Black Sabbath were one of the most iconic bands in the world, but they almost missed out on having the perfect line-up when a ...

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 ...

Following Ozzy Osbourne’s ousting from Birmingham, England’s Black Sabbath, a band he helped found with Tony Iommi, Terry “Geezer” Butler, and Bill Ward, the group reformed with American vocalist Ronn ...

WhoCares was only together for a couple of years in the 2010s, but they did a lot of good for charity with hard rock and heavy metal tunes.

Tony Iommi is one of the most prolific guitarists on the planet, and it was his talent that led to the creation of this legendary riff.

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 ...

As a fellow blues guitarist, Joe Bonamassa appreciates Mayall’s importance to guitar’s pantheon of great players. And in an interview with CBS News 24/7, Bonamassa says he believes Ozzy Osbourne ...

Black Sabbath didn’t emerge from nowhere. All four members had previously spent a few years kicking around the West Midlands ...

One of Ozzy Osbourne ‘s favourite guitarists ever was, of course, Tony Iommi. But there was another who charmed him, one with ...