
27th (Bootleg)ġ987 - Eternity's Wings - Live at Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany, Nov. 21st (Bootleg)ġ983 - Smoke On The Water - Live at Reading Festival, UK, Aug. 10th (Bootleg)ġ980 - The Last Sacrament - Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, Nov. 19th (Bootleg)ġ970 - Return to 1969 Berlin, Germany (Bootleg)ġ974 - Bagdad - Live at California Jam (Boootleg)ġ975 - Live Astbury Park, NJ August,08,1975 (Bootleg)ġ977 - Killing Yourself To Die - Lund, Sweden (Bootleg)ġ978 - One For The Nose - Fresno, USA (Bootleg)ġ978 - The 1978 American Tour Pittsburgh, USA (Bootleg)ġ980 - Heaven And Hell In Hartford - Live at Civic Center, Hartford, CT, Aug. Labels Vertigo, Warner Bros., I.R.S., Sanctuaryġ970 - Black Sabbath (Deluxe Expanded Edition)ġ970 - Paranoid (Deluxe Expanded Edition)ġ971 - Master Of Reality (Deluxe Expanded Edition)ġ970 - Black Night In San Francisco (Bootleg)ġ970 - Live at L'Olympia, Paris, Dec. 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 sold over 70 million records worldwide.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". They were ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band" of all time, and placed second in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971). Black Sabbath's 19th studio album, 13, which features all original members except Bill Ward, was released in June 2013.īlack Sabbath are cited as pioneers of heavy metal. The original line-up reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album Reunion. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. After a few albums with Dio's vocals and songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving line-up in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin, as well as multiple members of Deep Purple and Rainbow.

He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Osbourne's heavy drug use led to his dismissal from the band in 1979. Despite an association with occult and horror themes, Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social instability, political corruption, the dangers of drug abuse and apocalyptic prophecies of the horrors of war. Originally formed in 1968 as a heavy blues rock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and tuned-down guitars. The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. Black Sabbath - Discography (1970 - 2013) 320 kbpsīlack Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward.
