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The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history

From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes

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Someone made a life-sized Ozzy Osbourne cake

The life-sized cake in honour of Black Sabbath icon Ozzy was put on display at an event in Birmingham, UK

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The 10 spookiest heavy metal songs of all time

These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist

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The 10 scariest heavy metal album covers of all time

These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play

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Carlos Acosta and Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath the Ballet – ‘Hopefully people won’t be ripping the seats out’

As this surprising collaboration opens in London, Acosta says it’s part of his drive to bring ballet to new audiences ‘for the survival of the art form itself’

Evening Standard

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet; English National Ballet: Our Voices – review

The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in the English National Ballet ambitious new mixed bill

The Guardian - UK

Black Sabbath at Birmingham Royal Ballet review: head banging at the ballet? It shouldn’t work but it does

Londoners will have a chance to experience this culture clash of Carlos Acosta and Ozzy Osborne when the ballet arrives in the capital next month

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Paranoid pirouettes – inside Black Sabbath: The Ballet, already a headbanging hit

Will Birmingham Royal Ballet’s near-sold-out spectacular get audiences air guitaring? Our writer dons his denim and leather tutu to meet choreographer Carlos Acosta and Sabbath legend Tony Iommi

The Guardian - UK

From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

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10 metal bands who thankfully retired before they turned rubbish

While some bands may choose to push on years past their sell-by date, these metal icons called it quits at just the right time

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“People thought, ‘Not another actor who thinks he can sing!’, but I proved I could carry it off.” How Dracula, Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings legend Christopher Lee became a heavy metal star in his 80s

From inspiring Black Sabbath to golfing with Alice Cooper, Sir Christopher Lee was an icon in metal circles. Then, aged 87, he finally released a heavy album of his own.

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10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

Some bands just get it right first time

Louder

"There’s a tape of us doing Black Sabbath covers. I hope that never surfaces, we were appalling." - Tinyfish come clean

The ‘world’s smallest prog band’, the south-eastern UK crew Tinyfish get curiouser and curiouser.

Louder

“I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge”, onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover

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10 metalheads in movies and TV that break all the cliches

Hollywood likes to portray metalheads as either bullies or dimwits. These 10 movie and TV characters smash all the stereotypes.

MusicRadar

Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal

The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach

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“If it hadn’t been for music, I’d have ended up killing myself”: the epic life and turbulent times of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler

An epic career-spanning interview with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

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“Ozzy had been to school with Tony and they hated each other.” Geezer Butler on the fractious early days of Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi had to iron out some old feuds from the playground before the heavy metal pioneers could get going

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“AC/DC are the real deal”: Kiss frontman Paul Stanley picks his favourite AC/DC album – but what’s he gone for?

The Kiss frontman and guitarist says AC/DC "hit me like the first time I heard Black Sabbath".

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Geezer Butler recalls the time a stage invader with a knife tried to "sacrifice" Tony Iommi at a Black Sabbath show

Ex-Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler remembers when a "lunatic" stage-jumper tried to attack Tony Iommi with a knife at a Black Sabbath show in Nashville

Guitar World

“An official Vampire now”: Tony Iommi played Paranoid with Joe Perry, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper at The Hollywood Vampires’ recent UK show

The Black Sabbath legend dropped in on the band’s Birmingham, UK show and proved he has lost none of his chops since retiring from touring

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Here's a collection of classic album covers made out of Lego

Music fan and artist Adnan Lotia has reinterpreted legendary sleeves including Metallica, Motörhead and Black Sabbath using the iconic plastic bricks

MusicRadar

See Tony Iommi become an honoury 'Vampire' as he joins Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Alice Cooper to perform Black Sabbath's Paranoid in Birmingham

The Sabbath legend guested with the Hollywood Vampires supergroup

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"It was an utterly ridiculous idea": Geezer Butler on the embarrassing truth behind Black Sabbath's infamous Stonehenge set, their unfortunate 'devil baby' and Spinal Tap

"People often ask if I've seen the film This Is Spinal Tap. I always reply, 'Seen it? I lived it'."

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne pulls out of Power Trip festival due to health concerns: ‘I’m just not ready yet’

Black Sabbath frontman suffered a spinal injury in 2019

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