A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock’s Most Dangerous Man
By Pete Way with Paul Rees Published by Constable (Little Brown Book Group) Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s way out of his league when…
Ozzy Osbourne
Aftershock 2017: California metal extravaganza
Last year Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona covered Aftershock for Capital Chaos TV – and interviewed Igor & Max Cavalera: This year, the sixth annual…
Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz LP (revisited)
“Is the reissued release of an album ALWAYS superior to the original?” Such a question is valid – particularly when one takes the recent…
Black Sabbath: The Vault by Paul Elliot
Without Black Sabbath, I wouldn’t be writing this and you wouldn’t be reading this… it’s that simple. Published by Carltonbooks, (available to order here)….
The Shrine – Bless Off
I was pretty impressed with these guys when they opened for Red Fang last month. While they’re not reinventing the wheel, they sure know…
Black Sabbath – 13
Hellbound Metal: “It sounds awful, but 13 is not a bad album – it’s simply not the Black Sabbath album that a lot of fans will accept as a rousing return.”
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance (30th Anniversary Edition)
In listening to the reissue of Screaming For Vengeance, it suddenly becomes clear that, as “of its time” the production applied to the record was (the effects on “Electric Eye” – all the clanking reverb and robotic imagery – and the glammy metal sheen of “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” are good examples), the record is the “step up” made by a band who knew they had the world’s attention, and continues to command respect thirty years later both for that and for its song craft.
Happy 40th birthday to… Black Sabbath’s Volume 4
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the official release of what I consider to be one of the greatest albums ever made, Black Sabbath’s fourth studio album Volume 4. While many consider the two albums previous (Paranoid and Master of Reality) to be the band’s high point, the progressiveness of Volume 4 made it my Sabbath album.
Ozzy Osbourne – Speak of the Devil DVD
“this is an excellent watch, and a solid piece of metal history which should be requisite watching for people claiming to be Ozzy fans in 2012 who were born in the late 80’s or early 90’s.
Steve Earles’ Book Reviews – April/May 2012 edition
Another edition of thought-provoking book reviews from our Irish based correspondent Steve Earles. Please enjoy!