When Ozzy Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, it threw the band’s future in doubt – but they returned with a new ...

Tony Iommi has responded to Ozzy Osbourne's recent plea for a final Black Sabbath show, which would feature original drummer ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. After a lengthy farewell tour and a final studio album, heavy metal ...

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 ...

Iommi co-founded Black Sabbath with singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward in 1968. The band retired in 2017, but all four of the original members have recently ...

Black Sabbath are rightly enshrined as one of the forefathers of heavy metal. The band’s original line-up – singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward – ...

As the only member to have appeared in every incarnation of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi hasn't been the most prolific solo artist. In fact, this keeper of the flame has only releasing two albums as ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Black Sabbath is one of the most beloved names in the hard rock and metal genres, and they have been since they helped introduce the ...