Black Sabbath didn’t just create heavy metal—they forged a whole new sound and attitude. With ominous riffs, dark lyrics, and a fearless vibe, they set the stage for generations of rock and metal ...

ON a Sunday night in mid-November 1969, a new heavy metal band, Black Sabbath, played a gig at a venue in Dumfries. Earlier that month, the ...

According to a death certificate obtained by The New York Times, the 76-year-old died of “out of hospital cardiac arrest” and ...

Strangers When We Meet is a Kingsport-based band that I first started hearing about last year. I knew of James “Jay-Dub” ...

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This concert review was originally published on Nov. 20, 1978. Ozzy Osborne and Co. shook the walls of the Coliseum for two shows that month.

The result was an album that set the template for stoner rock, sludge and doom metal. Sweet Leaf is the quintessential pothead anthem, introduced by the sound of Iommi choking on a joint. And in ...

Unlike Sabbath's first two albums, this one really dials in the "Sabbath sound". And although it's a short album even by ...