It's been more than half a century since Black Sabbath officially ushered in the dawn of heavy metal and changed the face of rock 'n' roll forever. There were lineup changes, some successful, some ...

Black Sabbath are the band that started it all. Over the last 40 years, they have released 19 studio albums, which is a lot of material for any fan to digest. Of course, we have the staple songs that ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

What's the best Black Sabbath song? That's what we want to find out from you in this Loudwire Nights Artist of the Week poll! Each week, we ask listeners to choose their favorite track from a list of ...

Most worshipers take the psalms for granted, treating them like background music that establishes a mood but has little grip on the imagination. Yes, the 23rd Psalm is brought in for comfort at ...

The British-born rock band, Black Sabbath, formed in 1968, changed the way people think about the genre. Perhaps better said, the group, founded by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist ...

Live fill-ins notwithstanding, 10 men have fronted Black Sabbath since their 1968 founding, in stints of wildly varying length. The assortment of songs sung by Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio ...

Dio’s debut single “Holy Diver” was originally intended to be a Black Sabbath song, said Ronnie James Dio’s widow. He had already formed the song when his first stint with Sabbath ended acrimoniously ...

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 ...

Black Sabbath didn’t plan to start a new genre when they debuted in 1970, but their self-titled track is now seen as the place where metal began ...