Bill Ward on Making Peace With Black Sabbath, Selling Old Gear
"I lit a candle for them and I just wished them well," drummer says of how he spent the night of his former band's final show
View ArticleBlack Sabbath’s Bill Ward: My 10 Favorite Metal Albums
Drummer shouts out classics including Metallica's Black Album and Type O Negative's 'October Rust'
View ArticleEx-Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Cancels Day of Errors Tour
Ward calls off trek with new band after heart problems, hospitalization
View ArticleFlashback: Black Sabbath Play ‘Paranoid’ With Bill Ward For Last Time
Bill Ward says he’s open to a reunion, but in the meantime, this 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame performance is his last time playing with the group
View ArticleOn the Sinister Majesty of Black Sabbath
With a new box set collecting the original lineup's first eight albums, we pay tribute to the lords of this world
View ArticleHear Ex-Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward’s Song for Las Vegas Shooting Victims
"Arrows" pays tribute to victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting two years ago
View ArticleHeavy Metal, Year One: The Inside Story of Black Sabbath’s Groundbreaking Debut
Half a century since Ozzy Osbourne first bellowed, "What is this that stands before me?" the band and their collaborators look back on the album that kick-started a worldwide movement
View ArticleBlack Sabbath’s Debut: 5 Things We Learned About Its Creation and Cover Art
To mark the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary heavy-metal album, Rolling Stone conducted exclusive interviews with the band, its collaborators, and peers, uncovering new details about how it came...
View Article‘That Evil Kind of Feeling’: The Inside Story of Black Sabbath’s Iconic Cover...
For the first time ever, designer Keith Macmillan and his collaborators, including the 'Black Sabbath' cover model, delve into the creation of some of rock's most mysterious album sleeves
View ArticleBlack Sabbath on the Making of ‘Vol. 4’: ‘It Was Absolute Pandemonium’
With a new box set offering insights into one of the band's most pivotal albums, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward look back on how they made a drug-fueled masterpiece
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