Black Sabbath threw together one of the most popular songs in heavy metal history in an afternoon as an afterthought.

Credit: Getty Images/Chris Walter Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony ... 1970, and peaked at No.8 on the UK chart. As Iommi remembered ...

Black Sabbath announced “Back to the Beginning,” a homecoming show and farewell to the four fathers of heavy metal. On Jul. 5 ...

Here are some of the dumbest band breakups in the history of recorded music. You may be astonished to see what petty nonsense ...

In 1970, over a plunging guitar ... Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979. Guitarist Tony Iommi said Osbourne had to go or the band wouldn’t survive. The opening verse finds Osbourne ...

Birmingham based QUARTZ (a hard rock/heavy metal band) are still "around and around" and amazingly the band boasts three of ...

The Anthrax guitarist was initially asked to take part on his own, but a chat with Tom Morello got the whole band on board.

Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward. It will be the first time the original line-up of Black Sabbath have performed together in 20 years. Ozzy, 76, has vowed it will be his final performance due to his ...

The band's original members – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward – concocted a brooding blend of music with their ominous guitar riffs, deliberate tempos, and occult ...