Around this time, Curlee got a call from Warner Bros. Records. The label liked the cover painting he'd done for Blue Öyster Cult's 1976 album, Agents of Fortune, which coincidentally also featured ...

How Heaven & Hell resurrected Black Sabbath’s other classic line-up with The Devil You Know. Biographies A tribute to Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 ... For Dio, everything about the album was vital ...

Blizzard of Ozz was only starting to take shape in those early months of 1980, there was simply no doubting Heaven and Hell’s immediate success, as the album soared into the U.K. Top 10 and the ...

Gojira, Pantera, and Slayer all delivered electrifying sets at Black Sabbath's "Back to the Beginning" farewell concert in ...

Black Sabbath recorded Heaven and Hell between October 1979 and January 1980 at Miami’s Criteria Studios, where the band had tracked Technical Ecstasy.They worked on the album with Martin Birch ...

As Black Sabbath prepared to unveil their sixth studio album on July 28, 1975, their career appeared to be at its absolute zenith. And yet, the foundation of their heavy metal empire was rotting ...

Ahead of giving their Vol. 4 album a massive box set reissue next month, Black Sabbath will skip ahead to their Ronnie James Dio-era in announcing expanded editions of 1980's Heaven and Hell and ...

The Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell Album Art Shirt is not just clothing; it’s a vibrant tapestry of music history, culture, and self-expression. This article explores the shirt’s significance, design, ...

The estate of Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls is now streaming a fantastic 1979 rehearsal of "Heaven and Hell" from the album of the same title. This version of the song features Nicholls ...

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 ...

Right up there with the very best. Yes, I know there are people who still maintain that Black Sabbath is all about Ozzy, but there are others who got into us through hearing Heaven And Hell. People ...

And on April 25, 1980, Black Sabbath returned with their classic Heaven and Hell album. The initial plan was to work on a side project with Ronnie James Dio while Ozzy straightened out.