Calling all Southern California Black Sabbath Fans! Become a part of metal history and come down to the Obey Clothing Company Store Saturday, August 25th to get your portrait taken for the Home of Metal fan archive and for a chance for your photo to .
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“it’s difficult to explain that in another language…even in Spanish it’s difficult to…”
In the final instalment from our Black Sabbath oral history with Daniel Bogarín Granados we hear his experience of seeing the band live in Costa Rica, something which he thought would never be possible.
Daniel .
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We’ve added the concluding part from Shobha Lizaso’s Home of Metal Oral History to our Soundcloud page. Listen to both parts to get the full story:

 
In the new concluding part, hear about Shobha’s favourite Sabbath song plus her recommended choice for politician’s out there needing .
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We celebrate the return of our weekly Oral History posts with the return instalment of our chat with Mohammed Osama.
In part 2, we travel on a journey- from Mohammed’s youth and discovering the band to his adult life and friendship with Geezer Butler- proving that .
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Tony Iommi at Home of Metal Exhibition 2011
Following his sell out show in 2016, the legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is returning to Birmingham Town Hall for an amazing evening, talking about his life and career.
Once again, the host of Tony’s latest Town Hall .
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“No wonder they call themselves the Masters of Reality…because that’s what they are…”
Meet Brummy through and through – Lee Adams. Life long Sabbath devotee speaking here in part 1 of his oral history with Home of Metal about the first time he went to see .
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“he rolled his eyes and he said “why the **** would you want to get my name tattooed on you?!””
Hear the first part of our Black Sabbath oral history with Natasha Slater who grew up in a small town in Australia but upon her first .
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Napalm Death 1986 at the Mermaid Pub in Birmingham – photo courtesy of Digby Pearson
(see this and other photos in our archive )
On hearing about the upcoming closure of one of Birmingham’s longstanding live rock and metal venues, ‘The Flapper’ in the City Centre, it got .
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“I always go back to War Pigs as the reference point for how cool a song can possibly be.”
Listen in to the concluding part of our Home of Metal Oral History with Ben Dallas. You can check out Part 1 of Ben’s chat with us .
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