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Birmingham, England (1968 – present)

Black Sabbath is an English heavy metal band formed in 1968 in Birmingham, England, originally comprising Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). In the early ’70s they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant blues-rock at slow speeds with lyrics about drugs, mental pain and abominations of war, thus giving birth to generations upon generations of metal bands that followed in their wake.

Black Sabbath were formed in Aston, a poor district of Birmingham damaged by bombing during World War II, under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to “Polka Tulk”), later Earth. Initially a blues-rock band, Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote lyrics for an occult-themed song titled “

Black Sabbath” (the song name was inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film), and Tony Iommi wrote a riff based on the tritone, sometimes called “diablos in musica” (“the Devil in Music”). In their Last Supper concert film, the band stated that the song is based on an experience Geezer had one night when he saw a black object at the end of his bed and noticed the next day that an occult book Ozzy had given him was missing. When the band found themselves being confused with another local band called Earth, they adopted the song title as their new name.

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joshlockwood69 wrote:
yesterday evening

Tony Rules!!!

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CharlieWatts wrote:
yesterday evening

A National Acrobat! <3

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crownanchor wrote:
yesterday evening

SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH.......TONY RILZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ:)

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miqmiranda wrote:
yesterday afternoon

vinyl*

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lordmackery wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerers of death's construction FUCKING AWESOME FUCKING HEAVY METAL!!!

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miqmiranda wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Look at me,I got Paranoid´s vinil in my hands!!WHOOOOOOOOL!

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darthcas wrote:
yesterday afternoon

underrated.... hahahahahahaa

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cyclonnl wrote:
Friday evening

Are you metal, are you man...

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Bloodbathing wrote:
Friday afternoon

YES! THERE IS A GOD! Bye-bye fantasy hobbit.

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ZoidbergatKHI wrote:
Friday afternoon

Holy shit, Electric Funeral's really awesome. So's the whole Paranoid album, I guess. I definitely need some more of their albums.

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hammerstrikebg wrote:
Friday morning

Neon Knights is their best to me :>

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DaveBFC wrote:
Thursday evening

Fuck i hope dio gets by ok it would really be awful to see him go, Also yeah i agree with the 2 comments below

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VasectomyOmega wrote:
Thursday evening

Anyone who knows just Iron Man or War Pigs is a poseur. Ignore them.

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mynameisjoehann wrote:
Thursday evening

i hate how people look past them and only think of iron man or paranoid when you say thare name it bugs me they have so much and it's so good i them and truely i hate metal it's just they arent pure crap metal i hate they have some rock in thare but either way they have talent and more songs then just iron man and paranoid- rock on

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miqmiranda wrote:
Thursday evening

yeaaaaah...I´ve liked that:GODS DO NOT DIE!!!

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Maziar1 wrote:
Thursday evening

was it illusion?

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Hallucinative wrote:
Thursday evening

I don't care, because gods do not die.

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xredneckx wrote:
Thursday afternoon

дум решает. хэви метал не при делах

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IWrestledABeer wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Vastly underrated. I know everyone says they're the best but I don't even think that describes it, man. They have so much material and it's all brilliant.

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VasectomyOmega wrote:
Thursday morning

Why does Dio get cancer while Ozzy gets to go around doing stupid shit while abusing a shit-ton of drugs?

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