A year later, they'd slimmed down, found a new name and invented heavy metal. Few bands are so inextricably linked with a ...

These metal bands took the sound Black Sabbath created and ran with it, creating a subgenre filled with heavy riffs and dark ...

Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath: ‘I would like to play with the guys again’ Metallica shakes things up during Aftershock Festival in Sacramento Metallica’s Kirk Hammett talks S&M2, drive-in ...

But Sabbath was the band that basically wrote the rule book on metal. Without them, there would likely be no Metallica. Winner: Black Sabbath. Category 3: Best frontman. This one’s a doozy.

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ...

Faith No More, Judas Priest, Linkin Park and Smashing Pumpkins all trace their roots back to the music put out by Ozzy and co ...