411 Mania — News and thoughts on Motorhead pulling out of a festival due to Lemmy having health issues, Black Sabbath naming the opening band for their North American tour, Iron Maiden's London show tickets selling out in record time and more! more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's Yeezus and David Bowie's The Next Day to Black Sabbath's 13, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 albums from the first six months of 2013! more info

Metal Injection — Black Sabbath is riding the wave of success as their album, 13 debuted at #1 in many countries, including US and UK and this week it's still in the top 5 on the US charts. The band is still in full promo mode, and bassist Geezer Bulter revealed ... more info

Metal Injection — Everybody's favorite party animal, Andrew WK just landed the greatest gig ever in the history of heavy metal. He gets to go around the country with the forefathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath and he doesn't even have to worry about his ge... more info

Consequence of Sound — The world record holder for drumming won't actually drum. more info

Chorus.fm — *Andrew W.K. (http://www.absolutepunk.net/andrewwk) *will officially be opening for *Black Sabbath (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/black sabbath/)*'s North American tour with a DJ set. Dates are in the replies. Black Sabbath have personally invited... more info

Metalsucks — Black Sabbath, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Kvelertak, and more.The post Too Soon? Kip Wingerschmidt’s Best of 2013… So Far appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Starpulse — Black Sabbath are planning to record and release another album following the success of 13, which has topped the charts around the world - and they are hoping former drummer Bill Ward will join the... more info

Popdose — In the wake of Black Sabbath 13, let's remember one of the men who kept the beast alive. more info

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