black sabbath
Top 10 songs for metalheads to smoke weed to
If you’ve ever been to a metal concert or festival, you’ve surely smelt someone sparking up some sticky green stuff as weed has always been a go-to for heavy music listeners. From Black Sabbath bringing potheads their soundtracks in the ’70s to the sludge and stoner bands of the past few decades and everything in […]
Top 10 genre-crossing collabs we didn’t see coming
Collaborations have been a part of the music community since the very beginning, with crossover collabs being the hardest to accomplish successfully. Blending two unique sounds in a tasteful manner has been proven difficult, but we’ve combed through and narrowed it down to 10 of our favorite genre-bending collaborations. Check out the list below! Read […]
10 famous musician-related court cases that changed music
Music is supposed to be a form of entertainment, but when it comes to money or placing blame on someone over a wrongdoing, the excitement takes a back seat, and musicians make their way into the legal system. Whether it’s copyright claims, contract disputes or the antics of the musicians themselves, artists have a long […]
Top 50 metal songs from the past 20 years
Metal has come a long way across the past two decades. From breaking away from the ’90s nü-metal boom into the new wave of American heavy metal and the shift to metalcore, deathcore and hardcore taking over once that scene started to fizzle out, there have been a ton of developments from bands both old […]
5 Seconds Of Summer drummer Ashton Irwin, Palaye Royale rock NYE set
In a night of good old fashioned rock and roll, we got to see 5 Seconds of Summer Ashton Irwin team up with Palaye Royale. The night features a host of videos of a slew of bands covering classic hits such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen to “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin. The event was […]
Juice WRLD shouts out Black Sabbath in previously unreleased freestyle
Juice WRLD tragically passed away at the age of 21 earlier this month. Unfortunately, due to his untimely passing, he didn’t leave behind a large catalog of music for his fans. British DJ Charlie Sloth just released a previously unseen video of Juice WRLD freestyling back in February and it shows the kid definitely had […]
10 bands who released incredible comeback albums
When a band announce they’re reuniting, all sorts of thoughts start going through our heads. Will they still have the sound and abilities they had when they were in their prime? Will they make new music or just play shows? Or, will they make something that completely blows our minds and becomes one of the […]
Tool prove ‘Fear Inoculum’ is well worth the 13-year wait—review
There’s a great quote from Adam Jones in AP’s first cover story with Tool, dating back from 1997. “The bottom line is that we’re pretty selfish,” the guitarist stated succinctly. “This is our thing, and it’s what we want out of music. The fans are pretty secondary to that.” Which adequately explains why the Los Angeles […]
Slipknot pass up Ed Sheeran for first UK No. 1 album in 18 years
Slipknot‘s new album We Are Not Your Kind has seemingly been one of the only things on the metal community’s mind the past few weeks, and it looks like it’s paid off for the band. The nine have landed their first number one record in the UK in 18 years, beating out Ed Sheeran‘s No.6 Collaborations Project for […]
'Avengers: Endgame’ scene gets perfect Black Sabbath fan edit
One Avengers: Endgame fan decided to make a metal edit of one of the major scenes and used the perfect Black Sabbath song to do so. The fan used the crucial scene where Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) saves the universe with a single snap that gets rid of Thanos and his army. Read more: […]
Black Sabbath tour flier from first show under iconic name surfaces
Black Sabbath began their journey to change music on this day 50 years ago, playing their first set under the moniker that would label their rise to greatness. Previously known as Earth, on Aug. 1, 1969 at the at The Pokey Hole blues club in Frog Street, Lichfield, Englan Black Sabbath was born. Read more: […]
Ozzy Osbourne skipped Black Sabbath Grammy's honor over "shocking" snub
Earlier in the year, it was announced that Black Sabbath would be one of the acts to receive the Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy. As fans may recall, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward all made an appearance at the ceremony, but Ozzy Osbourne was nowhere to be found. Now, Sharon […]
Ozzy Osbourne wanted original drummer on final Black Sabbath tour
Ozzy Osbourne is getting back in the swing of things after some unforeseen health complications, and while we can expect him to get back on the road soon, another Black Sabbath tour seems to be off the table. The final Black Sabbath tour, which wrapped up two years ago, allegedly wasn’t what Osbourne had in mind when considering […]
Ghost on how their satanic cathedral turned into a family affair
Ghost have created something so special, you would almost think they struck a deal with the devil. Since their 2006 formation, the Swedish metal outfit have turned lyrics about defecating the holy eucharist into quaint singalongs, sold marital aids sculpted in the shape of their frontman’s head, performed on late-night TV to an audience of […]
12 ‘Game Of Thrones’ characters as your favorite bands
Game Of Thrones season is upon us. The show’s creators gave us a musical teaser to the show’s ending, but it made us wonder: Were some of the characters influenced by our favorite bands? Maybe not, but we see a lot of similarities between our scene idols and our GoT favorites. Check out our comparisons […]
The Driver Era don’t have a genre, and they never will
Music has always been a family matter for Rocky and Ross Lynch, the creative minds behind the genre-bending The Driver Era. Starting off as a five-piece comprising nearly all the Lynch siblings, the two began playing Black Sabbath covers together in their childhood home, filling the house with crashing cymbals and rough guitar chords. Read […]
Ozzy Osbourne can’t believe he lived past age 40
Ozzy Osbourne is surprised he’s been alive as long as he has, but now at age 70, he thinks about dying quite a bit. Osbourne made the profound revelations about life in a recent interview with Metal Hammer magazine. Read more: Dance Gavin Dance drop Wild West-themed “Head Hunter” video He initially said he didn’t […]
Ozzy Osbourne postpones tour dates due to illness
Ozzy Osbourne has postponed the first four U.K. dates of his No More Tours 2 farewell tour after coming down with the flu. Judas Priest, who are accompanying Ozzy on the European run, announced the postponement Monday (Jan. 28). The four affected Ozzy dates—which were set to begin this Wednesday in Dublin, Ireland, and continue […]
Black Sabbath to be honored with "metal bench" in hometown
Black Sabbath are getting to monuments in their hometown: a bridge named after the band and a “metal bench.” Birmingham is about to get (even more) tourism from metal fans. Read more: Instagram now shows how much time you spend on it The Birmingham Mail reports that the band’s hometown of Birmingham has plans to honor […]
Ozzy says Black Sabbath wouldn't let him "have fun" on tour
Ozzy Osbourne just finished Black Sabbath‘s farewell tour last year, but the iconic vocalist is hitting out at his bandmates in the classic heavy metal act for not letting him “have fun” on the veteran group’s final concert run. Read more: One ‘Stranger Things’ villian is back for Season 3 “It’s not allowed to have […]
