Satur-debut – BLACK SABBATH “BLACK SABBATH”
For nearly two months in 2012 I dove into Black Sabbath’s complete discography a few albums at a time, and wrote about the head-banging, brain-melting experience in a 7-part series. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
BLACK SABBATH Part 6 – Musical Chairs And Diminishing Returns In The ‘90s
After some pleasant surprises on the last few Black Sabbath albums I revisited (as discussed in my previous post), I was looking forward to finding out whether or not they … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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