain, no pun intended, that they could of had, more of a commercial sound, but then who knows if they would have been as […]

On their upcoming second album, Buckle Up, DD Verni & The Cadillac Band make big band music more accessible and relatable than ever before, marrying rock ‘n roll’s visceral energy and succinct songwriting to suave, swinging throwback arrangements and aesthetics. Out September 19th through DEKO, the 14-track album launches today (July 18th) with the first […]

According to Billboard, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s Back to the Beginning raised more money than any charity concert since George Harrison and Ravi Shankar‘s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh popularized the very idea of an all-star benefit show. The heavy metal show, billed as Osbourne’s final stage performance, raised roughly $190 million in charitable donations […]

For me, the “creators” of Heavy Metal, would be Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Hard Rock? That is far more difficult to answer, but maybe The Beatles? Check out George Harrison‘s riff on I Feel Fine (1964), which can then be followed by Paperback Writer (1966), the opening riff in Revolution (1968) and Harrison’s playing […]

Greg Prato for Ultimate Guitar spoke with The Kinks‘ Dave Davies, the segment appears in its entirety, below. Ultimate Guitar: I think I recall once in an interview that producer Eddie Kramer claimed that Jimmy Page actually recorded guitars on You Really Got Me. Is that true or false? Dave Davies: No, it’s not true. […]

Ronnie James Dio, the heavy metal music icon who succumbed to gastric cancer in 2010, was honored today – on what would have been his 83rd birthday – by the non-profit founded in his memory with the dedication of a room in the UCLA Center for Oral/Head & Neck Oncology Research (COOR), embedded within the […]

The New York Post’s Page Six reports: After Sharon Osbourne revealed she had disinvited a band from Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath farewell concert, fans took to social media to speculate which one it was. “My guess is Mötley Crüe,” wrote one user via Reddit. “I’m thinking KISS. The most greedy band on the planet,” a second person […]

I was thinking of asking you all, a weekly question, for audience participation. Thoughts? Thanks!

Broadcasting from Toronto, Eddie Trunk sits down with Triumph bassist Mike Levine and legendary producer Mike Clink to explore the making of the new tribute album Magic Power. They share behind-the-scenes stories about getting over 40 artists to participate, including Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, and Slash. Meanwhile, Rik Emmett and Gil Moore check in from […]