Bill Ward created a style of drumming within the music of Black Sabbath. We’re not going to get into the musical differences between heavy metal and hard rock in this article. Call it what you want… but that slow, sludgy, titanic, groove that could explode into a frenzy at any time is signature and distinctively Bill Ward. His drumming has a unique swing, a patience, and a reckless abandon that no one else’s drumming has. And in this interview, Bill explains his drumming and musical influences, and where they came from. He is too humble to say what hard rock, metal, and rock drummers around the world already know. He created a style of drumming that can be imitated but will never be duplicated. And as a founding member of Black Sabbath, he helped create an approach to rock drumming that is still reverberating in the minds of young drummers […]

December 2024 Issue