“War Pigs” is by far Black Sabbath’s most well-known song, and for good reason. It’s a surprisingly political track from a band not particularly known for its protest songs. “War Pigs” was originally ...

The second single from McKinley Dixon’s upcoming album Magic, Alive! is a lush, live-band jazz/soul/rap hybrid featuring Blu and Shamir. Age of Apocalypse have announced a new album, In Oblivion, due ...

Here is the most and least played song live off each of Black Sabbath‘s studio albums. I’ll be up front here, you probably already know the songs Black Sabbath has played the most. But there are quite ...

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 ...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi revealed the band had set aside “six or seven” songs for their Back to the Beginning reunion performance, naming two others they had rehearsed but didn’t play. The ...

The frontman, who with Black Sabbath helped pioneer heavy metal in 1970s England, always found new ways to reinvent himself. By Hank Shteamer Ozzy Osbourne’s journey to heavy-metal stardom started ...

Carson's ride at the top was short-lived, however. This week, More Chaos plunges from No. 1 to No. 38, and with no major debuts to crash the party — the highest debut of any album this week belongs to ...

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 ...