It wasn’t until Black Sabbath started work on their ninth album, Heaven and Hell, in 1979 that bassist Geezer Butler was able to get an objective perspective on his band’s capabilities. The group had ...

A rare demo recording of Black Sabbath‘s “Heaven and Hell,” the first song the band wrote after Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, has surfaced online. On the track are Dio, founding ...

Judas Priest's Rob Halford has fronted Black Sabbath a total of three times — twice in 1992 and once more in 2004. According to drummer Vinny Appice, there was the potential for the 'Metal God' to ...

Put guitarist Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice on one stage and no matter what it gets called, it is Back Sabbath, Part Two -- the incarnation responsible for the 1980s ...

It’s funny how things work out. The year is 2009 and one of the most exciting new bands on the planet has just released their debut album. It’s one of the heaviest things you’ll hear this year and ...

DECATUR — The AIW Hall has become a hot spot for tribute acts in recent years. From Guns ‘n Roses to Poison, AC/DC to Motley Crue, they’ve all been well represented by one group or another. Perhaps no ...

Man, seriously fuck cancer. Had stomach cancer not claimed the life of mighty vocalist and short king Ronnie James Dio, the world would have been given a sophomore Heaven & Hell record, according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Breakout Out of Heaven 2007-2009' album artwork. (Rhino) A new box set collecting the discography of the Black Sabbath offshoot ...

Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died yesterday, according to a statement from ...

It’s not hard to imagine what a version of Black Sabbath fronted by Rob Halford would sound like. After all, Halford fronted Sabbath on three separate occasions: twice in 1992, with the Mob ...