Its not “Paranoid” or “War Pigs” but “Headless Cross” which American Traditional Doom Metal act Mourn The Light have chosen to cover from the Tony Martin era of the Black Sabbath discography as they prepare to unveil a new EP on 10th January via Argonauta Records. Titled “The Magic is Calling“, the record serves as
Back in 2020 when Ozzfest was all the rage, a two part compilation of covers of Black Sabbath classics was put together titled “Nativity In Black” featuring the bands that made the events so great. Static-X took on “Behind The Wall Of Sleep“, System Of A Down chose “Snowblind” and of course Huntington Beach California’s (hed)p.e. took
It may have been a little while but the return of Italian Doom Metal master’s Godwatt with “Vol. III” set for 20th December via Time To Kill Records is a Christmas gift that will arrive early. The Frosinone based trio have recorded seven cuts for seven deadly sins with “Signora Morte” accompanying the news. The
Back in the early eighties rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot rose to prominence in Seattle Washington, regularly crossing into the World of the six string guitar. In 1988 “Iron Man“, which of course samples the Black Sabbath song of the same name became a hit single from his debut album. But arguably his most famous work is the
It takes a lot of guts to cover a much loved and well known classic. In our eyes at least, the finest covers are those that find the musicians taking it on putting their own spin on the original and making it their own rather than doing a note for note remake that sounds identical
The question is… Is there a Black Sabbath song that hasn’t been covered at some point in the past fifty four years because it feels like not only does every single band on the Planet have a Black Sabbath cover in their arsenal but every guitarist does as well. Not that that is a bad
It’s the return of the… wait? what? who? That’s right! After nearly 9 months off for bad behaviour we figured it’s time to bring back our Riff Police feature for the second Thursday in June. Anyone who has read these pages over the last five years knows the drill; we hear a track with a
Unlucky for some, Siberia Groove Death Metal band Millstone chose to drop a new EP “Single Fiery Flower” signalling the end of the “Isle” era. The record comprises the title track as well as a cover of “Into The Void” by Black Sabbath in both studio and live forms and is available over at bandcamp.
For the likes of Wednesday 13 and Rob Zombie is every night Halloween? Just how do they make the day of the dead special? Ozzy Osbourne didn’t seem to have many challenges in that department so on that incredibly tenuous link we’re hoping in the Delorean and heading back to 1983 when Osbourne, Jake E.
If you’re like us then you might casually be wondering one drunken night why it is that certain songs by certain big names get covered over and over again but others by those same bands which are just as good get left behind. For example, how many bands have covered “Sad But True” by Metallica
