His despairing wails over the title track of Black Sabbath's self-titled debut set the template for doom and metal in general for the half-century to come and even when he was booted from the band ...

Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.

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 ...

He added, “So what the fuck is out there for me? I hate going shopping with my wife. I feel like stabbing myself in the neck after half an hour. But it’s time for me to spend some time with my ...

Name the drummers who helped shape the sound of heavy metal, and Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward will be at the very top of the list. Both men combined hard-hitting ...