Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an ...

It is the first Black Sabbath album to feature vocalist Tony Martin. Chronically underrated, but not my cup of tea. I think production value diminishes Sabbath. These are albums that would be ...

On this day 50 years ago, February 13, 1970, Black Sabbath released their self-titled debut album, forever altering the course of music history… nay, human history. Widely credited as the first heavy ...

Few songs evoke fear quite like "Black Sabbath," the first track from the band's debut album released in 1970. This song – along with the album it debuted – is frequently recognized as a ...

Such was and remains the peculiar reach of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid ... their follow-up while still promoting their first album. They still needed a few minutes more to turn what they ...

But it wouldn’t sound nearly as menacing or as dark (or as awesome) if Black Sabbath didn’t set the template in the early ‘70s. Starting with their self-titled debut album in 1970 ...

As Black Sabbath’s singer for their first decade, Ozzy Osbourne helped ... After making eight, groundbreaking albums with Sabbath, Osbourne left the warring group for a solo career with 1980 ...