Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Black Sabbath was very democratic about their songwriting credits, with all members of the band generally sharing them for the majority of their output. Yet it’s fair to argue that Tony Iommi’s ...

“War Pigs” is by far Black Sabbath’s most well-known song, and for good reason. It’s a surprisingly political track from a band not particularly known for its protest songs. “War Pigs” was originally ...

Black Sabbath is dead, and Black Sabbath will never die. Both of these things are true. More than 50 years ago, the Birmingham, England-founded quartet pioneered heavy metal music with songs like “War ...

As the world celebrates Black Sabbath, this is a chance to look at the times other musicians provided iconic covers of the band's greatest songs. Of course, they're known as one of the pioneers of ...