Cross-media picks for Black Sabbath fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
Black Sabbath built a sound where heaviness carries real weight — darkness, the occult, the cost of invoking forces beyond control. The picks here orbit that same sensibility. You'll find supernatural horror that lingers, rock mythology treated as genuine legend, rituals gone wrong, and music used as both weapon and salvation. Whether on screen, in a game, or on the page, these works share the atmosphere that draws people to Black Sabbath in the first place.
Film
Black Sabbath
Three tales of supernatural horror — vengeful dead, vampiric monsters, and a medium who won't stay gone.
Film
Rock & Rule
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a singer to summon a demon — music and evil intertwined.
Film
Crossroads
A would-be blues virtuoso hunts a long-lost Robert Johnson song across dangerous territory.
Film
Black Sunday
An Israeli agent races to stop a Vietnam vet and a PLO cell from attacking the Super Bowl.
Film
A Dark Song
A woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls performing a dangerous ritual.
Film
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne's life from childhood poverty to Black Sabbath to solo stardom, told unflinchingly.
Film
The Ballad of Judas Priest
Fifty years of Judas Priest, forged in the British Steel industry and rising to metal gods.
Film
Faust: Love of the Damned
An artist sells his soul for revenge and is transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing.
Series
takt op.Destiny
Music is the only light left after monsters rise from a fallen meteorite and plunge the world into darkness.
Series
Legend of Black Heaven
A middle-management drone reconnects with his past life as the guitarist of a heavy metal band.
Series
M3: The Dark Metal
Children who bonded in a dark void reunite years later to fight monsters from the same dimension.
Series
Tenacious D
Jack Black and Kyle Gass claim to be the greatest band on Earth — heavy on Satan, sex, and power chords.
Series
Classic Albums
Documentary deep-dives into the rock and pop albums considered most distinctive in music history.
Series
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
An aging, broke rock singer tries to rebuild his band and his life after years of squandered chances.
Series
The Top Ten Revealed
Rotating music experts discuss rock's most influential songs, bands, and musicians in depth.
Series
Black Summer
Strangers survive the brutal early days of a zombie apocalypse with little more than desperation.
Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Shred 80s rock tracks on a guitar controller across retro venues with unlockable gear.
Game
Rock Band 2
Master lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals across a large rock catalogue in band play.
Game
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
Play through AC/DC's live concert catalogue in rock-band game format.
Game
Guitar Hero
Thirty rock anthems, a guitar controller, and the fantasy of performing on stage.
Game
Double Kick Heroes
A metal band drives a Gundillac through a zombie wasteland, blasting enemies with drum-powered weapons.
Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
Follow The Beatles from Liverpool to Abbey Road, playing drums, guitar, and bass along the way.
Game
Friday night funkin: whitty mod (lo-fight) with music
A fan-made rhythm game on Scratch built around heavy beats.
Game
Rock Band
Create a band, tour worldwide, and master guitar, bass, and drums across rock's biggest songs.
Book
Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose
Chronicles Black Sabbath's rise as the quintessential heavy metal band.
Book
Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung
Essays on rock performers and bands including Bowie, Lou Reed, the Clash, and Iggy Pop.
Book
Slash
A rock guitarist's memoir redefining sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll in his own words.
Book
Sabbath's Theater
Mickey Sabbath — aging, raging, savagely effrontery — navigates dark and provocative fiction.
Book
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
Examines rock's roots, rhythm and blues, solo stars, and supergroups from 1955 to 1970.
Book
A child of a CrackHead
After violence ends, the nightmares remain — dark fiction where surviving isn't the finish line.
Book
Black metal
Twins play a metal album backwards and unlock a grim destiny tied to dark, legendary forces.
Book
Without You
Badfinger's story — creativity, terrible luck, bad business, and a crushing end.
For the occult-horror side, try A Dark Song (a woman risks her life and soul in a genuine ritual) or Faust: Love of the Damned (an artist sells his soul for revenge and becomes a demon). For rock history, The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne covers his years fronting Black Sabbath, and The Ballad of Judas Priest documents fifty years of British heavy metal.
Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose chronicles the band's rise directly. For broader rock obsessives, Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung collects essays on major rock acts including Bowie, the Clash, and Iggy Pop, while Slash is a memoir covering sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll from a guitarist's own perspective.
The Guitar Hero and Rock Band series let you play classic rock and metal tracks on instrument controllers. Double Kick Heroes goes further — it's a metal rhythm game where a band drives through a zombie wasteland and blasts enemies with drum-powered weapons.