Black Sabbath are the undisputed godfathers of heavy metal. Beginning with their eponymous debut and seminal sophomore LP, ‘Paranoid’ (both released in 1970), the quartet from Birmingham ...

When we're talking about influential metal bands, there is no more single influential band to heavy music than Black Sabbath ...

Would there be heavy metal without Black Sabbath? Possibly. But it wouldn’t sound nearly as menacing or as dark (or as awesome) if Black Sabbath didn’t set the template in the early ‘70s ...

Considering that Black Sabbath started in the late 60s, there are a lot of fun facts regarding this band. Some of them ...

Black Sabbath is taking a stance in the fight for racial justice and equality. The rock band is selling Black Lives Matter T-shirts themed after Black Sabbath’s iconic Master Of Reality album cover.

Zakk Sabbath, a Black Sabbath tribute band featuring Zakk Wylde, are going on their fall and winter 2025 tour with stops in Brooklyn, Waterloo and Atlantic City.

Additionally, fans will receive a large color poster of Black Sabbath taken in Los Angeles in summer of 1972, during the album sessions for Vol. 4. The collection will cost $248.98 and will only ...

Black Sabbath bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler documents his life and career in a new memoir, "Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath -- And Beyond." He writes in depth about a working-class ...

He played bass for Black Sabbath. One of the greatest rock bands of all time and true pioneers in the heavy metal genre. Along with playing bass, Butler was also a songwriter for the group.

But even for Black Sabbath, Osbourne went too far, and in 1979, the band’s other members fired him. In the solo career that came after, Osbourne once bit the head off a live bat onstage.

Black Sabbath are set to play their final ever show at Villa Park later this year, and fans are only just realising the true origins of the band's moniker, which replaced a bluesy preceding name ...

From No. 19 all the way to No. 1, see how we ranked every album by Black Sabbath.. Known the world over as the founders of heavy metal, the band's reach and influence is immeasurable.