With themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid remains the ultimate difficult second album. Fifty years on, we remember how it razed the rock’n’roll landscape

As Judas Priest celebrate 50 years in rock'n'roll with a lavish photobook, Ian Hill tells us about Rob Halford's sabbatical, how the next album's going, and the stories that have never been told

You heard us right: Watch a tattooed Robert Fripp play Black Sabbath's Paranoid in a prison cell while Toyah dances

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler recalls the making of Paranoid in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine

Funko are moving into the music sphere with their new Funko Pop! Albums series, in which they turn iconic album covers into collectible figurines. The first one, based on Biggie's Ready To Die, is out this week. Next, they're moving onto the cover of Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album, which celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier…