Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. 31 years ago today, one of metal’s most gifted and promising guitarists was killed in a plane crash. Randy Rhoads was only 25 years old when he passed, but having played in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band as well as Quiet [...]
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
1982 was a rough year for Ozzy Osbourne. In March, his guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash while the band was on tour for Diary of a Madman, which had been released four months earlier. Ozzy continued to tour as a way of catharsis, with Brad Gillis filling in on guitar. On September 26th [...]
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Until this week, the only record that Ozzy Osbourne fans had of the vulnerable time in between the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee’s time in the band that started with 1983′s Bark at the Moon was the now-out-of-print Speak of the Devil. The 1982 double-live album, which featured Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis, [...]
Monday, March 26, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. At its best, the live album is a more intense version of a greatest hits album. In a perfect world, the band is firing on all cylinders, carefully choosing the ebb and flow of the set list from their material [...]
Monday, March 19, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. On this day in 1982, guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash. By the age of 25, Rhoads had made an enormous impact in heavy metal, having helped transform Ozzy Osbourne from the singer in Black Sabbath to the [...]
Monday, May 16, 2011
Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman showed that there was more to Ozzy Osbourne than Black Sabbath, and also introduced guitar hero Randy Rhoads to the spotlight. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Blizzard Of Ozz, Ozzy Osbourne will be releasing remastered versions of the two albums, along with new bonus tracks [...]
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Kathryn Rhoads D’Argenzio, sister of late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads, will be honoring her brother’s legacy be releasing a commemorative-edition Randy Rhoads wine. Kathryn says: “In tribute to my brother Randy Rhoads, I would like to dedicate this special limited release Cabernet Sauvignon in honor of his legacy memory and my devoted love.” The Randy Rhoads [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Today is more than just another Thursday, for 61 years ago on this day in Birmingham, John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne was born. The first 19 years of his life were pretty unremarkable until 1968, when he helped form Black Sabbath, the most influential band in metal. For the next 11 years, the band defined the [...]
Friday, October 2, 2009
Randy Rhoads will be the subject of a tribute concert, “Rhoadsfest,” taking place at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles on December 6. The viruouso guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot would have been 53 on the 6th. As many know, Rhoads died in a plane crash at the age of 25 [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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