BLACK SABBATH bassist-lyricist Geezer Butler has a theory about why Grammy voters gave the metal originators their second Best Metal Performance award, this time for 'God Is Dead?' from the band's 2013 reunion album, 13.

"Probably the question mark," Butler told Rolling Stone. "It's a marvelous song. It should have won all of them, even the hip-hop thing."

Geezer was standing backstage at the awards show in Los Angeles last night with singer Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi. After several false starts over the years, 13 marked the first time the trio had completed a new studio album together since 1979's Never Say Die, and the band's future could easily include a return to the studio for another album.

"We're going back on the road," said Osbourne of potential recording projects. "We haven't really spoken about it beyond that. I'm down for it."
"Absolutely," said Iommi.

Read more at RollingStone.com.

Sabbath performed in Paris, France at Bercy on December 2nd, 2013. More multi-camera footage from the gig has surfaced online and can be viewed below:

The band's setlist on the night was as follows:

'War Pigs'

'Into the Void'

'Under the Sun'/Every Day Comes and Goes'

'Snowblind'

'Age of Reason'

'Black Sabbath'

'Behind the Wall of Sleep'

'N.I.B.'

'End of the Beginning'

'Fairies Wear Boots'

'Rat Salad'

- drum solo -

'Iron Man'

'God Is Dead?'

'Dirty Women'

'Children of the Grave'

Encore:

'Paranoid' ('Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Intro)

Black Sabbath are teaming up with Secret 7" to release 100 copies of an 'Age Of Reason' 7'' single in aid of War Child UK. Secret 7" is an annual event that combines music and art for a good cause.

"We take 7 tracks from 7 of the best-known musicians around and press each one 100 times to 7" vinyl. We then invite creatives from around the world to interpret the tracks in their own style, resulting in a one-of-a-kind sleeve for every 7”. The creatives are made up of famous names through to gems we unearth through artwork submitted to us here on our website."

Secret 7"'s first foray into the dark art of heavy metal. Taken from Black Sabbath's 19th studio album, 13, released in 2013; the first to feature original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for 35 years. The album topped the charts in over 50 countries.

Further details here.