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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...

The British-born rock band, Black Sabbath, formed in 1968, changed the way people think about the genre. Perhaps better said, the group, founded by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Black Sabbath was very democratic about their songwriting credits, with all members of the band generally sharing them for the majority of their output. Yet it’s fair to argue that Tony Iommi’s ...

What's the best Black Sabbath song? That's what we want to find out from you in this Loudwire Nights Artist of the Week poll! Each week, we ask listeners to choose their favorite track from a list of ...

As the world celebrates Black Sabbath, this is a chance to look at the times other musicians provided iconic covers of the band's greatest songs. Of course, they're known as one of the pioneers of ...

Black Sabbath’s historical standing as the definitive heavy metal band is pretty much beyond dispute, but try finding any kind of consensus about the band’s best album, best song, even best singer, ...

Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...