The idea of carrying on Black Sabbath without Ozzy Osbourne felt unthinkable, but Tony Iommi already had his eye on other vocal powerhouses.

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Black Sabbath‘s 1979 split with Ozzy Osbourne was the rare breakup that resulted in two excellent new bands. The original ...

Entering the band's inner circle during a creative and commercial lull, Glenn Hughes found himself fronting Black Sabbath due ...

Emerging from Liverpool in the early 1960s, they spearheaded the British Invasion of the United States and reshaped popular music with their innovative song ... acts. Ronnie James Dio, Geoff ...

The triumphs, the bottlings, the rucks, the rain – long-running festival Monsters Of Rock changed hard rock and heavy metal ...

Heavy metal has always been more than just a music genre, and it’s a culture, a movement, and for many, a way of life.

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