The mystic Pied Piper of metal gave Sault Ste. Marie a true taste of his still superior vocal range Tuesday night, joining Black Sabbath alumni Terence (Geezer) Butler, Tony Iommi and Vinny Appice as ...

Vinny Appice (whose brother is fellow famed drummer Carmine Appice) joined Black Sabbath during the tour for 1980's "Heaven and Hell" and playing on 1981's "Mob Rules" before joining Ronnie James ...

45 years ago today (4/25/80), Black Sabbath released their ninth studio LP Heaven ... Dio would go on as lead vocalist for two more Sabbath albums (Mob Rules, 1981; Dehumanizer, 1992) and another band ...

Last week, Black Sabbath announced their final ever live ... thumb prominence as the best the album has to offer. “The Mob Rules” makes for a decent foil to Southern Cross’s prolonged ...

When talking about the great titans of heavy metal, all roads lead back to Black Sabbath. The band have spent years carving ... but Iommi took songs like ‘Heaven and Hell’ and ‘Mob Rules’ into the ...

Guitarist Tony Iommi said Black Sabbath recorded “The Mob Rules” at the ex-Beatle’s house, though it’s not the version that made the record. The initial recording at Lennon’s place in ...

Black Sabbath ... of “Black Sabbath” back in 1970, this line of thinking apparently goes, but he was quickly surpassed. The first two Dio albums, Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules, have since ...

Dege was poised for a fresh round of critical acclaim: He had a showcase gig lined up at music-business epicenter SXSW, a full European tour booked for the summer ... When he founded Black Bayou ...

Sabbath did two studio albums with Dio ... and launching an international tour. The follow-up album Mob Rules went Gold and featured one of the most iconic heavy metal album covers of all time.

When we’re talking about influential metal bands, there is no more single influential band to heavy music than Black Sabbath – Full Stop ... themes are a little well-worn by 1992. 8. “Mob Rules” (1981 ...

Show highlights include songs from the albums Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Black Sabbath #4, Sabotage, Mob Rules & Heaven & Hell ... The Witching Hour Tour: 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m., My Just Desserts ...

The future for Black Sabbath ... s a different sounding Sabbath album. The iconic band was reinvented. The short-lived Dio era, which also yielded 1981’s solid “Mob Rules,” found Sabbath ...