Ozzy Osbourne's landmark solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, will be reissued in a Special 30th Anniversary Deluxe Collector's Box Set on May 31th through Epic Records/Legacy Recordings.

Long revered by rock fans around the world, these two albums created a template for hard rock in the 1980's and beyond as they were marked by the ground-breaking and historic union of Ozzy and the late guitar hero Randy Rhoads. These definitive versions of 1980's Blizzard of Ozz (with previously unreleased bonus tracks) and 1981's Diary of a Madman are available individually on vinyl or CD, or together in a deluxe collector's box. All versions were restored and remastered from the original analog sources by George Marino.

The deluxe boxset will also contain a DVD, entitled Thirty Years After The Blizzard. This documentary DVD chronicles Ozzy's years with Randy Rhoads, featuring previously unseen footage of Ozzy and Randy filmed in 1981 & 1982, plus rare archival photos and films, along with new and revelatory interviews.

A short trailer for that DVD can be watched below.

Blizzard Of Ozz (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) tracklist:

01. I Don't Know
02. Crazy Train
03. Goodbye To Romance
04. Dee
05. Suicide Solution
06. Mr. Crowley
07. No Bone Movies
08. Revelation (Mother Earth)
09. Steal Away (The Night)

Bonus tracks:
10. You Looking At Me, Looking At You (Non-LP B-Side, Previously Unreleased in the U.S.)
11. Goodbye To Romance (2010 Guitar & Vocal Mix, Previously Unreleased)
12. RR (Previously Unreleased - Randy Rhoads guitar solo)

Diary Of A Madman (Legacy Edition) tracklist:

Disc 1:
01. Over The Mountain
02. Flying High Again
03. You Can't Kill Rock And Roll
04. Believer
05. Little Dolls
06. Tonight
07. S.A.T.O.
08. Diary Of A Madman

Disc 2: Ozzy Live (recorded on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour)
01. I Don't Know
02. Crazy Train
03. Believer
04. Mr. Crowley
05. Flying High Again
06. Revelation (Mother Earth)
07. Steal Away (The Night)
08. Suicide Solution
09. Iron Man
10. Children Of The Grave
11. Paranoid

Diary of a Madman/Blizzard of Ozz 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set:

Blizzard Of Ozz (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Diary Of A Madman (Legacy Edition)
Blizzard Of Ozz (180-gram LP ? original album only)
Diary Of A Madman (180-gram LP ? original album only)
DVD: Thirty Years After The Blizzard documentary

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Okay, NOW we have a legit reason to go picket all upcoming Ozzy Osbourne concerts.

Just when you thought you heard it all, the Prince of Darkness has decided to star in a Best Buy commercial that will air during the Super Bowl... with at his side teen heartthrob and beloved internet hate figure Justin Bieber.

Best Buy - the largest home electronics chain in the USA - marketing chief Drew Panayiotou said that Justin Bieber "symbolically represents something important to the brand message." Executives won't discuss details of the 30-second spot featuring stars from two very different generations. The ad, to air in the game's third quarter, was filmed earlier this month at Universal Studios.

Best Buy declined to say what it's paying Bieber. But it's at least $1 million, estimates Noreen Jenney Laffey, president of Celebrity Endorsement Network, which links celebs with advertisers.

Oh Ozzy

Stomach-churning Neat pictures taken during the shooting of the futuristic advertisement can be watched over here.

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So, according to the website of the Westboro Baptist Church - cleverly titled godhatesfags.com - the nutjobs kind people of the WBC are planning on picketing Ozzy Osbourne concert tonight at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. With this "peaceful sidewalk demonstrations" the WBC wants to inform everyone that "God hates Ozzy Osbourne". Aha.

The Westboro Baptist Church - a Kansas-based congregation made up mostly of reverend Fred Phelps and his inbred huge family - claims that, "Ozzy promotes all the filth and rebellion he can and has the gall to call the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ "evil" for warning this doomed world?"

Last October the Westboro Baptist Church used lyrics from one of Ozzy's songs at events surrounding the October 6, 2010 Snyder v. Phelps Supreme Court hearing. An attorney - a daughter of the church's founder, along with her sister - paraphrased lyrics from Osbourne's "Crazy Train" at a post-Supreme Court hearing press conference in Washington, DC. "I am sickened and disgusted by the use of "Crazy Train" to promote messages of hate and evil by a "church"," Ozzy responded.

WBC gals live in action at this year's Golden Globe Awards

The nutjobs kind people of the WBC also protested at Ronnie James Dio's funeral back in May. Ozzy also slammed them for that on the radio show Rockline: "I thought it was in such bad taste that those people had those banners about Ronnie James Dio. That's disgusting. They say that we're the anti-christ. Well, what makes them any better?"


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Metal God Records and Rob Halford are pleased to confirm Halford North American concert dates November and December with Ozzy Osbourne. Twelve cities are currently available for sale with additional dates to be announced.

Ozzy Osbourne & Rob Halford 2010 North America Fall Tour

Nov. 12 - Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
Nov. 16 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
Nov. 18 - Edmonton, MB - Rexall Place
Nov. 20 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
Nov. 23 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Nov. 25 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
Nov. 27 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
Dec. 01 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena
Dec. 03 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
Dec. 05 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
Dec. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center

Halford will also perform at Seattle's Showbox on November 10th and Denver's Ogden Theatre on December 15th. Tickets available September 17th and 18th for
Halford's Seattle and Denver Headline Performances at Ticketmaster.com.

Rob Halford will be touring in support of his new studio release Halford IV - Made Of Metal featuring fourteen (14) new Halford studio recordings debuting world-wide September 27 - Oct 8 (UK & EU), September 28th (North America) and October 13, 2010 (Japan).

Halford's first live performances in more than seven years have included appearances this year in San Francisco, Montreal's Heavy Metal Festival and Ozzfest 2010.

Halford have confirmed Headline performances October 15, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan and October 16, 2010 at Tokyo's Loud Park Festival 10.

Halford have also confirmed South America Headline performances October 20 Lima, Peru; October 22 Santiago, Chile; October 24 Sao Paulo, Brazil; October 26 and October 27, 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Halford's new NASCAR-themed, animated-music video 'Made Of Metal' created by London-based Animator Dean Wright debuts September 13, 2010 at: http://www.robhalford.com/madeofmetal.

The single 'Made Of Metal' digital download is available at iTunes and www.HalfordMusic.com.

Halford IV ­ Made Of Metal
Track Listing: 1) Undisputed 2) Fire and Ice 3) Made Of Metal 4) Speed Of Sound 5) Like There¹s No Tomorrow 6) Till The Day I Die 7) We Own The Night 8)
Heartless 9) Hell Razor 10) Thunder and Lightning 11) Twenty-Five Years 12) Matador 13) I Know We Stand A Chance 14) The Mower

RobHalford.com MetalGodShop.com MetalGodApparel.com MetalGodRecords.com HalfordMusic.com

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Band profile:	Ozzy Osbourne

"Let Me Hear You Scream", the new video from Ozzy Osbourne, can be viewed at this location. The clip was filmed last month with renowned Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund, who has previously worked with Metallica, Satyricon, Rammstein.

"Let Me Hear You Scream" comes off the band's latest album, Scream, which was relesaed on June 22 in North America via Epic Records.


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Scream the latest effort of Ozzy Osbourne is streaming in its entirety at MySpace. Go check it out and let us know what you think.

Scream is already Ozzy's tenth solo release. It was recorded in 2009 at The Bunker in Los Angeles, and produced by Kevin Churko (who also did Black Rain) and Ozzy himself. The album also features the debut of new guitarist Gus G. (Firewind). The album will be released on June 22 in North America via Epic Records, and a day later in Japan. Album details below.

Scream cover art] tracklist:

01. Diggin Me Down
02. Let It Die
03. Soul Sucker
04. Let Me Hear You Scream
05. Time
06. Latimer's Mercy
07. One More Bang
08. Fearless
09. Crucify
10. I Want It All
11. Life Won't Wait
12. Jump The Moon
13. One More Time


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Ozzy Osbourne has announced that he is to play a free show in London this July.

The Prince Of Darkness has announced that he is to play the iTunes Festival in London on 3 July at the fantastic Roundhouse. "This has all the makings of a great gig," says Ozzy. "I've never performed before at the legendary Roundhouse, and it'll be fantastic to do an intimate show there for the fans. We're also recording it, so if you can't make it to the gig, it'll be available for download on iTunes."

Tickets for the show are available only to people that win them through the iTunes Festival Facebook page at this link.

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The Metal Storm / Pensées Nocturnes contest is now officially over, as you may have noticed already. The correct answer to the question: "What is Vaerohn's favourite type of food? (this may, or may not, be a trick question)" was... ...*drumroll*... nothing! He does not have a favourite type of food! You could have found the answer in one of his old interviews.

The winners of this contest are:

ImNotMetal
legion1349
Idioglossia

Congratulations you three! The contact information of the three winners has been passed on to the Pensées Nocturnes' record label Les Acteurs De Lombre. You'll be contacted by them for your adress and then your prizes will be shipped. We hope you are happy with your prize (do tell us what you think of the album) but remember, Metal Storm is not responsible for items lost/damaged/stolen in the mail.

And better luck next time to everyone else.

- The Metal Storm Staff

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Original news, posted on 03.04.2010

Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that the name of his new album is Scream, and that the album's first single will make its worldwide debut in a US TV drama.

Scream will be released in July and will be preceded by debut single "Let Me Hear You Scream". The song will make its debut in the show CSI:NY on 14 April (in the US) during a prison riot scene. The show's executive producer Peter Lenkov, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the episode, admits Osbourne's new tune was perfect for scenes in which show regular Hill Harper is trapped in a prison during a riot.

Lenkov says, "We were looking for something high energy and irreverent to sell the madness of a prison riot. We immediately responded to the new Osbourne tune. The song exceeded our expectations and brought exactly the right tone to the episode."

Ozzy revealed: "When I heard they were going to use "Let Me Hear You Scream" for a prison riot scene, I thought, 'Well, now that's some thing I know about.'" (Presumably referring to his time spent in prison when he was 18).

The original album title, Soul Sucka, was canned when it turned out that it was a pretty rubbish name for a rock record. Scream will feature the debut of Ozzy's new guitarist Gus G and will be the follow up to 2007's Black Rain.

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UPDATE (thanks to Fastolphbolger)

Ozzy Osbourne will release Scream ? his first album in almost three years and 10th studio album overall ? June 15 via Epic Records. Produced by Ozzy and Kevin Churko, both of whom did the same honors for Ozzy's 2007 worldwide million-seller Black Rain, the album will feature the first single "Let Me Hear You Scream."

The multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer recorded most of Scream at his Los Angeles home studio, The Bunker, and co-wrote all the songs, primarily with Churko. Notably, the album marks the first appearance of Ozzy's new guitar player, Gus G.

In addition to "Let Me Hear You Scream," the album's confirmed tracks are: "Diggin Me Down", "Let It Die", "Soul Sucker", "Fearless", "I Want It All", "Time", "Crucify" and "I Love You All."

Ozzy will also embark on an 18-month world tour (dates TBA) in support of Scream, with news about Ozzfest to emerge next week.

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Pensées Nocturnes' MySpace features two new songs from their upcoming Grotesque album, due on the 27th of March. The two songs are called "Thokk" and "Paria". More details on Grotesque will follow.

Grotesque cover art] tracklist:

01. Vulgum Pecus
02. Paria
03. Rahu
04. Eros
05. Monosis
06. Hel
07. Thokk
08. Suivant (Next)

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Australian hard rockers Airbourne have reportedly cancelled their shows in Bilbao, Spain on Friday (February 26) and Barcelona, Spain on Sunday (February 27). Frontman Joel O'Keefe suffered from fever pharyngitis (an inflammation of the throat or pharynx). The concerts have been rescheduled for April 17 and April 18, respectively.

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"No Way But The Hard Way", the new video from Australian metallers Airbourne, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Stephen Martin "Steve" Jocz.

"No Way But The Hard Way" comes off the band's forthcoming album, No Guts, No Glory, which is scheduled for release on April 20 via Roadrunner Records.

No Guts, No Glory cover art] tracklist:

01. Born To Kill
02. No Way But The Hard Way
03. Blonde, Bad and Beautiful
04. Raise The Flag
05. Bottom Of The Well
06. White Line Fever
07. It Ain't Over Till It's Over
08. Steel Town
09. Chewin' The Fat
10. Get Busy Livin'
11. Armed And Dangerous
12. Overdrive
13. Back On The Bottle
14. Loaded Gun
15. My Dynamite Will Blow You Sky High (And Get Ya Moanin' After Midnight)
16. Rattle Your Bones
17. Kickin' It Old School
18. Devil's Child

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Australian hard rockers Airbourne will tour Canada in support of their upcoming No Guts, No Glory. The band will fill the opening slot for the notorious glam rockers of Mötley Crüe. The tour schedule is below:

23.01.2010 - CAN, Victoria, BC - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
24.01.2010 - CAN, Vancouver, BC - GM Place
26.01.2010 - CAN, Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
27.01.2010 - CAN, Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
28.01.2010 - CAN, Regina, SK - Brandt Centre
29.01.2010 - CAN, Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
01.02.2010 - CAN, London, ON - John Labatt Centre
02.02.2010 - CAN, Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi
04.02.2010 - CAN, Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
05.02.2010 - CAN, Montreal, QC - Bell Centre

No Guts, No Glory will be released on Monday March 8th in the UK, Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and on Tuesday April 20th in the USA. The album cover art will look like this.

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According to NME, Ozzy Osbourne has announced he will release a new album next summer.

The former Black Sabbath frontman's next record Soul Sucka is slated to come out in June, and songs confirmed for inclusion are "Let It Die", "Diggin' Me Down" and the title track.

The album, produced by Osbourne and Kevin Churko (Shania Twain, In This Moment), will be the first to feature new guitarist Gus G. (Firewind).

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Official press release

Australian rockers Airbourne are pleased to announce No Guts, No Glory as the title of their second album for Roadrunner Records. The album is set for release on February 23, 2010. No Guts, No Glory was recorded in Chicago with noted producer Johnny K (Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Staind). The band relocated from their shared home in Warrnambool and moved into K's spacious studio to record the album.

Frontman Joel O'Keefe says: "Working with Johnny was great, he's one of the boys. We basically just set up all the gear, chucked a few mics around and went for it! Good times!" Brother and drummer Ryan confirms the precarious microphone placement: "With this album, we threw the mics all over the building, left the doors and windows open and pressed record!"

Airbourne, known for their adrenalized, "work hard, play harder" style of rock, will embark on a two-month European tour in early February that will span two months and kick off with several UK dates. The band will commence US touring of major markets beginning in April. They will live on the road through the summer.

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