Into the void?

On July 5, 2025, the original four members of Black Sabbath reunite to play the very last Sabbath show, in their home city. After that there will be no more comebacks, no more tours, no more ‘final’ shows. Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible time together.

THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGINS. It’s May 1969 and four men are crammed into a room in the Newtown Community Centre in Aston, Birmingham, England, inventing the future. Between them, they sport an array of

What is this that stands before me? Only the original lineup of BLACK SABBATH , gathered together for the final time! To celebrate the event, Uncut hears their story from the secret ingredient of the band’s heavy swing: drummer BILL WARD . “I jump into a song and explode,” he tells John Robinson

Lessons on how to assemble “the greatest day in the history of metal” WHEN SHARON OSBOURNE approached Tom Morello about being Back to the Beginning’s musical director, his response was immediate: “If

Bill’s Top 10 Sabbath masterworks

So says Kirk Hammett, guitarist with, er, Metallica. What does he do instead? Well, there’s a new book about guitars on the shelves and a solo album on the horizon