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
Black Sabbath’s Master Of Reality: the inside story of 70s metal’s stoned masterpiece By Henry Yates published 8 June 21 How Black Sabbath pushed metal to ever heavier levels on their immortal third album, Master Of Reality
Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Black Sabbath's Paranoid and there are feathers everywhere By Fraser Lewry published 31 May 21 Another Sunday in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen passes without incident. Wait, who are we kidding? It's bedlam in there
There’s a signed Tony Iommi guitar and Download VIP passes up for grabs in the #ILoveMetal charity draw By Classic Rock published 25 May 21 If the idea of owning a signed Tony Iommi Signature SG Custom appeals, check out the #ILoveMetal charity prize draw
‘The Black Sabbath dream became nightmarish at times,’ says Geezer Butler By Metal Hammer published 4 May 21 In the new issue of Metal Hammer, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler reflects on the darkness surrounding the band circa Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath gave Eddie Van Halen a ‘behave yourself’ warning on 1978 tour By Classic Rock published 29 April 21 Black Sabbath feared being upstaged by Van Halen on 1978 tour, new Eddie Van Halen biography, Eruption, reveals
