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ALICE IN CHAINS' WILLIAM DUVALL On 'Back To The Beginning': 'The Whole Night Was Pretty Unbelievable'

Two days after ALICE IN CHAINS performed at Ozzy Osbourne's "Back To The Beginning" farewell concert — where the Seattle grunge pioneers covered BLACK SABBATH's "Fairies Wear Boots" — ALICE IN CHAINS frontman William DuVall took to his social media to share a few photos from the event, and he includ...

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GODSMACK's SULLY ERNA On OZZY OSBOURNE's Last Performance: 'Another Childhood Hero Of Mine Has Taken His Final Bow'

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna has paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, two days after the BLACK SABBATH singer played his final show as part of the "Back To The Beginning" event at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Earlier today (Monday, July 7),Erna took to his social media to share photos of him...

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BLACK SABBATH's Final Performance Was Livestreamed To More Than Five Million Fans Around The World

According to The Guardian, Ozzy Osbourne's last-ever live performance this past (Saturday, July 5) at the "Back To The Beginning" event at the Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom was livestreamed to more than five million fans worldwide. Ozzy played a five-song set with his solo band — consisti...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE On Performing At 'Back To The Beginning': It Was 'A Simply Unbelievable Day'

The day after LAMB OF GOD took the stage at Ozzy Osbourne's "Back To The Beginning" farewell concert — where the Richmond, Virginia metallers covered BLACK SABBATH's "Children Of The Grave" — LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe took to his social media to write: "I do not have the words to explain wha...

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Watch: JACK BLACK Joined By Rock Star Offspring For 'Mr. Crowley' Pre-Taped Performance At 'Back To The Beginning'

Actor Jack Black made a surprise livestream appearance at the "Back To The Beginning" event on Saturday, July 5, singing his version of Ozzy Osbourne's classic song "Mr. Crowley". Dressed in a blue-and-white tassled jacket, the Hollywood star — who is one half of the music duo TENACIOUS D with Kyle...

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Watch: GOJIRA Performs 'Mea Culpa' With Opera Singer MARINA VIOTTI At 'Back To The Beginning'

GOJIRA played a four-song set at BLACK SABBATH's "Back To The Beginning" charity event on Saturday (July 5) at Villa Park — home of Aston Villa Football Club — in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The French progressive metallers opened their performance with "Stranded" and "Silvera" before launching into...

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Watch: All-Star Supergroups Pay Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE And BLACK SABBATH At 'Back To The Beginning'

The original lineup of BLACK SABBATH played its final concert together last night (Saturday, July 5) at a star-studded event in their original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dubbed "Back To The Beginning", the nine-hour event, hosted by actor Jason Momoa at Villa Park, saw over a dozen ban...

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Watch: PANTERA Covers BLACK SABBATH's 'Planet Caravan' And 'Electric Funeral' At 'Back To The Beginning'

PANTERA played a four-song set at BLACK SABBATH's "Back To The Beginning" charity event on Saturday (July 5) at Villa Park — home of Aston Villa Football Club — in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The reformed metallers — whose current lineup consists of classic-lineup members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and...

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Watch: METALLICA Covers BLACK SABBATH's 'Hole In The Sky' And 'Johnny Blade' At 'Back To The Beginning'

METALLICA played a six-song set at BLACK SABBATH's "Back To The Beginning" charity event on Saturday (July 5). The San Francisco Bay Area metal legends opened their performance with the SABBATH "Sabotage" classic "Hole In The Sky" and continued with two of their own songs, "Creeping Death" and "For...

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Watch: LIMP BIZKIT's WES BORLAND Dresses Up As Skull-Faced Version Of 1980s JAMES HETFIELD While Opening For METALLICA

LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland played the band's entire 10-song set as the support act for METALLICA on Friday (June 27) at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado dressed up as a skull-faced version of 1980s METALLICA frontman James Hetfield, complete with a "Metal Up Your Ass" t-shirt an...

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GENE HOGLAN Has Theory About How LARS ULRICH Ended Up 'Borrowing' DARK ANGEL Drum Beat For METALLICA's 'One'

In a new interview with the That Metal Interview podcast, DARK ANGEL drummer Gene Hoglan once again discussed the supposed influence the title track of DARK ANGEL's 1986 album, "Darkness Descends", had on the METALLICA song "One", which was released two years later. Reflecting on when he first heard...

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SCORPIONS/Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Drummer MIKKEY DEE Says His Musical Evolution 'Came Naturally'

Veteran Swedish hard rock and metal drummer Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD, SCORPIONS) recently sat down with Roxie from Rock Kommander for an interview about his music journey, major life decisions, and why he chose Rock Kommander over every other game offer that came his way. Asked how his drumming techniq...

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METALLICA: Official CLIFF BURTON Jack Rack Collection Released By PLUGINZ

Music lifestyle brand Pluginz honors metal royalty with its latest drop: the Cliff Burton x Jack Rack collection. This release celebrates the life, legacy, and thunderous sound of Cliff Burton — METALLICA's iconic bassist and a pioneer of metal music — and is now available on thejackrack.com, with a...

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TOM ANGELRIPPER Readies For SODOM's Touring Hiatus: 'I'll Miss The Stage. I'll Miss The Band'

By David E. Gehlke SODOM bassist/vocalist Tom "Angelripper" Such certainly knows how to make good use of an album press cycle. The legendary German thrashers are on the run-up to the release of their 17th studio album, "The Arsonist", a long player that found the band recording drums live on tape, h...

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LARS ULRICH On Taking Risks With METALLICA's Music: 'We've Always Wanted To Turn Over Rocks And Look At New Ideas'

In a new interview with Variety to promote METALLICA's upcoming film project "Metallica Saved My Life", which explores the world of METALLICA through the lives of their fans — including the bandmembers themselves — METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was asked if having a fanbase which has followed him an...