However, Mikael Åkerfeldt, frontman of Swedish renowned prog metallers Opeth, isn't convinced that is really the case.

Black Sabbath, featuring iconic frontman Ozzy Osbourne, are set to play their final ever show at Villa Park this summer - but ...

disorientating occult prism. Rock’n’roll would never sound the same again after Black Sabbath and it scarcely needs emphasising that without that song, this band or the phenomenal body of work ...

Metal wasn’t even in its infancy, but its obsession with the occult was already in place. But were Black Sabbath really the first band to marry rock and the occult? Not according to Mikael ...