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11 brilliant albums that aren’t on Spotify

The classic studio albums by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, AC/DC, Judas Priest and more that aren’t on the world’s biggest streaming service

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Geezer Butler rules out future gigs with Black Sabbath and explains retirement from touring in general

"I didn’t realize how hard starting from scratch is, especially when you’re used to your own plane and staying at the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton"

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Dancers in Black Sabbath musical will headbang and rock out with air guitar moves

The heavy metal legends – led by 'Prince of Darkness' Ozzy Osbourne – have warned organisers of the show that fans will want to get off their trollies

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Do you need a great singing voice to be a great rock’n’roll frontman?

Dee Snider created a Twitterstorm by suggesting that Ronnie James Dio was a great singer but not a great performer – and rock history is filled with other examples

Louder

"America is the most satanic country in the world": How Black Sabbath getting huge in the US opened Ozzy Osbourne's eyes to the cut-throat nature of capitalism

"They've found a way of destroying the world by just pushing a button... At times I don't think it would be a bad idea"

Metal Hammer

A German concert promoter once offered Black Sabbath an extra one way plane ticket in case they needed to bring a "sacrificial victim" to their gig

Some people got a little carried away with the mistaken belief that Black Sabbath were a Satan-worshipping occult band

Louder

“We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars

Hetfield and Ulrich tell Apple Music's Zane Lowe that one minute you're bored on Zoom, the next you have a Sabbath-inspired riff, and before long you have the most epic track you’ve ever written

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Ozzy Osbourne reveals his favourite horror movie ever: "we were *****ing ourselves!"

Ozzy Osbourne reveals his favourite horror movie of all time in an exclusive new interview with Metal Hammer

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"Everybody was comatose!" Rick Wakeman on recording with Black Sabbath

Rick Wakeman discusses working with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in a new interview

Metal Hammer

The 10 drummers that inspired Joey Jordison

Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison once shared the top 10 drummers who inspired his iconic style

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10 great heavy metal songs that came before Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album

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Geezer Butler names his least favourite Black Sabbath album

The Black Sabbath bassist says the record was "easily the worst album" they did

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Someone has made the most dramatic video of the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham you can possibly imagine

Birmingham's Westside Business Improvement District commissioned a skilled drone operator to create the footage, which comes with a Tony Iommi soundtrack

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10 legendary metal anthems whose live versions have overshadowed the originals

These ten tracks are all cornerstones of metal, but their definitive versions are undoubtedly when played live

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A beginner's guide to stoner metal in five essential albums

A brief history of stoner metal courtesy of five albums that have defined the genre

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Name changes, fashion queens, and a king’s recipe – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

MusicRadar

J Mascis: 10 albums that changed my life – “The Stooges was definitely my guitar sound inspiration. That’s still the best sound I’ve heard for guitar on a recording”

The Dinosaur Jr frontman picks the albums that took him from a young drummer under Ian Paice's spell to pioneer of US alt-rock, and warns of the danger of the pastel-coloured sports jacket

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"When you get communities with a common enemy, you’re in this together": why heavy metal loves Dungeons & Dragons

From a love of fantasy to being targeted in the Satanic Panic, all the way to Stranger Things, heavy metal and Dungeons & Dragons have a shared history that goes back decades

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Ozzy Osbourne admits being in state of 'constant pain' after undergoing 'life-altering surgery'

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne underwent spinal surgery in June last year, and is still feeling pain following the operation meaning he had to cancel his upcoming UK and Europe tour

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