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"I am writing... and it's sounding really good": Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi looks back on a "fun" 2023, and promises long-awaited box set release plus new music

You'll be hearing more from heavy metal's greatest ever riff writer this year

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"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment": Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver

Many believed Ronnie James Dio was finished when he quit Black Sabbath, but he proved the doubters wrong with an all-time classic

Metal Hammer

Ozzy Osbourne responds to online death hoax: ‘I’m not dead’

Black Sabbath frontman quoted ‘Monty Python’ as he hit back at false report

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“Everybody thought they were gonna get blown to bits!” The track-by-track guide to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid

From War Pigs to Fairies Wear Boots, this is everything you need to know about each song on Black Sabbath’s chart-topper

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“Black Sabbath are afraid of us blowing them offstage. I’d feel the same in their position”: Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust

In August 1981, 40,000 rabid fans descended on an English football ground to watch Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust. And it got chaotic

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System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi have teamed up for a brand new single, Deconstruction

System Of A Down’s singer and Black Sabbath’s guitarist collaborated with Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian to release a brand new song for charity

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Ozzy Osbourne ponders making new music with A.I. Randy Rhoads riffs: “I’m open for anything, if it was good quality.”

The Prince Of Darkness says he’s “open” to using A.I. riffs based on recordings by his late guitarist Randy Rhoads

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The 60 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time

The finest songs Ozzy Osbourne has ever put his name to - whether that be solo releases, guest spots or collaborations

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“I just can’t believe this is really happening”: watch Ronnie James Dio unleash his vocals on a Tenacious D song

The former Black Sabbath and Rainbow man belted it out for Tenacious D's Kickapoo track

Louder

The least popular songs by 10 legendary rock bands

We’ve combed Spotify to find out the least popular songs by Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, AC/DC and more

Louder

“He took the Ibanez Iceman off the wall and said, ‘I’ll buy it for you... If you promise me Celtic Frost is going to be a fantastic band.’ And I said, ‘OK. Deal.’” For Tom G. Warrior, the equation has always been Ibanez + attitude = murderous riffs

The black metal guitar icon inspired a generation of heavy players, including Dave Grohl and Mark Tremonti. Thomas Gabriel Fischer reveals what kindled his unending love of Ibanez, the benefits of writing bloodthirsty riffs on tiny practice amps, and the “absolutely crucial thing that people completely underestimate in achieving a…

Guitar World

“It’s the end of Sabbath, believe me”: The story of Black Sabbath’s abandoned 20th album

After the release of 13, Black Sabbath promised one more album before their farewell tour. Schedule conflicts and health scares meant it never came to be.

Metal Hammer

Geezer Butler disputes Ozzy Osbourne's claim that he didn't reach out during Ozzy's illness: "Sharon responded but I didn’t hear back from Ozzy."

Geezer Butler insists he tried to contact former Black Sabbath bandmate Ozzy twice but never got a reply

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The 10 longest songs by 10 iconic heavy metal bands

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all extended their excellence well beyond the 10-minute mark

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Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist

Sharon Osbourne says selling almost 100million solo records means Ozzy should be in the Rock Hall

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“Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one phone call": Ozzy Osbourne is gutted that his ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler doesn't want to know him anymore

Ozzy Osbourne is far from impressed that Geezer Butler is ignoring him

Evening Standard

Sharon Osbourne in tears as she accepts Ozzy’s icon award at Rolling Stone UK Awards 2023

The former X Factor judge was overcome with emotion as she told the audience, ‘You’ve no idea what this means to him right now’

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: inside Romania’s first school for witches

Europe’s most powerful witch needs more than potions to set up her academy in Bucharest. Plus, a tribute to Black Sabbath’s guitarist. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi remembers writing Paranoid riff: “The producer said, ‘Can you put another song together?’ I went, ‘Well, no.’”

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has talked about writing one of the band’s most iconic songs in a new interview

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"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out

Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever

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The history of rock band logos, from the 1960s to the present day

From The Beatles to today's biggest bands, this is how rock band logos continue to evolve.

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"There are so many variations on the Sabbath influence and that is what keeps it exciting and evolving": How stoner rock sparked a musical revolution

The stoner rock scene that Kyuss made famous: Much like the 60s, if you remember it, were you really there?

Louder

Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV and Stairway To Heaven, by Goldray guitarist Kenwyn House

Kenwyn House recently became the first guitarist to play Stairway To Heaven's guitar part with Robert Plant onstage apart from Jimmy Page himself

Metal Hammer

The 10 greatest solo albums in heavy metal history

Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Ozzy Osbourne have all proven you don’t need to be in a band to make top-notch heavy metal

Louder

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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