Metal Injection — Black Sabbath has finally announced the first round of North American dates, three in the United States and one in Canada. We usually don't post this late in the day but the moment I saw the press release, I had to share with the Metal Injection... more info

Monsters and Critics — Black Sabbath have announced four summer shows in North America in support of the release of their new album, 13, more info

Consequence of Sound — The reunited outfit returns to America in August. more info

Metal Injection — I thought we'd have to wait until the season finale of CSI to get our first taste of new music from Black Sabbath, but turns out that's not the case. Today, a pre-order link went up on Amazon.com for the track "God Is Dead?" to be released ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Black Sabbath (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/black%20sabbath/)* will release 13 on June 11th (http://www.absolutepunk.net/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=58351&day=2013-6-11) via Vertigo/Republic. The band will perform a new song from the effort on the... more info

Metal Injection — A lot of people, myself included, are dying to hear what new Black Sabbath sounds like. It's the first material the band has put out with Ozzy at the forefront in over 30 years. Last week, the band posted a snippet of music, but it wasn't e... more info

411 Mania — Ahead of their next album release... more info

Metalsucks — It's like they're going out of their way not to be cool. more info

Chorus.fm — Check out the artwork reveal of *Black Sabbath (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/black sabbath/)*'s 13, accompanied by a brief song clip, in the replies. Pre-order the effort here (http://www.myplaydirect.com/black-sabbath). more info

ContactMusic — The reunited members of Black Sabbath have announced plans to tour Europe this winter and will play a pre-Christmas (13) gig in their native... more info