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“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
By Jackson Maxwell published
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

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

Worst Ozzy Osbourne tribute ever? British pub’s inexplicable Photoshop gaffe removes Randy Rhoads and hands his polka dot V to Ozzy instead
By Matt Owen published
This Birmingham pub’s tribute to Osbourne and the birth of Black Sabbath went very wrong indeed

Geezer Butler: “Originally it was titled ‘Nib’, which was Bill’s beard and looked like a pen nib because it was pointy”
By Nick Wells published
Geezer Butler explains the obscure title behind one of Black Sabbath’s most recognisable riffs

Paul Gilbert tackles both Tony Iommi and Ronnie James Dio’s parts in new cover of Black Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell
By Matt Owen published
It follows the Mr. Big virtuoso's cover of Dio's Holy Diver, with his fully fledged Dio tribute record set to arrive April 7

Some of Black Sabbath’s heaviest tracks are being turned into a ballet
By Matt Owen published
War Pigs, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Iron Man and five other Sabbath songs will soundtrack the new three-act dance show – which might feature a Tony Iommi cameo

Tony Iommi reveals he is about to start recording a new album
By Matt Owen published
The Black Sabbath legend didn't give too much away, but it sounds as though a follow-up to 2005's Fused is right around the corner

Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me
By Joel McIver published
Anthrax bassist Frank Bello on Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Paul McCartney and more

The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath
By Richard Bienstock last updated
Behold, gentle reader, a sizzlin’ slew of down and dirty tracks that helped forge heavy metal

A year before he joined Metallica, Cliff Burton was in a college band with Faith No More’s Jim Martin – watch them jam For Whom the Bell Tolls at a battle of the bands
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
In 1981, the two childhood friends embraced improvisatory psychedelic chaos as Agents of Misfortune – and their epic jam sessions gave birth to several future classics along the way
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