Formed in Birmingham in 1968 and going on to become one of most successful metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath have sold over 75 million albums worldwide across their legendary career. Setting the blueprint for the many routes heavy metal took, Black Sabbath’s influence and importance is as vital today as it was in the early 1970s.

6 days ago · LONDON (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s being billed as the “greatest” heavy metal show ever, promoters said Wednesday. The band, one of the most influential of all heavy metal bands, will headline “The Back to …

5 days ago · However, it’s broadly accepted that Sabbath codified the heavy metal genre with their self-titled song in 1970. Not only was it heavy, but it started metal’s lengthy habit of pulling ideas from the horror genre: guitarist Tony Iommi used an ominous tritone while bassist Geezer Butler’s lyrics were themed around a demonic encounter.

6 days ago · Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July. The heavy metal pioneers will headline a spectacular one-day festival at ...

Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. [1] The band helped define the genre with their first three albums Black Sabbath, Paranoid (both 1970), and Master of Reality ...

Feb 5, 2025 · Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have confirmed details of their final-ever live show, which is set to take place this summer (July 5) with a plethora of support acts. The event will see the ...

With their riff-based songs, extreme volume, and dark, demonic subject matter, Black Sabbath embodied key aspects of the heavy-metal aesthetic. Yet in their own words, Black Sabbath saw themselves as a “heavy underground” band.

Jan 23, 2025 · Black Sabbath, British band whose bludgeoning brand of rock defined heavy metal in the 1970s. Their songs ‘Paranoid,’ ‘Iron Man,’ and ‘War Pigs’ became metal classics, and by the end of the decade they had become the standard against which metal bands were measured.

Black Sabbath is generally considered both the first heavy metal and doom metal band. Their name came from the 1963 Italian horror anthology film I tre volti della paura, internationally titled Black Sabbath, which ...

Feb 11, 2020 · In 1970, Black Sabbath, featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi (above), stunned the music world with a dark and riveting new form of rock: heavy metal. Ellen Poppinga - K &K/Redferns/Getty...