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Black Sabbath Was An English Heavy Metal Band Formed In Birmingham Warwickshire In 1968 By Guitarist Tony Iommi Drummer Bill Ward Bassist Geezer Butler And Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They Are Often Cited As Pioneers Of Heavy Metal Music. The Band Helped Define The Genre With Releases Such As Black Sabbath 1970 Paranoid 1970 And Master Of Reality 1971 . The Band Had Multiple Line-Up Changes Following Osbourne's Departure In 1979 And Iommi Is The Only Constant Member Throughout Their History. After Previous Iterations Of The Group – The Polka Tulk Blues Band And Earth – The Band Settled On The Name Black Sabbath In 1969. They Distinguished Themselves Through Occult Themes With Horror-Inspired Lyrics And Down-Tuned Guitars. Signing To Philips Records In November 1969 They Released Their First Single "Evil Woman" In January 1970 And Their Debut Album Black Sabbath Was Released The Following Month. Though It Received A Negative Critical Response The Album Was A Commercial Success Leading To A Follow-Up Record Paranoid Later That Year. The Band's Popularity Grew And By 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Critics Were Starting To Respond Favourably. Osbourne's Excessive Substance Abuse Led To His Firing In 1979. He Was Replaced By Former Rainbow Vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Following Two Albums With Dio Black Sabbath Endured Many Personnel Changes In The 1980s And 1990s That Included Vocalists Ian Gillan Glenn Hughes Ray Gillen And Tony Martin As Well As Several Drummers And Bassists. Martin Who Replaced Gillan In 1987 Was The Second-Longest Serving Vocalist And Recorded Three Albums With Black Sabbath Before His Dismissal In 1991. That Same Year Iommi And Butler Were Rejoined By Dio And Drummer Vinny Appice To Record Dehumanizer 1992 . After Two More Studio Albums With Martin Who Replaced Dio In 1993 The Band's Original Line-Up Reunited In 1997 And Released A Live Album Reunion The Following Year They Continued To Tour Occasionally Until 2005. Other Than Various Back Catalogue Reissues And Compilation Albums As Well As The Mob Rules-Era Line-Up Reunited As Heaven & Hell There Was No Further Activity Under The Black Sabbath Until 2011 With The Release Of Their Final Studio Album And 19th Overall 13 In 2013 Which Features All Of The Original Members Except Ward. During Their Farewell Tour The Band Played Their Final Concert In Their Home City Of Birmingham On 4 February 2017. Occasional Partial Reunions Have Happened Since Most Recently When Osbourne And Iommi Performed Together At The Closing Ceremony Of The 2022 Commonwealth Games In Birmingham. Black Sabbath Have Sold Over 70 Million Records Worldwide As Of 2013 Making Them One Of The Most Commercially Successful Heavy Metal Bands. Black Sabbath Together With Deep Purple And Led Zeppelin Have Been Referred To As The "unholy Trinity Of British Hard Rock And Heavy Metal In The Early To Mid-Seventies". They Were Ranked By MTV As The "Greatest Metal Band Of All Time" And Placed Second On VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" List. Rolling Stone Magazine Ranked Them Number 85 On Their "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Black Sabbath Were Inducted Into The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2006. They Have Also Won Two Grammy Awards For Best Metal Performance And In 2019 The Band Were Presented A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Black_Sabbath Studio Albums
Black Sabbath 1970 Paranoid 1970 Master Of Reality 1971 Vol. 4 1972 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1973 Sabotage 1975 Technical Ecstasy 1976 Never Say Die! 1978 Heaven And Hell 1980 Mob Rules 1981 Born Again 1983 Seventh Star 1986 The Eternal Idol 1987 Headless Cross 1989 Tyr 1990 Dehumanizer 1992 Cross Purposes 1994 Forbidden 1995 13 2013

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Black Sabbath's First Release Almost Universally Known As "Heavy Metal's First Album". The Guys From Birmingham England Shocked Scared And Enthused Million With Their New Sound - A Blend Of Bluesy Soulful Riffs With Heavy Distorted Tones. Released On Friday The 13th February 1970 By Vertigo Records Black Sabbath Reached Number Eight On The UK Album Chart. Following Its US Release In May 1970 By Warner Bros. Records The Album Reached Number 23 On The Billboard 200 Where It Remained For Over A Year Selling A Million Copies. While The Album Was A Commercial Success It Was Widely Panned By Critics. In A Review For Rolling Stone Magazine Rock Critic Lester Bangs Felt Sabbath Was "just Like Cream! But Worse". Bangs Dismissed Black Sabbath As A "a Shuck—despite The Murky Songtitles And Some Inane Lyrics That Sound Like Vanilla Fudge Paying Doggerel Tribute To Aleister Crowley The Album Has Nothing To Do With Spiritualism The Occult Or Anything Much Except Stiff Recitations Of Cream Cliches" In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 238 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Q Magazine 8/00 P.126 Later Included It As One Of The Best Metal Albums Of All Time Claiming That " Was To Prove So Influential It Remains A Template For Metal Bands Three Decades On. The Band's Signature Song Remains The Scariest Of All Heavy Metal Songs." Track Listing European Edition 1. "Black Sabbath" – 6 16 2. "The Wizard" – 4 24 3. "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" – 3 38 4. "N.I.B." – 6 06 5. "Evil Woman" – 3 25 Crow Cover 6. "Sleeping Village" – 3 46 7. "Warning" – 10 32 Retaliation Cover 1996 Remastered Edition 8. "Wicked World" – 4 47 North American Edition 1. "Black Sabbath" – 6 20 2. "The Wizard" – 4 22 3. "Wasp/Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B." – 9 44 4. "Wicked World" – 4 47 5. "A Bit Of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning" – 14 15 * Most North American Warner Bros. Records Editions Of The Album Incorrectly List The Running Time Of "Wicked World" At 4 30 And Of The "Warning" Medley At 14 32. 2004 Remastered Edition 6. "Evil Woman" – 3 25 2009 Deluxe Edition 1. "Black Sabbath" – 6 16 2. "The Wizard" – 4 24 3. "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" – 3 38 4. "N.I.B." – 6 06 5. "Evil Woman" – 3 25 6. "Sleeping Village" – 3 46 7. "Warning" – 10 32 8. "Wicked World" – 4 47 9. "Black Sabbath" Outtake – 6 22 10. "Black Sabbath" Instrumental – 6 13 11. "The Wizard" Outtake – 4 46 12. "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" Outtake – 3 41 13. "N.I.B." Instrumental – 6 08 14. "Evil Woman" Alternative Version – 3 47 15. "Sleeping Village" Intro Alternative Version – 3 45 16. "Warning Part 1" Outtake – 6 58 The Band * Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals Harmonica On "The Wizard" * Tony Iommi – Guitar * Geezer Butler – Bass * Bill Ward – Drums