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Johnny Kidd & The Pirates performing on TV

"He used to stand at the side of the stage and watch our every move": How Johnny Kidd & The Pirates made one of the great British rock'n'roll records and inspired Jimmy Page

By Rob Hughes published

Knocked up in a hurry, intended as a B-side and with a title the band were all originally “ashamed of”, Shakin' All Over was an instant hit and a huge influence over those who followed

A picture of Geezer Butler performing live

Geezer Butler disputes Ozzy Osbourne's claim that he didn't reach out during Ozzy's illness: "Sharon responded but I didn’t hear back from Ozzy."

By Stef Lach published

Geezer Butler insists he tried to contact former Black Sabbath bandmate Ozzy twice but never got a reply

A picture of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist

By Stef Lach published

Sharon Osbourne says selling almost 100million solo records means Ozzy should be in the Rock Hall

Frosty: Ozzy and Geezer

“Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one phone call": Ozzy Osbourne is gutted that his ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler doesn't want to know him anymore

By Paul Brannigan published

Ozzy Osbourne is far from impressed that Geezer Butler is ignoring him

Tony Iommi sat and holding a microphone in 2023

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi remembers writing Paranoid riff: “The producer said, ‘Can you put another song together?’ I went, ‘Well, no.’”

By Matt Mills published

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has talked about writing one of the band’s most iconic songs in a new interview

The Osbournes

"I wanted a safe room where I could go and pick my nose and squeeze a zit if I want to without being on camera:" Ozzy Osbourne explains why The Osbournes TV show will never be rebooted

By Liz Scarlett published

The Prince of Darkness says that the MTV reality TV series about his family will “never” see a revival “in a million years”

Members of the Big Four posing together in 2010

The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

By Matt Mills published

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

Various Black Sabbath album artwork

"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out

By Merlin Alderslade published

Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever

A man sitting in the desert playing a guitar

"There are so many variations on the Sabbath influence and that is what keeps it exciting and evolving": How stoner rock sparked a musical revolution

By Josh Harper published

The stoner rock scene that Kyuss made famous: Much like the 60s, if you remember it, were you really there?

Ozzy Osbourne 2022

Jack Osbourne doesn’t think his dad Ozzy will ever tour again – but doesn’t rule out “one-off shows”

By Matt Mills published

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s son doesn’t see a future tour from the Prince Of Darkness

Photos of Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Devin Townsend performing live onstage

The 10 greatest solo albums in heavy metal history

By Matt Mills published

Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Ozzy Osbourne have all proven you don’t need to be in a band to make top-notch heavy metal

Metallica in 2000

Every cover song by Metallica, ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published

We’ve listed the 40 covers that metal’s biggest band recorded in the studio and released to the public in reverse-order of excellence

RATM vs James Brown mash-up

If you ever wondered how Rage Against The Machine would sound with Godfather of Soul James Brown on vocals and Eddie Van Halen on guitar, we finally have the answer

By Paul Brannigan published

The funkiest, grooviest, most soulful piece of righteous rap-metal you'll hear today, or any other day, to be honest

A young Black Sabbath sitting in a back garden, plus Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon

Black Sabbath and Napoleon are a match made in Heaven (and Hell)

By Fraser Lewry published

A heavily doctored version of Black Sabbath's iconic War Pigs is burning up the internet via a trailer for Ridley Scott's upcoming Napoleon blockbuster

Various Download Festival sets

The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever

By Stephen Hill published

For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

Photos of Metallica's Cliff Burton, Slipknot's Paul Gray, Slayer's Tom Araya and Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne playing onstage

The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history

By Joe Daly published

From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes

A picture of a life-sized Ozzy Osbourne cake

Someone made a life-sized Ozzy Osbourne cake

By Stef Lach published

The life-sized cake in honour of Black Sabbath icon Ozzy was put on display at an event in Birmingham, UK

Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford posing together in 2006

The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history

By Joe Daly published

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne

“It was a very weird beast because all the bands were our mates, but the managers were greedy": Sharon Osbourne reveals why we can't have Ozzfest any more

By Paul Brannigan published

Sharon Osbourne says that Ozzfest is no longer cost-effective because band managers got greedy

Goat - Medicine

“Like the Velvet Underground playing an early Black Sabbath riff, but in the desert. At night… it’s bonkers. And it’s also rather beautiful”: Goat’s Medicine

By Fraser Lewry published

Enigmatic Swedes up the ante after Oh Death, with more twisted multi-genre shapes