by Metal Insider | Mar 31, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
From the late sixties to the present day, few musical acts have had the sort of lasting impact that Black Sabbath can claim. They pioneered a sound which countless musicians have emulated, although none were able to truly duplicate. Tony Iommi developed a...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 7, 2014 | New Music, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/5sddPOg1Bb8[/youtube] While Ozzy is off in Black Sabbath land, it’s not like his guitarist, Gus G. is sitting idly by. In 2012, his band Firewind released Few Against Many, and he’s got a solo album, I Am the Fire, coming out on...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 7, 2014 | News, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
It’s a known fact that the first four Black Sabbath albums are the holy grail of the band. And while their later ’70s output was written in a haze of drugs and alcohol before Ozzy Osbourne was fired in 1979, there’s still some merit on even their bad...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 5, 2014 | Books
If you’re not familiar with them, the 33 1/3 series of books is a stellar way to read about an album. Each book of 30,000 words is written about a particular album. Some of them are actually about the album, others are written from the point of view of the...
by Metal Insider | Feb 13, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCT5uTdPRgs[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut, which was released...