Tony Iommi

Screaming Females Talk Guitar Solos, Steve Albini, and What 'Punk' Means to Them

Marissa Paternoster is the kind of singer and guitarist who makes a writer want to deploy all kinds of ridiculous language: "face-melting," "fire-breathing," "guitar-goddess," "shred-queen," etc. Paternoster, you see, is 5-foot-1, she fronts a fearsome power trio from New Jersey called Screaming Fem ... More >>

Pentagram's Bobby Liebling on His New Music, Living Sober, and Playing with Odd Future

Pentagram: the classic lineup.​ Inspired by iconic pioneers Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, and the Stooges, as well as unsung hard-rock heroes like Sir Lord Baltimore, Dust, and Bang, Virginia-based band Pentagram forged a dark, foreboding sound in the early 1970s that should have made founding le ... More >>

Black Sabbath Is Maybe (Not!) Getting Back Together, Or Something

​We're not really sure what's going on here, but something stinks. Former Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi reportedly told the British Birmingham Mail that the original Black Sabbath lineup would be back for the first time since 1979 with a new album next year. ''It's all been very hush-hu ... More >>

Listomania: Top Metal Picks For 2009

This year was such a good one for heavy music, I wound up having to cheat when putting this list together. I just couldn't settle on ten albums that kicked my ass the hardest in 2009; there were dozens of candidates. The best I could do was fourteen, so each of my top four slots are ties. ​Mastod ... More >>

Last Night: Wolfmother at the Fox Theater

​Wolfmother November 23, 2009 Fox Theater Better Than: Anyone had reason to expect, given the band's acrimonious breakup a little more than a year ago. What a long, strangely self-destructive path Wolfmother has traveled since releasing its eponymous debut album three years ago. Back then, the A ... More >>

After years of drone and addiction, Earth hears the light

Voyage to Infinity

Om channels the sounds of the universe

Satan's Pilgrims

Oakland's Saviours shepherd hell-bent thrash into a new era

Reinventing the Steel

Could Early Man, a quartet from hip NYC signed to Matador Records, be the savior of real-deal metal?

Heady Metal

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Black Sabbath

Black Box -- The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978

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