Black Sabbath
Albums: 1970-06-26: Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, 1970-12-20: War Pigs: Olympia, Paris, France, 1971-07-18: Wicked Sabbath: Toronto, ON, Canada, 1973-07-01: Going Through Changes: Ngaruawahia Music Festival, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, 1974-02-11: Love in Chicago: International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL, USA, 1974-04-06: California Jam: Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA, USA, 1975-08-05: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA, 1975-08-05: Lucifer Rising: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA, 1976-01-13: Hole in the Sky: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 1977-04-21: Killing Yourself to Die: Olympen, Lund, Sweden, 1978-06-19: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 1978-09-22: One for the Nose: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA, 1980-08-12: Death Riders Tour: Providence, RI, USA, 1980-11-27: Burning the Cross: The Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, 1982-05-17: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA, 1983-11-04: Born in Hell: The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA, 1989-11-25: Headless in Russia: Olympski Hall, Moscow, Russia, 1992-08-09: Black Bloody Black: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA, 1994-03-03: Iron Men: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2004-08-26: Camden, NJ, USA, 2004-08-26 Live in Camden with Rob Halford, Archangel Rides Again, Backtrackin' (21st Anniversary Edition), Between Heaven & Hell: The Best of Black Sabbath, Between Heaven and Hell, Black and Blue, Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970–1978), Black Mass, Black Night in San Francisco, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Black Sabbath, Vol. 4, Black Sabbath - Rock Review, Black Sabbath 1970–1973, Black Sabbath: The Collection, Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, Blackest Sabbath, Born Again, Brutal Legend, Club Sonderauflage, Cross Purposes, Cross Purposes Live, Dehumanizer, Devil and Daughter, Diamond Collection, Eternal Stars, Europe 93, Evil Woman, Feels Good to Me, Forbidden, Forever, Gillan Tapes, Volume 1, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits 1970-1978, Hangin' with Heaven and Hell, Headless Cross, Headless Cross, Heaven and Hell, Heaven and Hell: Live at Radio City Music Hall, In Concert - Historical Live Performance, In Their Own Words, In These Black Days, Volume IV, Inside Black Sabbath - 1970-1992, Iron Man, Iron Man, John Peel's Sunday Show Radio Session, Live at Hammersmith Odeon, Live at Last, Live Evil, Master of Reality, Mob Rules, Neon Nights, Never Say Die!, Ozzy Meets the Priest, Paranoid, Paranoid, Past Lives, Psycho Man, Reunion, Rock Champions, Rock Giants, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Selling My Soul, Seventh Star, Symptom of the Universe: 1970–1978, Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978, Technical Ecstasy, The Best of Black Sabbath, The Best of Black Sabbath, The Best of Black Sabbath, The Best of Black Sabbath, The Bible According to Black Sabbath, The Black Sabbath Story, The Black Sabbath Story Vol. 2 - 1978-1992, The Collection
Genre: Heavy metal
Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. Originally formed in 1968 as a heavy blues rock band named Earth and renamed to Black Sabbath in 1969, the band began incorporating occult and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars and achieving multiple platinum records in the 1970s. 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 prophesies of the horrors of war.
Black Sabbath are cited as pioneers of heavy metal. The band helped define the genre with releases such as quadruple-platinum Paranoid, released in 1970. 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, behind Led Zeppelin. Rolling Stone called the band "the heavy-metal kings of the '70s". They have sold over 15 million records in the
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