They are preserved perfectly in vinyl. The best Black Sabbath album of all time is their self-titled debut, ‘Black Sabbath’. This is because it marks the beginning of the heavy metal era ...

Almost fifty-five years before they announced their final show, the original members of Black Sabbath released their debut album, and in the process, invented what we now know as heavy metal.

Credit: Getty Images/Chris Walter Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an album made under intense pressure.

But it wouldn’t sound nearly as menacing or as dark (or as awesome) if Black Sabbath didn’t set the template in the early ‘70s. Starting with their self-titled debut album in 1970 ...

The title track to Black Sabbath's most recognized album. It might not be a true signature song from the band, but it packs a mighty punch for a 2-minute, 48-second running time.

Probably the most famous example of classic rock bands that peaked with their debut album, Boston’s self ... out into the world as a soloist post-Black Sabbath and post-Rainbow, and it’s ...

Such was and remains the peculiar reach of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid ... The band’s scarifying debut album was just the start of their spectacular 1970. With an oversupply of material ...

It took a while for the band’s unique approach to making music to catch on, however, and the initial critical response to that now classic debut ... And Hell album. Black Sabbath’s Ozzy ...

Black Sabbath has re-released vinyl versions of their Tony Martin eras albums. Forbidden, Cross purposes, Headless Cross, and Tyr are all back in print. They were previously re-released as part of a ...

Their self-titled debut album charted in the Top 10 in the UK ... In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his Black Sabbath bandmates, then again as a solo artist last ...

Beginning with their eponymous debut and seminal sophomore LP ... for the recording of Black Sabbath’s latest album, ’13’ (minus Bill Ward). Now, with a career spanning nearly five ...