But the truth is that the essence of heavy metal found its first bona fide expression in that ageless opening riff to Black Sabbath’s eponymous theme song: the opening track on their self-titled ...

Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an ...

Maybe. But there’s no doubt whatsoever which band started the heavy metal genre. Lumbering like a giant “iron bloke” out of the hardscrabble English city of Birmingham, Black Sabbath created ...

Heavy metal might not be the friendliest genre in the world, but some albums prove that the genre can sell in droves around the world.

No, I did not score Black Sabbath tickets. I certainly tried – say what you will about the insanely inflated prices, the band ...

They start at about £200 including booking fees, and can run to thousands of pounds for premium options, but that will not put off Alex Woodford who says he is willing to pay up to £2,000 on tickets ...

Speaking of which, there's also a wonderfully diverse spread of new music to sink into; but first, the results of last week's ...

Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love ...

With Black Sabbath's monster farewell show scheduled for this summer, why not acquaint yourself with some modern musicians who sound like the rock gods?

This week, heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne shared a memory from a March, 1982 Pine Bluff stop on the Diary of a Madman Tour ...

In a recent radio interview, Tom Morello said he was “honored” to be asked to serve as musical director of Black Sabbath’s farewell concert, and revealed plans for a special performance at the event.

Tom Morello is “honoured” to be the musical director for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final concert. Morello has been chosen by Ozzy and his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne to head up the epic ...