Black Sabbath
UK
Formed: 1969
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, British Metal, Heavy Metal, Album Rock
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Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of lyrics expressing mental anguish and macabre fantasies. If their predecessors clearly came out of an electrified blues tradition, Black Sabbath took that tradition in a new direction, and in so doi...
Group members
- Ozzy Osbourne (499)
- Glenn Hughes (88)
- Cozy Powell (19)
- Ian Gillan (19)
- Tony Iommi (18)
- Tony Martin (11)
- Geezer Butler (3)
- Don Airey (3)
- Neil Murray (2)
- Bill Ward (2)
- Eric Singer (2)
- Ronnie James Dio (1)
- Dave Walker (0)
See also
- Heaven & Hell (25)
- Black Country Communion (17)
Similar artists
- Ozzy Osbourne (499)
- Kiss (377)
- Deep Purple (277)
- Dio (180)
- Uriah Heep (166)
- Rainbow (156)
- Iron Maiden (148)
- Alice Cooper (144)
- Led Zeppelin (76)
- Dokken (67)
- Cannibal Corpse (60)
- Judas Priest (56)
- Danzig (36)
- April Wine (33)
- Gentle Giant (32)
- Diamond Head (32)
- Mountain (27)
- Iron Butterfly (17)
Influenced by
- Beatles (252)
- The Who (194)
- Yes (122)
- Jimi Hendrix (113)
- John Mayall (88)
- Kinks (67)
- Cream (44)
- Yardbirds (37)
- Blue Cheer (21)
- Iron Butterfly (17)
- Vanilla Fudge (17)
- Elf (5)
- Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (2)
- Screaming Lord Sutch (0)
Followers
- Megadeth (190)
- Dio (180)
- Iron Maiden (148)
- King Diamond (61)
- Cardigans (58)
- Judas Priest (56)
- Faith No More (39)
- Danzig (36)
- Witchcraft (34)
- Pentagram (29)
- Body Count (27)
- White Zombie (24)
- Gwar (22)
- Witchfinder General (14)
- Iron Man (5)
- Henry Rollins (2)
- Wicked Wisdom (0)
Performed Songs By
- Tony Iommi (18)
- Geezer Butler (3)
- Bill Ward (2)
- Ronnie James Dio (1)
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