Black Sabbath To Premiere New Song On CSI Season Finale

Posted on May 11, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: CBS

Black Sabbath will premiere a new track from its decades in the making new album, 13 in a very special television appearance. The band will appear on the season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation next week. The hit CBS show’s season finale will air this coming Wednesday, May 15^th at 10pm ET. Ozzy, Tommy, and Geezer will appear in the show in a special scene in which it will premiere the new song, ‘End of the Beginning.’

Fans can get a sneak peek of this Wednesday’s CSI Season Finale online at http://www.cbs.com/shows/csi/video/LPX7q6JTXac_TPAqPG5GeF5RcSTD0AVn/csi-behind-the-scenes-black-sabbath/. 13, due out June 11^th on Vertigo/Republic Records will mark the band’s first full length studio release since its 1978 album, Never Say Die.

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Black Sabbath Reveals Dates For Full North American Tour Schedule

Posted on April 27, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Universal Republic Records

The hatchet has largely been buried between the members of veteran hard rock band Black Sabbath. After over three decades of waiting, fans of this groundbreaking band will finally get to hear new music from the band this Summer. And in support of the new album, titled 13, Black Sabbath—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler—will hit the road in support of the album with a full North American tour. Drummer Bill Ward will be replaced on the band’s upcoming tour with a replacement drummer. Tickets for the band’s upcoming tour will be available Friday, May 3^rd. Fans can get early access to the pre-sale tickets on May 2^nd when they RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/147056262140133/?context=create or at http://bit.ly/Sabbath_RSVP.

The band’s upcoming North American tour begins Thursday, July 25^th at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, TX. It spans nineteen dates that will take the band from the East Coast to the West and even into Canada. The full list of tour dates is available below.

DATE CITY VENUE

+Thu- Jul 25 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

+Sat-Jul 27 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center

<Mon-Jul 29 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre

+Wed-Jul 31 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre

~Fri-Aug 02 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live

*Sun-Aug 04 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

+Tue-Aug 06 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

+Thu-Aug 08 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

+Sat-Aug 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

^Mon-Aug 12 Boston, MA Comcast Center

*Wed-Aug 14 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

+Fri Aug 16 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

+Sun-Aug 18 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center

+Thu-Aug 22 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

*Sat-Aug 24 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre

+Mon-Aug 26 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View

+Wed-Aug 28 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

+Fri-Aug 30 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center

+Sun-Sep 01 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

*Tue-Sep 03 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Sports Arena

*Previously announced date.

^On sale Friday, May 3

+On sale Saturday, May 4

~On sale, Friday May 10

<On sale, Saturday, May 11

>On sale TBD

Before the band hits the road and the album hits stores, fans can get a glimpse of what is to come now. The band has released 13’s lead single, ‘God is Dead?’, and fans can check it out now on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVfUimq2KeI.

To get more tour information and all of the latest news from Black Sabbath, fans can go online to the band’s official website, http://www.blacksabbath.com, its official Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbath, and via Twitter and Instagram at http://twitter.com/OfficialSabbath and http://instagram.com/officialsabbath.

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Draiman, Device Far From Being Disturbed

Posted on April 18, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Warner Brothers Records

David Draiman is one of the most well known vocalists in the rock community today. His animalistic sounding growls and seemingly Maynard James Keenan inspired vocal style make his a voice that is instantly noticeable when listeners hear it. The problem is that just as Keenan’s side project, A Perfect Circle, was instantly compared to Tool because of Keenan’s iconic vocal style, so has Draiman’s new side project, Device, been compared to Disturbed. While the first pair of tracks on Device’s self-titled debut do bear some semblance to material recorded by Disturbed, that similarity begins to fade early on. The album’s third song, ‘Vilify’ has more of a pure rock sound. Right from its opening verse, it impresses just as much lyrically as musically. Draiman sings defiantly as the song opens, “As you vilify/Every single move that I make/And try to bind me/In your insanity/You’ll come to know/That you never had control/from the onset/Go find another lapdog, f***er.” The defiance doesn’t stop here. The verbal assault against those who would run their mouths seemingly just to run their mouths runs nonstop through the song with full on intensity that is sure to get the blood and body flowing.

If there was still any question of comparison to Disturbed even in ‘Vilify’, then those comparisons will be erased even more in the album’s very next song, ‘Close My Eyes Forever.’ Some might cringe at this, but it almost comes across as a ballad style piece, especially with the addition of vocalist Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) give it even more of that sense. And if that’s not proof enough, one need only look at the song’s lyrical content as argument for that comparison. Lyrically speaking, it comes across as a song of lost love. Draiman and Hale sing here, “I know I’ve been so hard to you/I know I’ve told you lies/If I could have just one more wish/I’d wipe the cobwebs from my eyes.” This one song isn’t reason for anyone to worry, as it’s the only time through the course of the album’s ten tracks that the album’s intensity drops off.

The intensity built early on in Device’s self-titled debut picks back up not long after ‘Close My Eyes Forever.’ What’s more, as the intensity rebuilds through the album’s second half so does the separation of Device from Disturbed. It all starts on ‘Out of Line.’ This socio-political piece offers a solid mix of electronics and heavy, foot-stomping, head banging guitar breaks that would make any metal purist proud. And the inclusion of Serj Tankian’s (System of a Down) equally distinct vocal style adds even more musical flavor to this song. One can’t ignore the addition of Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) on this track, either. The mix of music, star power, and lyrical heaviness makes it just one more of so many tracks from which listeners will be able to choose as a favorite. The intensity and separation from the band members’ primary bands builds even more in ‘Opinion.’ The guest guitar work of Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) is surprisingly unlike what Morello has recorded with his other side projects. And it definitely helps to maintain this song’s identity from anything even remotely related to Disturbed. It is one of those pieces that has to be heard to fully understand this.

If the guest appearances from Tom Morello, Geezer Butler, and Serj Tankian aren’t enough to convince listeners as to the identity of Device, then perhaps ‘War of Lies’ and the album’s closer, ‘Through It All’ will do the job. The heavy bass and vocals from Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) mixed with Draiman’s vocals make this one of the album’s more surprisingly interesting songs. That’s because of the fact that the song starts off very slow and deliberate. But a little more than halfway through the song, it picks up, and carries the listener up to the song’s final fading moments. Those moments are just subtle enough to allow listeners to catch their breath after the musical rollercoaster on which they have just taken a ride. And having caught their breath, any listener that went into this album thinking it would be just another Disturbed record will have seen that that belief was in fact completely wrong. While it might have started out with some similarity to Disturbed, that similarity is soon erased, and a new band with a sound that bears only the slightest closeness to the prior arises. It definitely turns out to be a record that any fan of Disturbed and any hard rock fan in general will want to check out at least once.

Device is currently touring in support of its self-titled debut. Among some of its more notable scheduled concert dates are performances at the “Welcome to Rockville” Festival on April 28^th in Jacksonville Florida, the Carolina Rebellion Festival in Rockingham, North Carolina on May 4^th, and the famed Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus, Ohio on May 19^th. The band has even more dates that audiences can find out about when they “Like” Device on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Devicetheband. Audiences will also find a link to download the band’s album via iTunes on the Facebook page. That link is http://smarturl.it/deviceitunes for those that may not be able to get to the band’s FB page.

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Black Sabbath Announces First New Slate Of Tour Dates

Posted on April 16, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Universal Republic Records

Black Sabbath has announced the first handful of dates for its upcoming tour in support of its much anticipated new album, 13. Four shows have been announced. All four are American dates. The current slate of dates is available below.

DATE                  CITY                 VENUE
Sun, 8-4           Holmdel, NJ         PNC Bank Arts Center
Wed, 8-14         Toronto, ON       Air Canada Centre
Sat, 8-24         Seattle, WA         Gorge Amphitheatre
Tue, 9-3          Los Angeles, CA    Los Angeles Sports Arena

Tickets for these tour dates go on sale beginning this Saturday, April 20^th. Fans can actually RSVP for early access to early tickets by going online to http://bit.ly/Sabbath_RSVP. Those early tickets will be available this Thursday, April 18^th.

Along with the early tickets being available this Thursday, Black Sabbath will release the first single from 13, ‘God is Dead?’ The song will debut across Clear Channel Media and Entertainment’s forty-plus Active Rock and Mainstream Rock radio stations nationwide. It will debut this Thursday at 3pm/12pm PT.

For all of the latest updates on the band’s tour, its upcoming album, singles and more, fans can follow the band online at http://www.blacksabbath.com, http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbath, http://twitter.com/OfficialSabbath, and http://instagram.com/officialsabbath.

Black Sabbath Releases Cover Art, Track Listing For Long Awaited Album

Posted on April 12, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Universal Republic Records

It’s been over three decades since the members of Black Sabbath released any new material. This Summer, one of rock’s greatest bands at long last returns. The band will release its first album in thirty-five years in 13. And now, fans of this legendary band are getting their first hint of the album. The band has released the upcoming album’s artwork and track listing. The album consists of eight tracks. The shortest of those songs clocks in at just over four minutes long. The album’s longest track clocks in at nearly nine minutes. 13 will be available June 11^th. Rage Against The Machine Drummer Brad Wilk joined the band to record the album in place of former drummer Bill Ward. Renowned producer Rick Rubin manned the boards for this album.

The track listing is as follows:

1. End of the Beginning (8:07)

2. God is Dead? (8:54)

3. Loner (5:06)

4. Zeitgeist (4:28)

5. Age of Reason (7:02)

6. Live Forever (4:49)

7. Damaged Sou (7:43)

8. Dear Father (7:06)

The band will tour in support of 13 beginning next Saturday, April 20^th. The current tour dates take the band across Europe. A full list of tour dates is available on the band’s official Facebook page, http://www.Facebook.com/BlackSabbath. Fans can pre-order the upcoming album—which will be available on CD, vinyl, Deluxe 2-CD Set, and Super Deluxe box set—through the band’s official website, http://www.blacksabbath.com.

Device Announce New Tour Dates

Posted on March 12, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Warner Brothers Records

Device, the new hard rock act featuring Disturbed front man David Draiman, will hit the road for a new series of U.S. tour dates. The band will kick of a new tour beginning April 10^th in Mobile, Alabama. The band’s tour includes stops at a number of big name Spring festivals. Nonpoint and Gemini Syndrome will be along as supporting acts on select dates.

Device’s upcoming tour is in support of its upcoming self-titled debut album. The album is expected to be released April 9^th, 2013 on Warner Brothers Records. Draiman is the front man of this latest hard rock super group. He is joined by Evanescence drummer Will Hunt and Virus (guitarist of Dope and Rock of Ages). The trio worked with former Filter member Geno Lenardo. The band has already earned some big honors even before its debut album drops. It has earned a Gold God nomination for “Best New Talent” from Revolver magazine. And Artist Direct said of the band’s sound, “Welcome to the 22^nd Century of rock.” The band has already released the first single from its album. That song is titled, ‘Vilify.’ The video for that single is available online now at YouTube. It can be viewed now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1q1pw04Bs. The album can be pre-ordered online through iTunes at http://smarturl.it/deviceitunes.

Device features guest appearances from Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Glenn Huges (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion), M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold), and Lizzy Hale (Halestorm).

For a full rundown of tour dates and to get all the latest news from Device, go online to http://www.facebook.com/devicetheband and http://twitter.com/devicetheband.

Black Sabbath Prepping First new LP In Nearly Thirty-Five Years

Posted on January 12, 2013 by philspicks

Courtesy: Vertigo/Republic Records/MSO PR

One of the most legendary of metal’s bands is coming back. The one and only Black Sabbath will release its brand new album titled, 13 in June. Currently, the album has no definite release date. However, it is known that original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Iommi, and Geezer Butler will all be back for this record. Drummer Bill Ward has been replaced on the album by Rage Against The Machine’s Brad Wilk. The album was produced by iconic producer Rick Rubin. It will be released worldwide on the band’s original label, Vertigo and on Vertigo/Republic in the United States. The upcoming release will be the first for the band in nearly thirty-five years.

In celebration of the brand new upcoming album, Black Sabbath will embark on a European tour in support of the LP beginning Saturday, April 20^th in Auckland, New Zealand. The tour currently takes the band through May 12^th at the upcoming Ozzfest Japan in Tokyo. More tour dates are expected. To keep up with all of the latest tour dates and news from Black Sabbath, fans can follow the band online at http://www.blacksabbath.com, http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbath, http://twitter.com/OfficialSabbath, and http://instagram.com/officialsabbath.

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Black Sabbath responds to statement from drummer Bill Ward

Posted on May 18, 2012 by philspicks

Hopes had been high about the anxiously awaited Black Sabbath reunion tour this year. But after a statement released by drummer Bill Ward, it looks like that reunion won’t be happening. The remaining members of the band will still tour together. The central issue at hand regarding this issue had been contract negotiations. fans who want to read Ward’s full statement can read it on his website, http://www.billward.com.

Now, the remaining members of Black Sabbath have officially released a statement in regards to Ward’s statement released this week. The following is the official statement released by the band.

We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill’s latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony’s treatments and we have engaged a substitute drummer for the forthcoming shows. See you at Download.

–Black Sabbath, 5/17/12

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