Black Sabbath

Heavy Metal Rock 

On and On and On, It’s Heaven & Hell

April 30, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009, Dio, Geezer Butler, Heaven & Hell, Rhino, Ronnie James Dio, Scott Warren, Tony Iommi, Vinny Appice

A new box set chronicles Dio’s triumphant final act

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Country and/or Western Heavy Metal Rock 

Alex Williams Puts the Pedal (Steel) to the Metal on New Album

July 31, 2025August 4, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alex Williams, Black Sabbath, Cinderella, Guns 'N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, Space Brain, Tesla

Space Brain features country covers of classics by Ozzy, Crüe, Ratt, Priest and more

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal! Remembrance Rock 

Ozzy Osbourne: The Death of a Prince

July 24, 2025July 25, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman, Geezer Butler, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, RIP, Sharon Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde

Remembering heavy metal’s greatest singer

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Festivals Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Black Sabbath to Reunite for Final Show

February 6, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, and Halestorm, Anthrax, Back to the Beginning, Bill Ward, Billy Corgan, Black Sabbath, Duff McKagan, Fred Durst, Geezer Butler, Gojira, Guns 'N' Roses, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Slash, Slayer, Tom Morello, Tony Iommi, Wolfgang Van Halen

Mega concert takes place in Birmingham, England, on July 5

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

What’s The Use of Black Sabbath’s Cross Purposes?

January 31, 2024January 31, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Black Sabbath, Bobby Rondinelli, Cozy Powell, Cross Purposes, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls, I.R.S. Records, Tony Iommi, Tony Martin

Is the band’s second I.R.S. album, released 30 years ago today, worth revisiting?

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Miracle Man: Ozzy Osbourne Turns 75

December 3, 2023July 22, 2025 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 75th birthday, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Bob Daisley, Brad Gillis, Geezer Butler, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee, Lee Kerslake, Ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde

Careening through the complex history of a heavy metal pioneer

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Sabbra Cadabra: Black Sabbath’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath at 50

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Tony Iommi

Was it the last great album from the heavy metal pioneers?

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal! Rock 

Swinging the Chain: Black Sabbath’s Never Say Die! at 45

September 29, 2023September 30, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Never Say Die!, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

Looking back on the last studio album from the original lineup

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Keep It Warm: Black Sabbath’s Born Again At 40

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Nathan Carson 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bev Bevan, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Born Again, Deep Purple, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Trashed

Looking back on the metal legends’ sole album with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Ozzy Osbourne Wins Two Grammys

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew Watt, Best Metal Performance l, Best Rock Album, Black Sabbath, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Trujillo, Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath frontman takes home trophies for Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 38: December 2022

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Duran Duran, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, John Taylor, Morrissey, Ozzy Osbourne, Richard Thompson

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Six Months In Sabbath: The Ray Gillen Footnote

November 28, 2022November 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 7 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Bob Daisley, Geoff Nicholls, Glenn Hughes, John Sykes, Ray Gillen, The Eternal Idol

Looking back on 35 years of The Eternal Idol and its sessions

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Icicles Within My Brain: Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 at 50

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Cornucopia, FX, Geezer Butler, Laguna Sunrise, Ozzy Osbourne, Snowblind, St. Vitus Dance, Supernaut, Tomorrow’s Dream, Tony Iommi, Vol. 4, Wheels of Confusion

Looking back on the metal legends’ cocaine-fueled masterpiece

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Films Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

DIO: Dreamers Never Die Awes, Inspires 

September 13, 2022February 19, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Dio, DIO: Dreamers Never Die, documentary, Holy Diver, Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio, Tenacious D, Wendy Dio

Wendy Dio discusses the new film honoring the legacy of her late husband

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal New Wave 

Quadruple Your Pleasure: Technical Ecstasy Gets An Overdue Upgrade

October 14, 2021April 3, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1976, 2021, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Box Set, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Rhino Records, Super Deluxe, Technical Ecstasy, Tony Iommi, Vertigo Records

Black Sabbath’s maligned seventh album deserves the super deluxe treatment

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