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Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1969, by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. 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 Black Sabbath in 1969, the band began incorporating occult with horror-inspired lyrics and tuned-down guitars. 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.
Ozzy Osbourne's heavy drug use led to his dismissal from the band in 1979, after which he began a successful solo career, selling over 100 million albums. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. After a few albums with Dio's vocals and songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving line-up in the 1980s and 90s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin, as well as multiple members of Deep Purple and Rainbow. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. The original line-up reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album Reunion. The line-up featuring Iommi, Butler, Dio and Appice reformed in 2006 under the moniker Heaven & Hell. They performed and recorded until Dio's death on 16 May 2010.
In 2011, Iommi, Butler, Osbourne, and Ward reunited to record a new album. Ward was not able to sign a contract with theband, and was replaced by Brad Wilk. In January 2013, the band announced that the new album, titled 13, would be released in June.
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 magazine ranked them among the 100 greatest artists of all time. They have sold over 15 million records in the United States and over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Track Listing CD1:
01. War Pigs
02. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
03. N.I.B.
04. Fairies Wear Boots
05. Electric Funeral
06. Sweet Leaf
07. Spiral Architect
08. Into The Void
09. Snowblind
Track Listing CD 2:
01. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
02. Orchid / Lord Of This World
03. Dirty Women
04. Black Sabbath
05. Iron Man
06. Children Of The Grave
07. Paranoid
08. Psycho Man
09. Selling My Soul
Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 2xCD
Genre: Heavy Metal
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 1998 (2013)
Speelduur: 107 minuten
Cover: Front, Back en Insides zijn in de RARs verwerkt
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