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BLACK SABBATH Part 7 – The End Of The Story So Far / In Conclusion

The first couple of times I listened to Forbidden (1995), the final Black Sabbath album with vocalist Tony Martin, I didn’t think much of it. Martin’s once impressive vocal range wasn’t the same as it had been on earlier albums … Continue reading

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BLACK SABBATH Part 4 – Dio And Gillan Step Up To The Mic

When Black Sabbath parted ways with Ozzy Osbourne after 1978’s Never Say Die!, they wasted no time in replacing him with Ronnie James Dio, former lead singer of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. I was initially introduced to Rainbow via their 1981 … Continue reading

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BLACK SABBATH Part 3 – The Ozzman Go-eth

The final three studio albums Black Sabbath released with Ozzy Osbourne are not highly rated by fans & critics, especially the last two, and none of them have made much of an impression on me whenever I’ve listened to them … Continue reading

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BLACK SABBATH Part 2 – A Cornucopia Of Hard Rock Riffs

Tony Iommi continued to produce a barrage of powerful guitar riffs on Master Of Reality (1971), Black Sabbath’s follow-up to the heavy metal classic, Paranoid. Although they continued to be the standard-bearers for the relatively new genre, the songs on … Continue reading

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BLACK SABBATH Part 1 – Thoughts On An Artist / Heavy Metal Ground Zero

I only owned two Black Sabbath albums when I was a teenager: Paranoid and Master Of Reality. I enjoyed both but didn’t listen to them as often as my favorites, so they’ve always been a band I like rather than … Continue reading

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