Genres: Heavy Metal, British Metal, Album Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1969 in Birmingham, England
Metallica, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Helmet, Megadeth, Dokken, Dio, Diamond Head, Danzig, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Uriah Heep, Iron Butterfly, April Wine, Twisted Sister, Anthrax Mudhoney, Abdullah, Tad, Witchcraft, The Mushroom River Band, Trouble, Alice in Chains, Mourn, Blessed Realm, Cathedral, Stormtroopers of Death, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pantera, Quiet Riot, Henry Rollins, Samhain, Scorpions, Slayer |  |
Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of lyrics expressing mental anguish and macabre fantasies. If their predecessors clearly came out of an electrified blues tradition, Black Sabbath took that tradition in a new direction, and in so doing helped give birth to a musical style that continued to attract millions of fans decades later.
The group was formed by four teenage friends from Aston, near Birmingham, England: Anthony "Tony" Iommi (b.
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Release: June 12, 2007
Label: Hurricane
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Release: April 2, 2007
Label: Rhino
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