Black Sabbath Reunite With Original Lineup For New Album And Tour
Black Sabbath have once again reunited with their original lineup. The group confirmed their return today in a special announcement at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. The band are currently working on a new studio album with producer Rick Rubin (Slayer, Slipknot) at the helm and will embark on a worldwide tour in support of it.
Thus far the only confirmed date is a June 10th stop at the annual “Download Festival” in Donington Park, UK. Meanwhile, the following announcement video was released via their official website, Blacksabbath.com.
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BONER!!!
Much as I’d love to hate, Ozzy / Heaven and Hell both bring / brought it live recently. The only sour note is Rick Rubin, blissfully destined to wreck anything in his path of late.
I saw Ozzy in 2009 and he sounded like ass. The only saving grace was his band and his overall presence.
Saw him in 09 as well and he sounded his best since the 97 Reunion days. Not hard to imagine he has on and off days at his age at this point.
Sorry, it was 2008. My bad. My point remains. He seemed more interested in spraying the audience with white foam than singing his songs. An entertaining show, but lettuce be cereal: The man is a shell of what he once was.
Saw him in January of this year – sounded rough the first two-three songs, then sounded like Ozzy. Also sprayed the crowed with foam a lot.
Fingers crossed that this means they’ll reserect Ozzfest, and if they could stop lining up so many shitty bands… Probably not though. All the same this in itslef is pretty gnarly to hear.
Things like “Ozz”-fest is probably just what the new incarnation of Sabbath will try to avoid. They need to be cohesive as a unit again, because now it’s Iommi, Butler, Ward (right?), AND Ozzy. Not Ozzy and whomever he brings out that year. Ozzfest is just another self-indulgence they can’t have getting in the way.
How bout a SabFest? Or The Sabbath of Music Festivals. Something horribly fucked out along those lines.
I see your point and stand corrected, would still be nice if we had some kind of decent metal festivals here in the states.
I first saw this news when WRIF posted it on their Facebook page, and I pooped a little. To this day I’ve never been to Ozzfest – I’ve been to pretty much everything else, and I’d love to check it out.
It hasnt been worth a shit since 2000…it became nu-metal fest for 3 years after that..then just really awful after that
It would be a nice throw-back to the high school days, then. I’ve had “Dragula” and “Nookie” show-up on my internet radio in the past two days, good ‘ol nostalgia.
It was numetal fest for a while, but the majority of numetal bands they booked in the early 2000′s were good.
2004 Ozzfest was far from a nu-metal fest and, was a pretty decent line up. Dimmu Borgir, Lamb of god, Slayer, Judas preist, Superjoint ritual and, Black sabbath made that day for me and, well worth the price tag.
I could care less
You should care otherwise you wouldn’t be listening to the music you do (If it is metal) and this site wouldn’t exist. Ignorant much?
Can’t wait to hear Ozzy mumble his way through another m90 minute set!
oops, 90
Eh, saw them when the toured with Pantera and Deftones opening. Ozzy was terrible then, probably be even worse now. When Faith No More announces a real tour in America, I’ll get excitef.
As much love as I have for the original Sabbath (and believe me, I do) I have a hard time believing Ozzy and Co. are going to be able to top The Devil You Know. To me, that was the perfect Sabbath swan song.
Having said that, I’d glady catch a show should they come close enough.
That album very well may have contained Iommi’s blandest riffs ever recorded. And let’s not forget about Dio’s amazing lyrical prowess.. Seriously, the album was for Dio and Dio alone fans. His voice was mixed way too high (probably by his demand) and it’s not Black Sabbath. There’s a reason why Ozzy sued for part of the Black Sabbath name and it was to prevent Iommi from pissing on the Sabbath trademark even further. I’m glad he succeeded and Iommi saw the light.
you’re right there, no one likes meaningful progression, and songs that usher in a new sound for a band while keeping the bands “trademark” alive who needs both originality and song differentiation, i’d prefer ozzy’s one dimensional delivery anyday! NARF you fuckin tard
too late to care about this tired news, DIO will remain the true frontman of sabbath to me, he stepped in and single handedly injected power and soul into their otherwise spent sound (especially by volume III)
Sabbath’s “spent” sound? They were and still are a timeless band through their first 8 albums. Dio went ahead and turned them into an 80s power metal band basically. LOOK OUT! Iommi’s partially at fault for allowing a guy like Dio who was clearly out of place. His voice didn’t fit, it never did. Sabbath’s music was for emotional/doomy vocals, something Ozzy was perfectly capable of and absolutely nailed. He could sing Butler’s lyrics (far superior to Dio’s) with pure soul. Dio added some hairspray to Sabbath, essentially pissing on the Sabbath legacy that Iommi proceeded to absolutely drag through the mud once Bill and then Geezer left. There is only one Black Sabbath, and we are a witness to it right now.
Sorry pal but with comments like that we might have to remove your license to rock. Either that or maybe it would be beneficial for you to be lobotomized. You know not what you talk about.
Ooops, that be directed @ nickygoods
Stupidest comment posted on here. The Dio years are forgettable by almost everyone. Ozzy made this band, and helped make the original sound of Sabbath. DIO will forever be the guy that cam e after the true Sabbath singer, OZZY.
Also, “one dimensional” delivery? Yeah, go ahead and throw on that Sabotage (ever hear of it?) album and listen to Megalomania, Symptom of the Universe, Hole in the Sky, and The Writ, to name a few. Ozzy was literally everywhere unlike any frontman at the time ever was.
I’m 15 so I’m just going to see black sabbath just to say I saw Black Sabbath, I wish I could’ve seen them early on when they weren’t to old.
I’m 35 and I wish the same.
That’s the only reason you’re going to go? Then do the world a favor and tell your dad not to get you a ticket – allow a real fan to go instead.
If you don’t already have a favorite Black Sabbath CD (hint: not “the one with paranoid”) then you won’t enjoy yourself anyways. Besides, girls won’t be impressed when you tell them you were up late rocking out at a Sabbath show. They’ll stare at you blankly all the while strategizing the least awkward way to get away from you. Go to Bullet for My Valentine and tell ‘em you saw them instead.
Best advice in the thread so far. Sabbath isn’t a “go to school Monday and brag for some pussy” band. My cousin and I listened to Sabbath while playing Combat on Atari. adamonfire said something about Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie” bringing back high school memories? Don’t get a ticket, let a real fan go he says.. lol.
Pro-tip: Best album = Black Sabbath.
Yes, because the song came out while I was in high school. That too complicated of a correlation for you?
cma3585, nicely put, couldn’t agree with you more.
The the sole reason why I loathe Dio is because he took over Black Sabbath without changing the name, they should of changed it to H&H way back when Dio joined.
Jesus, for real? Pretty sure that by the end of Ozzy’s Sabbath tenure Iommi was trying to fire creative volleys back towards Led Zeppelin rather than remain true to what Sabbath fans initially loved. When I think of Sabbath my mind goes from S/T, Paranoid and Master of Reality, straight to Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules (yes, likely their 2nd or 3rd best album). Those albums are all Sabbath. Most of the stuff in between and after is just that– stuff imo.
Vol. 4 very well may contain Sabbath’s heaviest riffs ever and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage contain some of Sabbath’s best tracks to date…Megalomania, Killing Yourself To Live, Under The Sun, SNOWBLIND, A National Acrobat…far from “stuff”.
i hope the new album does not suck. bucket list item on the tour though. Black Sabbath rule! first 5 albums kick ass.
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