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March 6, 2006

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006: Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne recalls his band's heavy, scary journey
April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 85) Black Sabbath

By Dave Navarro
April 21, 2004

The Holy Sabbath

Ozzy and Tony talk drugs, the devil and how they invented heavy metal
October 28, 1971

How Black Was My Sabbath

Twelve homesick hours with the dark princes of downer rock

Past Lives

A double disc documenting the heavy-metal thunder of the band's concert heyday in the Seventies. "Are you high? So am I," a young Ozzy announces. These are the years that made Ozzy into the lovable flake you now see.

2002 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Mob Rules

1981

Sabotage

1975

Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

1974

Black Sabbath Vol.4

1972

Paranoid

1971

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Mixing equal parts bone-crushing volume, catatonic tempos, and ominous pronouncements of gloom and doom delivered in Ozzy Osbourne's keening voice, Black Sabbath was the heavy-metal king of the '70s. Despised by rock critics and ignored by radio programmers, the group sold over 8 million albums before Osbourne departed for a solo career in 1979 [see entry]. The band's original lineup reunited for ...

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