10 bands that rip off Black Sabbath but get away with it By Elizabeth Scarlett published 19 January 22 Bow down and join us as we worship at the altar for Black Sabbath and the bands that have followed in their fairy-booted footsteps
Bill Ward: "Black Sabbath were so tight, we’d have the same dreams" By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22 Bill Ward talks battling alcoholism, how The Beatles changed everything and why Black Sabbath meant the world to him
15 landmark albums turning 50 in 2022 By Rich Hobson published 6 January 22 Heavy metal was still finding its feet in 1972, but that didn't stop the year producing some incredible albums that would shape the genre going forward
Why I ❤️ Black Sabbath's Master Of Reality, by King's X frontman Dug Pinnick By Malcom Dome published 31 December 21 Dug Pinnick of King’s X on Master Of Reality, an often overlooked Black Sabbath album that is "very dark, very stark, yet also uplifting"
Tony Iommi 'open' to collaboration with Brian May: “We've talked about it for years… it would be nice” By Paul Brannigan published 9 December 21 Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi opens up on his desire to collaborate with Queen guitarist Brian May in exclusive Classic Rock interview
Bill Ward on the birth of Black Sabbath: “We were different. I knew we’d cause a few problems” By Rich Hobson, Paul Brannigan published 7 December 21 Exclusive Black Sabbath legend Bill Ward looks back on the birth of a true national treasure in the new issue of Metal Hammer
Black Sabbath's 40 greatest songs ever By Paul Brannigan published 23 November 21 The 40 greatest songs by Black Sabbath, pioneering riff providers and heavy metal icons
Why I ❤️ Black Sabbath's Mob Rules, by producer Andy Sneap By Andy Sneap published 4 November 21 Record producer/engineer/mixer and Sabbat/Hell/Judas Priest guitarist Andy Sneap praises Black Sabbath's Mob Rules, the album where Tony Iommi "raised his game"
Black Sabbath's Bill Ward shares spooky Halloween-themed poetry By Elizabeth Scarlett published 28 October 21 Turns out Black Sabbath's drummer Bill Ward is quite the poet
The First Album I Ever Bought: Barney Greenway, Napalm Death By Barney Greenway published 28 October 21 Napalm Death frontman Barney Greenway on the primal power of Motörhead's 1977 debut album
Scientists name 469 million year old fossil in tribute to Tony Iommi By Classic Rock published 11 October 21 Meet Drepanoistodus Iommii, a newly-discovered fossil named after Black Sabbath’s guitarist Tony Iommi
Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy, deluxe edition: forget the album, revel in the extras By Dave Everley published 1 October 21 Black Sabbath’s much-maligned 1976 album Technical Ecstasy gets its time in the spotlight
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s oldest daughter is a Black Sabbath-loving goth, apparently By Metal Hammer published 20 September 21 Eight-year-old North West has been outed by her mum Kim Kardashian as ‘a full goth girl’
The jaw-dropping story of the Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival, the worst festival in history By Johnny Black published 2 September 21 It was meant to be as monumental as Woodstock, but 1972’s Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival went the other way: bands cancelling, out-of-control drug abuse, sanitation problems and death
Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi and Gibson launch riff heavy SG Special guitar By Scott Munro published 18 August 21 The Black Sabbath legend and Gibson join forces to create heavy magic with the Tony Iommi SG Special
Black Sabbath to release super deluxe edition of Technical Ecstasy in October By Classic Rock published 4 August 21 Black Sabbath’s Technical Ecstasy reissue will feature more than 90 minutes of unreleased outtakes, alternative mixes and live tracks
"Sabbath was a ghost ship when I joined”: Read an extract from Ronnie James Dio’s brutally honest memoir By Ronnie James Dio published 30 July 21 In an excerpt taken from his posthumous autobiography, here Ronnie James Dio shares his take on how 1981 album Mob Rules came to be
Manipulations Of The Mind is intriguing proof of Geezer Butler's artistry By Malcolm Dome published 30 July 21 Geezer Butler's Manipulations Of The Mind collection is the most fascinating solo material from any of the original Sabbath members
Black Sabbath's super deluxe Sabotage is the lavishly packaged sound of indignant fury By Neil Jeffries published 17 June 21 Out now: Anger and frustration resulted in Black Sabbath's sixth album Sabotage - now on super deluxe form - being their heaviest
Have you got what it takes to make your way out of Black Sabbath's "mind-boggling" escape room? By Fraser Lewry published 16 June 21 Black Sabbath mark the release of the super deluxe edition box set of Sabotage with an online escape room game
