L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It's full of doomy imagery and gloomy guitars, but Black Sabbath's latest album has hardly scared off listeners: "13" debuted this week atop the Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 155,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. more info
Metal Injection — Last week was a huge week for heavy metal, topped by the release of Black Sabbath's first new album in 35 years to feature Ozzy, Tony and Geezer. The marketing blitz paid off as Sabbath have the #1 record in the country. Black Sabbath's 13 ... more info
Mjsbigblog — Black Sabbath is set to have the number one album of this week and Billboard is predicting that Kayne will have the number one next week. They are estimating 500K in opening sales which is higher than his previous two efforts and this one doesn’t h... more info
Mjsbigblog — With 46.22% of the chart reporting in, there is not a single solitary contestant from a reality singing show representing. I don’t remember the last time that happened. But never fear, reality shows are represented. Black Sabbath, featuring Ozzy f... more info
411 Mania — News and thoughts on another Black Sabbath album, Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted playing classic Metallica songs, Sebastian Bach being sober, Dave Lombardo guesting on the new Sepultura album, and more! more info
Starpulse — Black Sabbath were the toast of the heavy rock crowd on Monday (17Jun13) when they won two top trophies at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods prizegiving. The heavy rockers' long-awaited comeback projec... more info