Discussing the origins of the riff with Guitar Player, Tony Iommi said the idea came from Bill Ward’s kick drum. “I was in a rehearsal room, and Bill started playing this boom, boom, boom,” he ...

After being shot multiple times last year, the guitarist battled adversity to help Black Sabbath bow out in style at Back to ...

Iommi’s world-altering riffs led to some of the all-star farewell show’s biggest singalongs – no wonder the supporting cast ...

Tony Iommi usually never had to worry about lacklustre riffs, but he felt that his old bandmates needed to come back strong in their later years.

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These songs are highlights from the albums that featured the iconic original Black Sabbath lineup between 1970 and 1978.

Iommi also explained that the band only agreed to reunite for the Back to the Beginning concert because it would be a charity ...

Tony Iommi has been Black Sabbath’s keeper of the flame. He is “Master Of The Riffs” — some say he invented heavy metal — and ...

Tony Iommi's 2000 debut solo album, featured contributions from Billy Idol, Dave Grohl, Ian Astbury, and Billy Corgan, among others.

Tony Iommi certainly defined a specific subsection of rock and roll, but he was far from the truest spokesman for the entire ...

As the only member to have appeared in every incarnation of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi hasn’t been the most prolific solo artist. In fact, this keeper of the flame has only releasing two albums ...

Iommi might be a man who will forever be defined as metal guitar’s original riff lord, but this freatkout is a reminder that Iommi could cut heads with the best of them, and that the Ronnie James Dio ...