Black Sabbath Feud Reignites Over Failed Reunion Comments

The film tells the story of the origins of the group who have confirmed a 2016 reunion which will see frontman Axl Rose and guitarist Slash back together on stage for the first time since 1993.

Satriani tells Northwest Music Scene: "It looks like we're going to do a show in the middle of May. I think it's a Lake Tahoe show. We're working around the schedule of Chad, who's got a rehearsal scheduled at that point with the Chili Peppers.

The post reads: "To all friends, fans and supporters of Kevin Lawrence and his band, Rapidfire, Kevin loved you all. He was constantly inspired by your interest, your enthusiasm and your encouragement.

"He was as genuine a person as can be, uniquely creative and insatiably imaginative. He was also an extremely generous and good natured man, truly caring for his loyal friends and his beloved dogs.

It's now 2016--how time flies--and the Internet is stirring with anticipation for whatever Hayley Williams and the gang dream up next. A Twitter user prodded, "I think u should say something about a new album, don't you?!"

The Alice Cooper Fan Club presales began January 20; the main presale offer code is SICKTHINGS. The Live Nation presale offer code is ICONIC and the LN mobile app password is COVERT.

When purchasing tickets on Ticketmaster enter presale password in the "offer code" box above the venue map. General public tickets will go on sale January 22 at 10 AM EST.

Mainman Richard Patrick tells Billboard: "This record is more experimental and crazy. It's where I am today. I wanted to go to some scary, weird places instead of doing that big-ass guitar sound again.

"I feel so strongly about having it be weird and intense and authentic and bizarre, because we've done 'perfect.' This is a new era for me because it's the first time I've totally produced the record - and I made it raw and real the way I wanted it."

The band have made the track Take Me To Heaven available to stream - the first material released from Crazy Eyes. Patrick continues: "Take Me to Heaven was written after my dad just died, and where I'm coming from is I'm trying to find if there's an afterlife and I'm trying to believe in it.

It was commissioned by the show's producers when the band appeared on the show as extras last year. The song was written around an idea that drummer Brann Dailor had in his kitchen.

Mastodon say: "Welsh illustrator Richey Beckett designed the artwork which was inspired by the show. The B-Side of the 12-inch features an a cappella version of White Walker, the original idea for the song recorded by Brann on his phone in his kitchen.

"Mott The Hoople were one of my favourite bands when I was a kid in my teens and one of Hanoi Rocks' biggest influences," says Monroe. "So when we were looking for a producer for our Back To Mystery City album, we asked for Ian Hunter, but he was unavailable so we asked for Pete - Overend Watts - and Dale Griffin, who was always Buffin, and they were happy to oblige.

And Petrucci says his fears about technology's long-term effect on the planet impacted the album's central concept. He tells the Huffington Post: "It's happening in all other areas - with jobs that people once held in manufacturing and everything else, they're automated now.

"There's already self-driving cars that they're experimenting with. Pretty soon, we'll be looking back, like, 'Oh, remember when you used to have to drive yourself?'

"Being a musician, and since music is such an important part of my life and people that surround me, I knew that music had to be a central theme. That with all the advances in technology, how music becomes less and less important and just really easy to stream and quickly listen to a song and make something up on your phone.

"As the importance kind of went away, I thought it would be really crazy and a travesty if people didn't make music or didn't participate in the arts anymore and it was all artificial - it was all done by machines.

The album was recorded at Whitewood Studios in the band's hometown and they describe it as a "game changer." The band tell TeamRock: "Magnetic Seasons was created with no idea where it would lead. Some of the songs were created outside of the studio, and some inside the studio.

"At the heart of most of the improvisations, a Fender Rhodes was used which creates a light and dense sound in places. This creates a sound which is reminiscent of Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis and Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds Of Fire.

The EP features two new tracks - including Suckerpunch - as well as four live cuts, an alternative take on Don't Look Back and an orchestral version of Suckerpunch.

In a TeamRock Radio interview with vocalist Dani Winter-Bates and guitarist Kristan Dawson, the pair say that they wrote the album inbetween gigs and on the road.

Vocalist Dani Winter Bates tells TeamRock's Pete Bailey: "We wrote it on tour in six weeks, whereas last time we wrote it over eight months. Any quiet place we could find, like a tourbus or a corridor.

"It felt like it had that live atmosphere to the music, because we were on tour and always so busy. It felt like it came naturally. From a songwriter's perspective, I tried to make each song feel like an adventure rather than going to a corner shop for a pint of milk.

Last month, they released the standalone single Skin Deep. Chelsea Grin say: "We're very excited to join the Rise Records family. Following the release of Skin Deep, we are fired up to bring our most aggressive release to date.

They insist the deal will not impact on Candelight's roster of artists, which includes Ihsahn and Vision Of Disorder. Christie and Beatty say: "Spinefarm have shown an understanding and respect for what we do and are looking forward to working with Candlelight's artists. We also feel that they will treat the catalogue with respect.

Hosted by Dave Bidini of Rheostatics, the event will include musicians Lifeson, Terra Lightfoot, David Quinton Steinberg, Tom Power and Odario Williams, while Canada's musically-inclined comedians such as Gavin Crawford, Jessica Holmes and Sean Cullen perform parody songs.

The EP features covers of Porcupine Tree track The Nostalgia Factory, which originally appeared on a Steven Wilson cassette, Justin Hayward's It Won't Be Easy, ELP's C'Est La Vie and Phil Collins song Take Me Home, which Mitchell performed during his encore at his recent Lonely Robot show at London's Scala.

Drummer Ben Shanbrom says: "The Ungrounding comes from the idea that there's nothing inherently putting us here or what we're doing on Earth - or what we're doing at any given moment.

"We have to make that purpose for ourselves and it's a constant upwards struggle of having the ground pulled from under you and building your own purpose and fighting back the nothingness that threatens to make your life meaningless.

"I think this one going to be a real blast live - it certainly packs a visceral punch and I'm very proud of it." A Dream In Static took more than two years to complete, but keyboardist Frank Sacramone tells Prog that their hard work has paid off.

He says: "Nothing in my life has been as stressful as completing this record, but nothing else I've worked on in my life has reached the calibre of this record. I'm not sure it was completely necessary for it to take that long. There's always a learning curve the first time around.

The London-based outfit are said to "celebrate the more sinister side of British folk history and music," with their upcoming material described as exploring "the sorrowful histories of long-deceased inhabitants of forgotten Britain."

Reid's drummer and long-time collaborator Tom Bowker announced on Facebook that Blowfly had been diagnosed with the illness on January 12. Bowker later released a statement to the Detroit Metro Times which reads: "While most performers sit on their laurels in their later years, Clarence constantly wrote new material and grinded tour dates like a 20-year-old.

"He treated gigs at Halloween house parties in suburban California the same as arena gigs in Germany and massive Australian festivals. He never refused an autograph, or an opportunity to tell a dirty joke. He was a once-in-a-century talent, and it was an honour to reintroduce him to the world these past 12 years."

Reid's latest album 77 Rusty Trombones will be released on February 19 - but his label Saustex have made his last recording available to stream in his honour.