The label was right about “Paranoid,” at least. Propelled by its lead single, Paranoid was the only Black Sabbath album to top the British charts for the next four decades. In the U.S., where ...

Black Sabbath, "War Pigs" — Live (1970) Contrary from being the Satanic album it was portrayed as, Paranoid is filled with relevant social and political commentary.

Paranoid is an album full of bad vibes. War Pigs is the thunderous opening salvo, a furious anti-war tirade that resonated powerfully at a time when the US was still embroiled in the Vietnam conflict.

Black Sabbath released two classic albums within the space of eight months in 1970. Where their self-titled debut laid down the blueprint for heavy metal as we know it, follow-up Paranoid found ...

We couldn’t leave “Paranoid” off this list. It’s a quintessential Black Sabbath song. And interestingly enough, the now-legendary heavy metal track was originally just a filler song.

Such was and remains the peculiar reach of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”, two and a bit minutes which helped unlock new worlds for the band: the singles charts, television, instant recognition.

Very few albums manage to fuse together themes of insanity, nuclear Armageddon, time-travelling robots, skinheads, and the Vietnam war... but Black Sabbath's Paranoid is something special.

Arguably their signature song, "Paranoid" earned Black Sabbath its first Top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart. Read the meaning behind it.

It seems to be an official release – Sabbath's YouTube has posted songs from it – and we know it's 1970 Paranoid-era because the songs are all taken from that album and their self-titled debut. A nine ...

Black Sabbath are set to play their final ever show at Villa Park later this year, and fans are only just realising the true origins of the band's moniker, which replaced a bluesy preceding name ...

“Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ breaking 1 billion streams on Spotify proves great music will always live beyond the year it was recorded,” remarks James Farrelly, BMG vice president ...