NEW YORK — Heaven and hell. Is there a better contrast, a more direct and visceral way to express good and evil, dark and light, eternal joy and eternal suffering? It takes an equally dynamic band to ...

A rare demo recording of Black Sabbath‘s “Heaven and Hell,” the first song the band wrote after Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, has surfaced online. On the track are Dio, founding ...

The first Ronnie James Dio era of Black Sabbath — the one that yielded the exceptional Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules — signaled the remarkable rebuilding of a wayward band and one of the finest ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Heaven & Hell is split into two sides like an old-school vinyl record, with the eighth song, “Torn ...

It wasn’t until Black Sabbath started work on their ninth album, Heaven and Hell, in 1979 that bassist Geezer Butler was able to get an objective perspective on his band’s capabilities. The group had ...

Put guitarist Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice on one stage and no matter what it gets called, it is Back Sabbath, Part Two -- the incarnation responsible for the 1980s ...