Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Black Sabbath may be best remembered for pioneering doom metal, but their early albums also had a few great psychedelic folk songs worked in. Marissa Nadler knows this, and considering how dark many of her own folk... more info

Nialler9 — I remember on a visit to Australia in 2008, a couple of radio people enthusing about Tame Impala’s second EP. Kevin Parker’s music back then was clearly indebted with early 70s rock music, Black Sabbath and Steppenwolf laced with the psychedelic ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Danzig's first time in Skull Face since 1980 (via Facebook) Glenn Danzig is releasing a covers album this year called Skeletons (including Black Sabbath, The Everly Brothers and more), and he recently gave a video interview to Rolling Stone in... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Books in the films of Wes Anderson. Bob Dylan's lyrics are obsessed with weather. Read an excerpt from Will Chancellor's debut novel, A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall, out in paperback today. The Quietus interviewed Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Talk amongst yourselves," says a wild-eyed Lester Bangs as he hammers away at his typewriter, gesturing us into his unkempt apartment, Black Sabbath blaring from the turntable. "And nobody touch my records." more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by by Rachel Juarez-Carr Mac Sabbath @ Brooklyn Bowl London, 6/11/2015 There are lots of high-concept tribute acts out there. You may have seen Tragedy, NYC's all-metal Bee Gees tribute band, or Lez Zeppelin, the all-girl Led Zeppelin cover... more info

Time — There will be one last tour to promote it as well more info

Stereogum — Black Sabbath were supposed to play one final show this November at Ozzfest Japan, but that quickly dissolved into an Ozzy Osbourne solo gig, possibly because of a colorful unresolved dispute between Osbourne and erstwhile drummer Bill Ward regarding... more info

Stereogum — A quick update on Black Sabbath’s public infighting this week: First, drummer Bill Ward posted to Facebook that he wouldn’t play with Sabbath again until Ozzy Osbourne apologized to him for saying he was too fat and out of shape to participate in... more info

Stereogum — What the hell is going on with Black Sabbath? First, the band announced they would do one last album and one last tour before calling it quits. Then, they announced the date and location of what was to be their last-ever show, although they didn’t ... more info