Nearly 30 years after they originally split, the members of Black Sabbath’s second, Ronnie James Dio-fronted line-up released ...

Black Sabbath threw together one of the most popular songs in heavy metal history in an afternoon as an afterthought.

They are preserved perfectly in vinyl. The best Black Sabbath album of all time is their self-titled debut, ‘Black Sabbath’. This is because it marks the beginning of the heavy metal era ...

Beginning with their eponymous debut and seminal sophomore LP ... for the recording of Black Sabbath’s latest album, ’13’ (minus Bill Ward). Now, with a career spanning nearly five ...

Credit: Getty Images/Chris Walter Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an album made under intense pressure.

Almost fifty-five years before they announced their final show, the original members of Black Sabbath released their debut album, and in the process, invented what we now know as heavy metal.

Such was and remains the peculiar reach of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid ... The band’s scarifying debut album was just the start of their spectacular 1970. With an oversupply of material ...

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 ...