Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan has racked up another national honor. Last night, he was one of a dozen people awarded the National Medal of Arts, which celebrates “the breadth and depth of American architecture, design, film, music, performance, theater and visual ... more info

411 Mania — The year is 1973 and music would witness the birth of two great arena bands: Queen and Aerosmith! We look at the beginnings of these iconic bands and the impact they would have on the metal scene. Plus we look at albums from Nazareth, Golden Earri... more info

Guardian Music — Rock writers can't predict the future, but what music are they wrong about now? Like mall emo, it's probably hiding in plain sightThe 40th anniversary last week of the release of Black Sabbath's debut album was cause for nostalgic throwing of metal h... more info

Metal Injection — by: Frank Godla 40 years ago today Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, & Bill Ward began a music revolution that would breath life into the world's bastard social scene known as heavy metal. On February 13, 1970 the Birmingham quartet kno... more info

Metalsucks — As has already been pointed out on any number of other websites, tomorrow, February 14, marks the 40th anniversary of the release Black Sabbath’s debut album. Since Sabbath are pretty much the originators of metal, this would kinda-sorta make tomor... more info

Rolling Stone — Ozzy Osbourne’s memoirs I Am Ozzy debuted at Number Two on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction. Read about a unique Ozzy book signing and his reflections on Black Sabbath’s early days. Robert Fripp and Tool’s Adam Jones ... more info

VH1 News — Lady Gaga talked about the next phase of her Monster Ball Tour, her Grammy performance with Elton John and even Black Sabbath during an interview on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show. more info

Starpulse — Ozzy Osbourne struggles to remember everyday occurrences - but still recalls 35-year old telephone numbers. The Black Sabbath star has been plagued with memory difficulties since his 2003 quad-bike accident[...] Read more! more info

Altsounds — Black Sabbath, one of the most prominent and influential faces of the 70’s Rock topography were, by the decade’s end, a band in disarray. Once the masters of their own reality; the Birmingham four-piece were now battle weary ve... more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy Osbourne doesn't remember people the day after he's met them.The former 'Black Sabbath' frontman said he is terrified of his youngest daughter Kelly's... more info