Joe DiVita

Joe is Loudwire's Editor-In-Chief since 2024 and started as a freelancer with the site in 2013. A fan of rock and metal since residing in the womb, raised on GN'R and only the best of the hair metal era, his gateway to everything else came via 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4' where Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast" was in the soundtrack. Nothing has been the same since. Instagram: @icenerveshatter

Gary Holt Takes the Temu Guitar Challenge

Exodus and Slayer guitarist Gary Holt takes Loudwire's Temu Guitar Challenge! Can he play these cheap pieces of junk?

8 Things We Can’t Believe Happened at the Back to the Beginning Concert

As we continue to process the mind-blowing spectacle that was Back to the Beginning, we still can't believe these eight things happened.

A Thank You + Goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne + Black Sabbath

Fighting back tears, we say thank you and goodbye to Ozzy and Black Sabbath as they perform one final time at the Back to the Beginning concert.

Black Sabbath Albums Ranked From Worst to Best

All 19 albums.

Why Black Sabbath’s 2025 Reunion Matters More Than All Their Other Ones

Black Sabbath have reunited with Ozzy many times, but the Back to the Beginning reunion is the most important of all. Here's why.

Ozzy Osbourne Albums Ranked From Worst to Best

All aboard, ah-hahaha!

Black Sabbath Songs Ranked (Ozzy Osbourne Era)

Loudwire ranks every song from the nine Black Sabbath albums featuring Ozzy Osbourne.

How GWAR’s Blothar Learned to Scream

GWAR front-thing Blothar guests in a new episode of How I Learned to Sing and this one will crack you up!

Ozzy + The Bat – What Really Happened?

Fans and members of GWAR, Armored Saint, I Prevail, Corrosion of Conformity and more do their best to tell the infamous story of Ozzy biting the head off a bat.

Sodom’s Tom Angelripper – My 5 Favorite Albums When I Was a Teenager

Sodom bassist/vocalist Tom Angelripper revisits his five favorite albums when he was a teenager from 1976 through 1982!