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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Tony Iommi On 13: “I Think It Sits Comfortably With Our First Three Albums”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 17, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently spoke with Paul Cole at Birmingham Mail. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Iommi: “I have to admit that it’s not what I expected,” says Iommi. “I could never have imagined that the album would turn out so well, but it has. I think it sits comfortably with our first three albums – Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Master Of Reality – and I think it’s one you’ll like.”

“We wanted it to sound like the way we played in our early days, back to basics, and we recorded pretty much all of it almost live as a band. We didn’t want to go through the usual trip of recording the drums, the guitars and the vocals separately. So we played together. We’d also written more songs than we ever have for previous recording sessions. There are 16 tracks in total, and all of them will appear in some form or other on the album when it is released. There will be different versions, including a deluxe edition.”

Go to this location for the complete interview.

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Black Sabbath have announced four summer shows in North America in support of the release of their new album, 13, due out June 11. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced tour will go on sale Saturday, April 20 at LiveNation.com. The dates include stops in Holmdel, NJ (NY-area), Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto, ON.

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Tickets for these shows go on sale Saturday, April 20. Beginning today, fans can click here for early access to presale tickets available Thursday, April 18. VIP Packages are also available at VIPNation.com.

Dates:

August
4 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
14 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
24 – Seattle, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre

September
3 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Sports Arena

BLACK SABBATH: ‘God Is Dead?’ Single Slated For April 19th Digital Release

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 15, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

BLACK SABBATH will release the new digital single ‘God Is Dead?’ from their highly anticipated new album, 13, on April 19th. The album will be issued by the band’s original label Vertigo/Republic on June 11th. It will be Black Sabbath’s first album in 35 years to feature singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, and guitarist Tony Iommi.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE drummer Brad Wilk replaces Bill Ward behind the kit for 13.

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Jack Osbourne, the son of singer Ozzy Osbourne, has been filming the godfathers of heavy metal during the creation of their long-awaited new studio album, 13, the first since 1978’s Never Say Die! Osbourne – who is also working for Fuse News – has filed a video report from the band’s invite-only 13 listening party which was held this past Wednesday, April 10th at The Montalban in Los Angeles, California. In the report below, Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler and guitarist Tony Iommi discuss their first album in 35 years:

When asked if there was any sort of trepidation about recording a new album, Ozzy replied, “The pressure was on us, because it had been so long since we’d worked together … it’s like now or never. This album, for me, was probably the most important of my career.”

Tony Iommi added about the writing process of 13: “I had a bunch of riffs on CDs and played it to everybody, and then everybody decided, ‘We like this one’ or ‘We don’t like that,’ and the ones we liked, we started work on them — built them up.”

Jack also asked Iommi if they had any apprehensions about working with legendary producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, METALLICA): “It was funny at first, because coming to rehearsals, when we were actually writing the songs, he’d come down for like, five or ten minutes and then go. Then he’d go, ‘Call me when you’ve got another one.’ So it was really strange, we’d never worked with anybody like that before.”

13 clocks in at nearly 60 minutes and features the following tracks:

‘End Of The Beginning’ (8:07)
‘God Is Dead?’ (8:54)
‘Loner’ (5:06)
‘Zeitgeist’ (4:28)
‘Age of Reason’ (7:02)
‘Live Forever’ (4:49)
‘Damaged Soul’ (7:43)
‘Dear Father’ (7:06)

The official artwork for 13 can be viewed below, and in the YouTube clip introduction you can hear a snippet of a new song:

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BLACK SABBATH: Together Again; New Studio Video Available

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 13, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

Schweet Entertainment has produced all-new footage of BLACK SABBATH in the studio with producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, METALLICA) during the making of their forthcoming album 13.

13 clocks in at nearly 60 minutes and features the following tracks:

‘End Of The Beginning’ (8:07)
‘God Is Dead?’ (8:54)
‘Loner’ (5:06)
‘Zeitgeist’ (4:28)
‘Age of Reason’ (7:02)
‘Live Forever’ (4:49)
‘Damaged Soul’ (7:43)
‘Dear Father’ (7:06)

The official artwork for 13 can be viewed below, and in the YouTube clip introduction you can hear a snippet of a new song:

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BLACK SABBATH: ’13’ Album Review From ARTISAN NEWS (Video)

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 12, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

An invite-only listening party for BLACK SABBATH‘s new album, “13” — the first in 35 years to feature bassist Geeezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi and singer Ozzy Osbourne — was held on Wednesday (April 10) at The Montalban in Los Angeles, California.

The following eight songs were played back to a small theater full of select media and VIPs:

* End Of The Beginning (8:07)
* God Is Dead? (8:54)
* Loner (5:06)
* Zeitgeist (4:28)
* Age Of Reason (7:02)
* Live Forever (4:49)
* Damaged Soul (7:43)
* Dear Father (7:06)

Check out a video report from Artisan News below.

“13” is due out June 11 on Vertigo/Republic. This marks BLACK SABBATH‘s return to Vertigo, their original label, and the group’s first studio album together since 1978’s “Never Say Die!” They have sold more than 70 million albums together.

Ozzy told an Australian radio station that “13” is “mind-blowing,” adding, “It’s better than my wildest dreams; it’s so good.”

The drum tracks on the album were laid down by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE sticksman Brad Wilk following original drummer Bill Ward‘s decision to bow out of the reunion.

BLACK SABBATH will make a rare television appearance when the band performs a new song on the season finale of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. The episode is set to air on Wednesday, May 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CBS-TV. The band will world premiere a song called “End Of The Beginning” from “13”. The episode’s plot follows the “CSI” team as they investigate a series of murder that resemble the sins in “Dante’s Inferno”, with the trail leading the detectives played by Ted Danson and Marc Vann to attend a SABBATH concert.

Although SABBATH vocalist Ozzy Osbourne has extensive TV experience thanks to the now-legendary reality series “The Osbournes”, he told The Pulse Of Radio he’s generally shied away from showing up on the small screen. “‘The Osbournes’ was like an experiment that went way over what I ever expected it to do,” he said. “Sharon and I have been offered so much TV stuff, but I can’t stand it, you know. I mean, I don’t like to see me on TV, I don’t like to see me on film or anything, you know.”

BLACK SABBATH: UK Tour Video Teaser Posted

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 10, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

Heavy metal godfathers BLACK SABBATH recenty announced a string of European Tour dates in support of their anxiously-anticipated new album, 13. The dates finish with a triumphant stop at the the band’s birthplace in Birmingham at LG Arena on December 20th. Tickets will go on general sale this Friday, April 12th. Black Sabbath’s itinerary can be viewed below.

A video trailer for the UK leg of the tour can be seen below:

Current Black Sabbath dates are below:

April
20 – Vector Arena – Auckland, New Zealand
22 – Vector Arena – Auckland, New Zealand
25 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane, Australia
27 – Allphones Arena – Sydney, Australia
29 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia

May
1 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
4 – Perth Arena – Perth, Australia
7 – Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
12 – Ozzfest at Makuhari Messe – Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan

August
14 – Air Canada Center – Toronto, ON

November
20 – Hartwall Arena – Helsinki, Finland
22 – Friends Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
24 – Telenor Arena – Oslo, Norway
26 – Forum – Denmark, Copenhagen
28 – Ziggo Dome – Holland, Amsterdam
30 – Westfalenhalle – Dortmund, Germany

December
2 – Bercy – Paris, France
5 – Fiera Arena – Milan, Italy
7 – 02 Arena – Prague, Czech Republic
10 – 02 Arena – London, UK
12 – Odyssey Arena – Belfast, Ireland
14 – Arena – Sheffield, UK
16 – Hydro – Glasgow, UK
18 – Arena – Manchester, UK
20 – LG Arena – Birmingham, UK

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BLACK SABBATH: European Tour Dates Announced

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 8, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

Heavy metal godfathers BLACK SABBATH have announced a string of European Tour dates in support of their anxiously-anticipated new album, 13. The dates finish with a triumphant stop at the the band’s birthplace in Birmingham at LG Arena on December 20th. Tickets will go on general sale this Friday, April 12. Black Sabbath’s itinerary can be viewed below.

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According to TV3, Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne says 13 is “mind-blowing.”

Speaking to Australia’s Triple M radio station, Ozzy said: ”The album is mind-blowing, that’s]how good it is. I’m so over the moon about the way the album turned out. We wrote 16 songs … and I put it on my CD player expecting me to be unhappy with the end result, but this big grin came on my face and my hair on the back of my neck stood up. It’s better than my wildest dreams; it’s so good.”

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April
20 – Vector Arena – Auckland, New Zealand
22 – Vector Arena – Auckland, New Zealand
25 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane, Australia
27 – Allphones Arena – Sydney, Australia
29 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia

May
1 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
4 – Perth Arena – Perth, Australia
7 – Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
12 – Ozzfest at Makuhari Messe – Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan

August
14 – Air Canada Center – Toronto, ON

November
20 – Hartwall Arena – Helsinki, Finland
22 – Friends Arena – Stockholm, Sweden
24 – Telenor Arena – Oslo, Norway
26 – Forum – Denmark, Copenhagen
28 – Ziggo Dome – Holland, Amsterdam
30 – Westfalenhalle – Dortmund, Germany

December
2 – Bercy – Paris, France
5 – Fiera Arena – Milan, Italy
7 – 02 Arena – Prague, Czech Republic
10 – 02 Arena – London, UK
12 – Odyssey Arena – Belfast, Ireland
14 – Arena – Sheffield, UK
16 – Hydro – Glasgow, UK
18 – Arena – Manchester, UK
20 – LG Arena – Birmingham, UK