Altsounds — 2010 will go down as the year that we lost one of hard rock/heavy metal's all-time great vocalists, Ronnie James Dio (after a valiant battle with cancer). Throughout a career that saw Ronnie pen or co-pen classics with such legendary acts as Elf... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bruxa do Vinil said... Grupo Medusa - Ferrovias (1983) Feat: Cláudio Bertrami - bass,surdo Chico Medori - drums, percussion Téo da Cuíca - percussion Alemão (Olmir Stocker) - guitar Amilson Godoy - piano, clavinet Special Guest: Dominguinhos - ac... more info

Guardian Music — Pop's visceral ability to trigger memory makes it an obvious tool for historical storytellers. But those memories don't always tally with what really went on"Emotional history" is how the film-maker Adam Curtis describes his Strange Death of Politica... more info

Metal Injection — This is just awesome. Inspired by that sorta-cool Justin Beiber slowdowns, the fine folks at Cosmic Hearse have slowed down Metallica's legendary album Ride The Lightning to 33 rpm, and it's as if Metallica is transformed into Black Sabbath... more info

Song, by Toad — “Joanna Newsom backed by Black Sabbath.” Apparently Sparrow & the Workshop have some rather smart-arsed friends, because that’s how one of them described some of their recent material, according to the press release I received yesterday. I must... more info

Guardian Music — Black Sabbath frontman marks what would have been the late Beatle's 70th birthday with song for Amnesty InternationalOzzy Osbourne is marking the late John Lennon's birthday by releasing a cover of his 1971 song, How?, with proceeds going to Amnesty ... more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy Osbourne has released a version of John Lennon's 'Imagine' for Amnesty International.The former Black Sabbath frontman has re-recorded the track in the same... more info

Metal Injection — by: Sean Gresens I'm going to try something different with this one. Instead of just a general blanket statement about the band as a whole, I would like to focus first on this band's latest record (since its description most certainly follows suit... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... DRIVE-IN MOVIES AT THE BOAT This week watch "The Thing From Another World" (1951) and grab some great music... * HINDU LOVE GODS Hindu Love Gods (1990) Warren Zevon & REM. Plus... their rare 1986 45, two songs never issued on CD. * JO... more info

Guardian Music — Vancouver band juggle hard riffing with community work … just don't ask them to talk about itIt's the first day of the Electric Picnic festival in Dublin, and the five members of Vancouver rock titans Black Mountain take off in five different direc... more info