February 8, 2017 — The inevitable finally happened on February 4, 2017. BLACK SABBATH played their final show at Genting Arena in their hometown of Birmingham. Here is official footage of the final song, “Paranoid.
January 13, 2013 — BLACK SABBATH have announced the title of their new album, 13, which will be released this June (exact date TBA). The original BLACK SABBATH (sans Bill Ward) have recorded the album primarily in Los Angeles and were joined at the sessions by drummer Brad Wilk (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)****.
July 31, 2012 — Back when I was a senior in high school, a friend called me up and was yelling at the top of his lungs about an “Ozzfest.
May 21, 2010 — Ozzy Osbourne is back with a new album, Scream, which is set to drop June 22nd through Epic Records. Scream is Ozzy’s first album in three years and 10th studio album overall.
May 13, 2010 — New Orleans, Louisiana’s GOATWHORE are confirmed to play the second stage of the Ozzfest summer tour alongside BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DROWNING POOL, KINGDOM OF SORROW, SKELETONWITCH, SAVIOURS, and KATAKLYSM.
February 4, 2010 — In 2009, Boston’s CONVERGE unleashed, Axe to Fall, an album equalling, if not topping, their acclaimed Jane Doe album, managing to titillate those with even the highest of expectations.
July 7, 2008 — Finnish rock band, LORDI, have set October 28th for the release of their forthcoming new album via The End Records. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to The Arockalypse will showcase the band’s trademark melodic hard rock sound.
September 12, 2007 — Taiwanese extreme metal band CHTHONIC, who recently wrapped up a successful appearance on Ozzfest, are currently trekking across the US on their historic “UNlimited” tour, performing their first headlining concerts in America.
August 14, 2007 — Glendale, AZ’s extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY and Polish death metal troupe BEHEMOTH will be co-headlining this year’s “Radio Rebellion” tour, presented by Hurley and Converse.
August 1, 2007 — MONDO GENERATOR has been forced to drop off this year’s Ozzfest due to matters beyond the band’s control. A statement from band frontman Nick Oliveri reads as follows:
July 18, 2007 — MONDO GENERATOR have uploaded the video for “Lie Detector,” from their recently released new album Dead Planet, online at the following location: www.one.revver.com/watch/327137 MONDO GENERATOR recently returned from their European tour where front man Nick Oliveri checked in from the road with the following update:
July 10, 2007 — MP3.com is streaming NILE’s fifth studio album, Ithyphallic, in its entirety for seven days prior to the album’s North American street date of July 17th at the following link: http://www.
July 5, 2007 — This week two albums by Taiwan’s premier metal act CHTHONIC ”“ dubbed the “BLACK SABBATH of Asia” by their home country’s largest newspaper, and soon to be the first-ever Asian act to take part in Ozzfest ”“ will finally be released in North America.
June 20, 2007 — Tickets for this summer’s free Ozzfest have reportedly “sold out” through LiveNation.com. However, Monster Energy still has tickets which they are giving away via specially marked Monster Energy 4-packs and 8-packs via retail outlets throughout the U.
April 16, 2007 — Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH make their much-anticipated return to North America on April 26th to perform five special shows. This trek includes an appearance at the renowned New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and two rare headlining shows in addition to performances alongside such acclaimed acts as CANNIBAL CORPSE and DIMMU BORGIR, among others.
April 9, 2007 — Ticket codes for this summer’s free Ozzfest (a.k.a Freefest) will be distributed through sponsor websites beginning May 12. Details on these programs are available on ozzfest.
March 30, 2007 — Poland’s blackened death metallers, BEHEMOTH, have been added to this summer’s Ozzfest’s second stage, joining second stage headliners HATEBREED. Vocalist/guitarist, Nergal, commented on their participation:
March 25, 2007 — Finland’s monster rock n’ roll band, LORDI, have been selected as one of the mainstage acts for Ozzfest 2007, alongside mainstage headliners, OZZY OSBOURNE and LAMB OF GOD.
March 22, 2007 — LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, and LORDI are among the first acts announced to join Ozzy Osbourne on this summer’s “free” Ozzfest. LAMB OF GOD and Finland’s LORDI will take on the mainstage while HATEBREED will be the second stage’s lone headlining act.
February 8, 2007 — While specific details of this week’s Ozzfest announcement are still being worked out, a brief list of details were posted on the official Ozzfest forums:
February 6, 2007 — Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and Ozzfest tour producer Live Nation broke the news today at the Concert Industry Consortium in Los Angeles that their 12th annual hard rock spectacular–a 25-date extravaganza launching July 7 in Los Angeles–is pulling the plug on ticket prices and giving the power back to the fans calling this summer’s Ozzfest “FreeFest.