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Plans for one final Black Sabbath show are afoot – and Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler are already onboard
Butler says “everybody wants to do it”, but there's still a long way to go before anything is made official
Tony Iommi on that time Eddie Van Halen helped co-write a Black Sabbath song – but didn’t get a credit
Van Halen joined the band for a rehearsal in Birmingham, England, and ended up contributing a solo to a track
Geezer Butler names the Black Sabbath album that captured his favourite bass guitar tone
Geezer Butler’s pioneering bass tone with Black Sabbath helped set heavy metal’s mood before the term even existed
Black Sabbath’s “lost era” didn’t have Ozzy or Dio – but it featured some of Tony Iommi’s best guitar playing
The Anno Domini 1989-1995 box set highlights the metal progenitor’s striking development as a soloist and master of crushing riffs
Ozzy Osbourne names the best guitarist he’s played with
Ozzy Osbourne says he has played with many guitarists, but none of them could quite capture the energy of one of his former bandmates
Tony Iommi once dressed his guitar tech up as himself and sent him onstage
The real Tony Iommi played while hiding behind a stack, and the fake Iommi nearly got away with it
“It was always magical playing bass with Tony Iommi. To me, he's the greatest guitarist ever”: Geezer Butler’s 10 best basslines with Black Sabbath
When it comes to influential metal bands, few can hold a candle to Black Sabbath. These are Geezer Butler’s 10 heaviest rock riffs
Tony Iommi gave birth to heavy metal – and learning his techniques will make you a better riff writer
In this metal rhythm lesson, we take the art form back to the source, the Black Sabbath guitarist who launched a thousand riffs
“People think his playing is all about the big riffs, but I always loved his jazzy playing – listen to Planet Caravan. You can hear a lot of passing tones”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt says there’s way more to Tony Iommi’s guitar style than riffs alone
The Swedish progressive metal icon pays homage to the dark lord of rock
“I’m going to commit sacrilege by joining in!” Footage of Brian May and Tony Iommi jamming together finally surfaces as the Queen legend solos over Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in this exclusive clip
While filming a new documentary titled Great Guitar Riffs, the two guitar titans took the opportunity to jam the Black Sabbath classic – and discuss its humble origins
