Black Sabbath

Earlier today (April 20) at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, Black Sabbath began their 2013 world tour. The metal legends introduced 'End of the Beginning,' another song off their upcoming album, '13,' to the world. The video can be found above.

Black Sabbath are adding bonus songs to the deluxe edition of their upcoming album '13.' The band recently announced the titles of the three additional songs that will accompany the eight previously announced tracks included on the standard edition of the album, which comes out on June 11.

Legendary metal pioneers Black Sabbath are gearing up for a new tour in advance of their forthcoming album, and from the looks of their stage setup, it's going to be an old-school classic show -- not just musically, but visually too.

Black Sabbath have finally unveiled 'God is Dead?,' the first song from their long-awaited reunion.

With a new tour and album just around the corner, there are some very busy days ahead for the guys in Black Sabbath. But until then, there's time for reflection, and during a recent interview with 'Birmingham Mail,' guitarist Tony Iommi opened up about the band's new music, as well as the cancer diagnosis that nearly sidelined him just as it was all coming together.

Their truncated 2012 tour didn't offer much for American fans, but with a new album around the corner and a freshly sober frontman, the guys in Black Sabbath have raised the curtain on a handful of 2013 dates that will bring the band to select American cities.

Black Sabbath has revealed the release date for the first single off their new album, '13.' The metal giants will make 'God is Dead?' available as a digital single on April 19.

With the release of '13,' the first Ozzy Osbourne-fronted album by Black Sabbath since 1978 only a couple of months away, the band recently took time to discuss the new work. The interview was conducted by Jack Osbourne, Ozzy's son and filed from the listening party they threw on Wednesday (April 10) in Los Angeles.

Last night (April 10) in Los Angeles, Black Sabbath threw a party for a hand-picked group of media members and VIPs to get the first listen to their upcoming album, '13.' Although Ultimate Classic Rock received an invitation, we were unable to attend. However, our sister site Loudwire and fan site black-sabbath.com were there. A recap of their impressions follows.

Hoping to hear some of the new Black Sabbath album before '13' drops on June 11? Good news: You can -- but you'll have to watch the season finale of 'CSI' to do it.

We still haven't heard more than a single riff from Black Sabbath's upcoming '13' album, but nothing's keeping the band members from telling the press we should expect great things from the new songs.

Black Sabbath's world tour in support of their upcoming album '13' is beginning to take shape. The band, which just completed a long-awaited reunion project with original singer Ozzy Osbourne, will play New Zealand, Australia and Japan later this month. Now, a series of 15 European shows have been confirmed, beginning November 20.