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  • Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath’s “Back To The Beginning” Concert To Hit Theaters In October

    Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s “Back To The Beginning” farewell show in Birmingham, UK will be receiving a limited theatrical release on October 28. Tickets will be available on September 24.

    Further details were shared in a press release:

    ‘Trafalgar Releasing announced today the global cinematic release of OZZY & BLACK SABBATH: BACK TO THE BEGINNING, produced by Mercury Studios, the world’s leading music-focused content studio. The film definitively captures the triumphant final live performance from Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup: Ozzy (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums).

    The film will run as an event release beginning October 28 ,2026 in cinemas worldwide. Tickets go on sale at 7:00 AM, PT / 10:00 AM, ET /3:00 PM, BST / 4:00 PM, CEST on Thursday September 24 at backtothebeginning.com. Visit the official event website now and sign up for the most current information and event updates.

    The film documents a landmark moment in music history: Ozzy Osbourne’s historic final farewell performance for his fans in his Birmingham hometown – captured just 17 days before his untimely passing. The sold out Back To The Beginning show at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium on July 5 last year not only included a solo set from Ozzy, but a reunion of Black Sabbath’s original members performing together for the first time in more than 20 years.

    OZZY & BLACK SABBATH: BACK TO THE BEGINNING celebrates two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy and Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Black Sabbath’s enduring legacy, featuring the iconic group’s triumphant final show, personal reflections from the superstar musicians they inspired, and a behind the scenes look at the day itself.

    “Back to the Beginning came about because I asked Ozzy what would really make him happy,” says SHARON OSBOURNE, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager who oversaw the legendary event. “And he said the only thing that would make him happy was if he could perform again and say goodbye to his fans. That’s all he wanted to do. He wanted to say goodbye and thank you.”

    The event—which sold out in minutes—brought together generations of fans alongside some of the most influential names in rock to celebrate Black Sabbath’s legacy. The show was hosted by Jason Momoa with Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine guitarist) serving as Musical Director for Back to the Beginning. The night included sets from Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Gojira, Guns N Roses, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Metallica, Pantera, Rival Sons, Slayer, and Tool, along with All-Star segments with special guests Adam Wakeman, Andrew Watt, Billy Corgan, Chad Smith, David Draiman, David Ellefson, Jake E. Lee, KK Downing, Mike Bordin, Nuno Bettencourt, Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Ronnie Wood, Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar, Sleep Token‘s II, Steven Tyler, Travis Barker, Vernon Reid, Whitfield Crane, and Yungblud.

    Ozzy’s Black Sabbath band members noted of the event:

    “It was a closure for the band and it was a good way to go out, I think.”

    —TONY IOMMI, Black Sabbath

    “To me it was like pure love. It was just a wave of love. It’s the only way I can describe it really. I mean I could feel it as if it is like tangible.”

    —GEEZER BUTLER, Black Sabbath

    “Felt completely at home in a place where I belong. It almost felt like I was in a dream.“

    —BILL WARD, Black Sabbath

    “There’s never been anything like that that’s happened in the history of rock and roll,” says TOM MORELLO, Rage Against the Machine guitarist and Musical Director of Back to the Beginning. “There’s never been a precedent for a show like this…[Black Sabbath] gets to play their final show basically in the Ground Zero of where they created heavy metal.”

    The film has been directed for screen by Ben Wainwright-Pearce (Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, George Michael: The Faith Tour), with the live concert directed by Tim van Someren, and produced by Jim Parsons, Jamie Silk, and Dan Seliger. It has been crafted specifically for cinematic presentation, designed to immerse audiences in both the scale of the stadium production and the intimacy of the final performance.

    Presented in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound, the film has been engineered to deliver a fully immersive audio-visual experience, bringing audiences into the heart of the performance with unprecedented clarity and power.

    The release continues Mercury Studios’ commitment to premium music storytelling, following critically acclaimed and globally distributed productions including ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, AMERICAN SYMPHONY, REGGAETON: THE SOUND THAT CONQUERED THE WORLD, and METALLICA SAVED MY LIFE.

    Mercury Studios co-leads, Ken Danquah and Andrea Dunn, said in a joint statement:

    “Ozzy Osbourne is one of the most influential figures in music history, and his final performance with Black Sabbath deserves to be seen on the biggest possible stage. Last year, we brought this legendary concert to fans across the globe, offering millions the chance to be there through an unprecedented livestream. This film is the next chapter, giving fans a new way to experience that night on the big screen. Back To The Beginning captures the scale of a stadium performance and the intimacy of a farewell, crafted specifically for the cinema screen.”

    “Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert was a landmark cultural moment”, says Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing. “Bringing it to cinemas worldwide is an opportunity to further cement Ozzy’s legacy and impact. We are really looking forward to giving fans around the world a chance to experience this final celebration of Ozzy and Black Sabbath together on the big screen.”’

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  • Cage Fight Announce Fall European/UK Tour

    Cage Fight have announced a fall European/UK tour. BRAT, Negative Frame, Soul Splitter, and Kabbel will join them on select dates.

    Tour Dates:

    With BRAT:

    11/01 Birmingham, UK – Flapper

    With Negative Frame:

    11/02 Glasgow, UK – Classic Grand
    11/03 Manchester, UK – Soup

    Cage Fight:

    11/05 London, UK – Blondies Brewery

    With Kabbel and Soul Splitter:

    11/07 Bochum, GER – Die Trompete
    11/09 Berlin, GER – Mikropol
    11/11 Paris, FRA – Backstage
    11/12 Nantes, FRA – Ferrailleur
    11/14 Mulhouse, FRA Noumatrouff
    11/15 Lille, FRA – Black Lab

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  • A Place To Kill Announce New EP “APTK2”

    A Place To Kill, the new project featuring Richard Patrick (Filter) and Jim Louvau (There Is No Us), have revealed that they will be releasing a new EP, titled “APTK2,” on November 13. The effort will feature six songs, including “Keep My Name Out Your Mouth,“ which will debut on September 25.

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  • Cro-Mags Share Re-Recorded Version Of “Everybody’s Gonna Die”

    Cro-Mags have shared a lyric video for “Everybody’s Gonna Die” from the upcoming re-recorded 40th anniversary edition of “The Age Of Quarrel.“ As previously reported, that updated version of the album will be released on November 13.

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  • Colin Marston Says Gorguts’ Upcoming Album Will Have “Elements Of Every Record”

    During a recent appearance on the “Mostly Yelling” podcast, Gorguts bassist Colin Marston discussed the band’s new album. According to him, the effort will have “elements of every record.”

    Marston said the following:

    “The new album is cool. In a way, it’s a bit of a letdown, because it’s not like this whole new sound. You’re not gonna get the ‘oh my God’ factor that ‘Obscura‘ had, where it’s just completely out of nowhere and sounds like nothing that’s ever been done before. It doesn’t have that, unfortunately. But you know, we’re all fucking middle-aged at this point.

    But what it does have is elements of the sound of all the previous Gorguts records – and not put together in a cut and paste kind of way. It’s well integrated. The album has its own sound. But there’s aspects which have not been touched since ‘Considered Dead‘, and ‘Erosion‘, and ‘Obscura‘. There really are elements of every record in there.

    There’s thrash beats, again. There’s tremolo picking, there’s harmonized fifths – stuff that you only got on the first two records. The song I wrote has just an actual honest to goodness slam in it. So that’s fun.

    Okay, so one new element is the synths. So that’s never… we’ve never had that on the Gorguts records before. It’s not a huge… it doesn’t take up a ton of time on the record. But I do play synth on more than half the songs. Maybe all but two? My song doesn’t have any synths and the doom song doesn’t have any synths, but all the other ones do have moments.

    And we touched some of those ambient territories before, especially with ‘Pleiades’ Dust‘ with effects on the bass. But this time around, I’m just doing that straight up with the analog synths. So that’s been very cool.

    What else is there to say about it? It’s more of a death metal record than the last two that Kevin [Hufnagel, Gorguts guitarist] and I worked on, than ‘Pleiades’ Dust‘ and ‘Colored Sands‘. It’s more ripping, there’s more fast blasting. I guess ‘Colored Sands‘ had fast blasting too, but it was more in an atmospheric direction. And this new album has just more of the feeling of ‘From Wisdom To Hate‘ or something, where it just feels more death metal.”

    He also added:

    “Well, that’s kind of what Luc [Lemay, guitarist/vocalist] said. He’s like, I realized I have all these languages and I can just use them. Like, it doesn’t have to be a new thing every time. And I mean really, my only complaint is that I feel like this is the album we should have made, like, 13 years ago or something. Or I guess 13 years ago was when ‘Colored Sands‘ came out, right? That came out in 2013.

    That was recorded in 2011. So, if that had just come out in 2011, then by 2013, I feel like we could have made this record. So I feel like it’s more than a decade overdue. I don’t know if it will… We’ll see if it has the same kind of impact that it would have had if we’d done it then. I feel like maybe it’ll have more [of an impact] because people kind of respond more when a band goes away for a while and then comes back. I hate that, but it’s true.”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Bullet For My Valentine Appear To Be Teasing New Album

    It looks like Bullet For My Valentine have started to tease their new album. The band shared the below image on their social media accounts:

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  • At The Gates Pay Tribute To Tomas Lindberg On The First Anniversary Of His Death

    At The Gates have shared a new tribute for the late Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg. The frontman sadly passed away one year ago today (September 16).

    The band said the following:

    “Tomas.

    Today marks one year since you left us. It still feels unfathomable, and the pain of losing you remains really immense.

    The world without you feels like an empty place and we are still learning how to navigate life without you.

    You were one of the kindest, most generous, funniest person that we got to know, and we feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to be your friend and to create music together.

    We would also like to express our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to all the fans for your kind words, stories, and photos of Tomas.

    Your messages have meant more to us than we can put into words.

    Thank you all, and thank you for remembering Tomas, for keeping his memory alive, and for continuing to share his legacy.

    Please share any stories in the comments below to make this a day of remembrance.

    // AT THE GATES“

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  • Black Mask Premiere “Tormented” Video

    Black Mask have premiered a new video for their new song “Tormented.” You can check that out below. The track is from the band’s new album, “Vestige Of Mercy,” which will be released on October 16.

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  • BLACKGOLD Announce Fall European Tour With Sumo Cyco And Hyro The Hero

    BLACKGOLD have announced a European tour with Sumo Cyco. Hyro The Hero will also perform at two shows. Here’s the dates:

    11/18 Utrecht, NET – dB’s
    11/20 Cologne, GER – Artheater
    11/22 Hamburg, GER – Logo
    11/23 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
    11/24 Berlin, GER – Badehaus
    11/26 Warsaw, POL – Hydrozagadka
    11/27 Bielsko-Biala, POL – RudeBoy
    11/28 Prague, CZE – Cafe V Lese
    11/30 Vienna, AUT – Viper Room
    12/01 Nuremburg, GER – Club Stereo
    12/02 Antwerp, BEL – Kavka Oudaan (with Hyro)
    12/03 Paris, FRA – Backstage By The Mill (with Hyro)

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  • Black Sabbath, Anthrax, Pearl Jam, Etc. Members Added To Power To The People Festival

    Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), and more have been added to Tom Morello’s 2026 Power To The People festival. That event will take place at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on October 3.

    Here’s the updated lineup:

    Bruce Springsteen (special guest)
    Foo Fighters
    Dave Matthews
    Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
    Joan Baez
    Public Enemy
    Jack Sabbath (Jack Black, Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma, and Hugo Weiss)
    Dropkick Murphys
    Cypress Hill
    Nathaniel Rateliff
    Killer Mike (Run The Jewels)
    Serj Tankian (System Of A Down)
    Stephen Stills
    Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
    Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes)
    Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
    Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
    The Linda Lindas
    Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.)
    Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, ex-Pearl Jam)
    State Radio
    Scott Ian (Anthrax)
    grandson
    The Last Internationale
    The Neighborhood Kids
    Shepheard Fairey (DJ set)

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