For heavy metal fans, the songs on this list are obvious. But say you are new to the genre, the tracks below represent a primer on heavy anthems. If you are starting a band, you might do well by ...

Here are 10 classic rock albums from the 1970s that used to be considered heavy metal. Heavy metal didn't just arrive overnight with a guitar in one hand a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other, but ...

If asked, "Who created heavy metal?", I believe it was Black Sabbath.Of course, rock music with a heavy sound already existed ...

While Osbourne himself was known as a pioneer of heavy metal, Black Sabbath's self-titled debut is widely regarded as the first heavy metal album in music history. (Fun fact: the whole album was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Black Sabbath" was written by all four Black Sabbath bandmates, but it was inspired when they were known by the name Earth.

The 1970s may have been rock music’s greatest decade. Arena rock was exploding, heavy metal was being forged in real time, punk was tearing down the old rules, and progressive rock bands were trying ...

More than five decades after Black Sabbath released “Paranoid,” the iconic 1970 track continues to rack up honors, with the latest recognition naming it one of the greatest songs in music history. To ...

The history of heavy metal music dates back to the ‘60s, when blues rock bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple paved the way for a louder, more aggressive subgenre. But as the genre ...