Metalsucks — It might be tempting for some people to argue that if Black Sabbath hadn’t created metal, someone else would have; or, worse still, that Black Sabbath didn’t create metal, but just the natural end of a lineage that started with artists like Led Z... more info

Pitchfork — For years now, the Scottish DJ duo Optimo have been pulverizing genre lines and finding commonalities between songs that seem to have absolutely zero to do with each other. It's always thrilling to hear JD Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes come up with absurd... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about the joys of noise. This week we're after songs that grip you from the offHello all. I hope this finds you in rude health. It's been quite a week here at Recommend Towers, one which has been filled with the odd-ball, the theatr... more info

Guardian Music — (Nuclear Blast)As pioneers and standard-bearers of the current doom metal scene, Cathedral have spent an admirable amount of their two-decade existence attempting to break away from the genre's constricting template of Black Sabbath riffs played as s... more info

Guardian Music — From Black Sabbath's tolling bell to Gershwin's blur of city hustle and bustle, many a song has been enhanced by a judicious bit of non-musical noiseThis week there was a huge temptation to fill two lists with comedy records and overwrought metal t... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath star Glenn Hughes plans to shock fans with stories of debauchery and drug use in a new autobiography. more info

ContactMusic — Former DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH star GLENN HUGHES plans to shock fans with stories of debauchery and drug use in a new autobiography.The legendary singer and bassist... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about the witching hour. This week we're after songs that utilise a surpriseHello, glad tidings and welcome. It's been a rum old week aboard the good ship Recommend. Mr Mac left us all with a request for midnight songs and hundreds ... more info

Altsounds — Black Sabbath, one of the most prominent and influential faces of the 70’s Rock topography were, by the decade’s end, a band in disarray. Once the masters of their own reality; the Birmingham four-piece were now battle weary v... more info

Metalsucks — “Black Sabbath,” the first song off the first album by Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, perfectly drew up the blueprint for metal. It was gloomy, disturbing, and fucking HEAVY. It was music for outsiders, those ranging from annoyed to enrage... more info