This solo from Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath hits hard and fast. It’s still powerful, decade after it first arrived in 1992. Tony Iommi’s solo in one Black Sabbath song has been named highly underrated ...

In 1980, both Ozzy and Sabbath needed a fresh start. The frontman, who was sacked following 1978’s Never Say Die! for being too wild on the drink and drugs (not the only guilty party in the band), was ...

May I vent? Just for a moment? And I will add a confession later, I promise. Shortly before Christmas, a doctor prescribed me topical medicine to help with a skin rash. Simple enough. Eight days later ...

With the exception of the Beatles, no band casts as long of a shadow as Black Sabbath. Depending on who you ask, they are the first goth band, the first Christian rock band, and the first metal band.

Black Sabbath isn’t only the voice of a generation but is also the voice of an entire genre of music. When the band first burst onto the scene, they did so with a tenacity that was impossible to ...

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The first quote was a line repeated frequently by the Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, a Rwandan radio station, which is largely blamed for inciting hatred towards the Tutsi people. The ...

Happy anniversary for Black Sabbath's Dehumanizer album. While Dio was enjoying his solo career when Butler asked if he wanted to work on another Sabbath record, he couldn’t turn down the opportunity ...

Closed Closed While attempting to load Dehumanizer preset, pedalboard stops on exception #222 ...

The Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath live album Live Evil is receiving a 40th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition release on May 19th. Originally released in December of 1982, Live Evil is culled from ...