I think we can all agree that Black Sabbath’s debut record, issued February 13 (of all days!) in 1970, represents the key cornerstone full album in the invention of heavy metal as we know it. But let’s get more nuanced: what about "doom metal"? To answer that question, we turned to longtime Goldmine writer (and four-time Black Sabbath book author) Martin Popoff to lift the heavy black velvet curtain. Go to https://www.goldminemag.com/music-history/the-top-20-black-sabbath-songs-that-invented-doo

HAND OF DOOM the complete original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 collection on picture disc will now be available in the UK, EU and everywhere else outside North America for the first time on 1st December. Numbered and limited to 3K, the highly collectable set contains the band’s self-titled debut (1970), as well as the multi-platinum PARANOID (1970), the platinum albums MASTER OF REALITY (1971), VOL.4 (1972), and SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (1973), the gold-certified SABOTAGE (1975), alongside TECHNICAL E