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There's no way of knowing how many classic songs we'll never get to hear. Maybe the writers don't think they're good enough to release, or maybe they never received the right publicity. These eight songs came very close to never being heard, and were only included on their albums at the last minute. -
7 Pairs Of Albums With The Same Title: Which Is Better?
A while back, I wrote an article comparing songs that happen to have the same title. Though two songs sharing the same title is fairly common (I could rewrite that list many times over with new songs), two albums sharing a title doesn't happen nearly as much. Let's unfairly compare some albums whose only similarities are their titles. -
8 Albums That Open with Their Best Song: Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, and more
The tracklisting for an album can make or break the listener's opinion of it. If an album doesn't open powerfully enough, the listener might not even make it through the rest of the songs. These eight albums got around this problem by placing the best song right at the top. -
Six Lead Vocalists Who Don't Write Their Own Lyrics: Ozzy Osbourne, Roger Daltrey, and more
It's totally reasonable to assume that each member of a band writes his or her own parts: the guitarist writes the guitar parts, the bassist writes bass lines, and the vocalist writes the lyrics. However, there are some rare cases where someone in the band other than the vocalist writes the lyrics. Here are six examples of bands whose vocalists don't write their own lyrics. -
7 Classic Albums That Were Recorded Extremely Quickly: Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, and more
In an era where My Bloody Valentine takes 20 years to record an album, it’s easy to forget that recording a good album doesn’t need to take a very long time. In fact, some of the greatest albums of all time were recorded in no time at all. Here are seven classic albums that were recorded extremely quickly. -
7 Achingly Beautiful Songs By Metal Bands: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and more
Heavy metal is a lot of things to a lot of people: brutal, exhilarating, cathartic, but "beautiful" isn't really one of the first words to come to mind when describing a metal song. This doesn't mean that metal bands are incapable of writing beautiful songs, though. Here are seven incredibly beautiful songs written by metal bands. -
Beats by Dre proves its advertising influence with Pharrell Williams and Aloe Blacc; see whose music will rock Beats Audio's commercial
We're not ones to cheat and look at Super Bowl commercials ahead of time, but we couldn't help ourselves when we heard Ellen DeGeneres revealed her Beats Audio commercial early. -
2014 GRAMMY WINNERS: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney show the old guard can still hold its own in the rock genre
This year, the Grammys honored the founding fathers of the rock genre. Led Zeppelin won Best Rock Album for Celebration Day after never picking up a Grammy during their creative peak. Black Sabbath, as expected, took home Best Metal Performance for "God Is Dead?" Best Rock Song went to the super group, unofficially dubbed "Sirvana," made up of Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for their song "Cut Me Some Slack." Imagine Dragons represented the new guard with its Best Rock Performance win, and Vampire Weekend picked up Best Alternative Album for Modern Vampires of the City. -
Grammys 2014: Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and Neil Young represent the old guard in Best Rock Album category
Music Times assesses who should win and will win the Grammy for Best Rock Album. NOMINEES FOR BEST ROCK ALBUM: 13 by Black Sabbath The Next Day by David Bowie Mechanical Bull by Kings of Leon Celebration Day by Led Zeppelin . -
Grammys 2014: Black Sabbath, Killswitch Engage among top Best Metal Performance Nominees
Music Times considers who should, and who will, win the Grammy for Best Metal Performance on January 26. -
Black Sabbath's classic albums with Ozzy Osbourne now available on iTunes
Black Sabbath's been on a bit of a tear recently. The group is up for several Grammys when the ceremony takes place next weekend, it's announced a second leg of its tour in support of 2013's 13 album, and Converse is even releasing a sneaker that's Sabbath themed. What else could a fan ask for? -
Black Sabbath partners up with Converse for the second time with a band-inspired shoe
It might not be exactly what you'd expect on a pair of shoes traditionally designed for basketball, but it seems Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars have proven to be quite versatile.
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