Opening track I Witness with its exciting rising guitar riff is indeed an excellent Neon Knights copy. The cover to Cross Purposes is an obvious reference to Heaven And Hell: Not for the first time Sabbath were trying to feed off past glories. No solo albums are included in this listing from original or subsequent band members. Of course other stars that came and went, most obviously Dio and Gillan, have had many other bands and solo projects. Live albums can offer something different and new, and four of the main official live albums are included.Īpart from Ozzy’s long subsequent career which is beyond the scope of this listing the other original band members have also each released two or three solo records (and guested on each others’). Although excellent primers, especially for the early years, they don’t qualify for this listing. The compilation packages, particularly from the Ozzy years have been well considered with the popular We Sold Our Soul For Rock N Roll covering the best of the first six albums (and for the non-completists actually includes the majority of the debut album) and Greatest Hits with its classically grim album cover. The Triumph Of Death (c.1562) by Peter Brueghel Cozy Powell from Rainbow was the mainstay behind the kit for the Tony Martin bands. The Black Sabbath chronologically is broadly divided most obviously by fans and critics alike between pre and post Ozzy periods (echoes of pre and post Gabriel Genesis here too) - Ozzy Osbourne had such a characterful voice Black Sabbath without him were practically a different band.Īlthough both Butler and Ward were very instrumental in the original Sabbath sound too (Butler was also responsible for the lyrics), the next most defining characteristic behind Ozzy’s eerie voice has to be Iommi’s iconic playing thus his guitar sound (famously tuned down low to compensate for a factory finger accident) was essential in retaining some of the uniqueness of Sabbath through their post Ozzy career.īill Ward’s various health and personal problems prevented him taking on much more than occasional live reunions after 1980’s Heaven And Hell - his place being covered by Vinnie Appice in the Dio band, and briefly ELO’s Bev Bevan during Ian Gillan’s tenure. Although embracing the fashion for forming “supergroups” the Black Sabbath name was retained throughout their career, except for the period 2006–10 where a Dio fronted band toured as “Heaven & Hell” before Dio’s death in 2010.
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