You're here for crazy Black Sabbath stories, but before getting to that, take a moment to hail the almighty power of the riff, as manifested in human form by ...
You're here for crazy Black Sabbath stories, but before getting to that, take a moment to hail the almighty power of the riff, as manifested in human form by ...
Here it is. The best song on the album. (Well OK, I like Ancient Warrior a lot too, they’re both extraordinarily good). This feels so much like old school 70’s Black Sabbath, it’s not funny. I wonder if that was the intent when written, but man – this just “feels” like ...
"War Pigs" is the lead off track fromParanoid, Sabbath's second record, which many consider to be the band's ultimate masterpiece (and even thebest metal album of all time). Before the album was released, the band intended to call the recordWar Pigs, in reference to the V...
Though cocaine was Sabbath's primary vice in 1972, as they stalked the long boulevards and labyrinthine canyons of Los Angeles, churning out the Earth-shattering riffs and sinister lyrics ofVol. 4,the band indulged in a number of other substances, notably alcohol. One night, an ...
Black Sabbath, British band whose bludgeoning brand of rock defined heavy metal in the 1970s. Their songs ‘Paranoid,’‘Iron Man,’ and ‘War Pigs’ became metal classics, and by the end of the decade they had become the standard against which metal ba
the group changed its name to Black Sabbath—after an oldBoris Karloffmovie. The group developed a grinding, ominous sound, based on thebluesbut intensely amplified, and drew attention with its tendency to reference the occult in its lyrics. In February 1970 Black Sabbath released itseponymousfirs...