Heavy metal icons like Iron Maiden to Judas Priest serve as a vault for ancient folklore, occult lore, and myths - from ...

Here are the five best prog metal covers of Black Sabbath songs! As the inventors of heavy metal – according to most genre fans and journalists, at least – Black Sabbath directly or indirectly ...

Known as the loudest band around, this group helped invent heavy metal as much as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin did, but ...

If asked, "Who created heavy metal?", I believe it was Black Sabbath.Of course, rock music with a heavy sound already existed ...

Here are the six best black metal covers of Ozzy Osbourne songs from his solo career and Black Sabbath! Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath may not technically be black metal, but, figuratively speaking, ...

A hard rock band was shockingly named the No. 2 greatest band of all time, beating Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones and ...

While Osbourne himself was known as a pioneer of heavy metal, Black Sabbath's self-titled debut is widely regarded as the first heavy metal album in music history. (Fun fact: the whole album was ...

Black Sabbath was very democratic about their songwriting credits, with all members of the band generally sharing them for the majority of their output. Yet it’s fair to argue that Tony Iommi’s ...

"This might be the greatest one-day lineup in the history of rock," says Billy Corgan of the event celebrating the band and Ozzy Osbourne's final show. By Gary Graff Black Sabbath bassist Geezer ...

Ozzy Osbourne's death sent waves of mourning through the metal community and forced his bandmate Tony Iommi to really think ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. The Villa Park crowd watch support acts, during British rock ...

Heavy metal is the musical genre most prone to hyperbole — “This one goes to 11,” as Spinal Tap said — but it’s no exaggeration to say metal would never have existed without Black Sabbath, and rock in ...