Genres: Heavy Metal, British Metal, Album Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1969 in Birmingham, England
Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Dokken, Dio, Diamond Head, Danzig, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Judas Priest, Uriah Heep, Iron Butterfly, Budgie, Twisted Sister, Gillan, Scorpions, Samson, Quiet Riot, April Wine, Alice Cooper Quiet Riot, Cathedral, Crowbar, Green River, Melvins, Monster Magnet, Lowrider, Saint Vitus, Solitude Aeturnus, Alice in Chains, Scene Killer, Trouble, Henry Rollins, Samhain, Scorpions, Slayer, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Stormtroopers of Death |  |
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: July 22, 2008
Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
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Release: June 12, 2007
Label: Hurricane
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