![]() ![]() But who holds the mantle of best Sabbath vocalist? That's something of fierce debate between diehard fans, but falls between Ozzy and Dio. Only five of these singers have appeared on a Black Sabbath release: Ozzy, Dio, Gillan, Hughes and Martin. Over the course of their career, Black Sabbath have had 10 vocalists: Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Walker, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Ron Keel, David Donato, Jeff Fenholt, Ray Gillen, and Tony Martin. This was a band at the height of their powers and five decades on, Paranoid may well remain their greatest moment. ![]() According to drummer Bill Ward, the title track was written quickly, due to the band not having enough material to fill a whole album. It was written and recorded just four months after their self-titled debut was released. Here are Black Sabbath's studio albums, listed in chronological order:ġ3 (2013) What is considered the best Black Sabbath album?īoasting a tracklist that boasted War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan and Iron Man – and that was just side one, if you bought the record – Paranoid arguably remains Black Sabbath's greatest - or at least certainly most notable - album. Death (rightfully previously mentioned) is the only other band that comes to mind that deserves to be in this discussion.What are the Black Sabbath albums in order? I do think Rob Halford is the best frontman and singer of any that have been in each group, and Priest's duo of KK Downing and Glenn Tipton is really special, but I don't think the consistency of the material is there for me like it is for Maiden (and I'm certainly not calling Adrian Smith and Dave Murray slouches by any means.) Sabbath's influence on the other two and just about all of metal is undeniable and they certainly have some excellent output, but I just don't jam to them like I do Maiden and Priest. Even beyond that, they have some great albums even into the 2000's. Their run of 7 incredible albums in a row is unmatched by any other artist that I've encountered. I'm definitely biased because I grew up with my dad listening to them all the time, but he also played Priest and Black Sabbath plenty. ![]() This one is way closer than the other thread, but I'd still say Maiden. They're incredibly consistent, so I totally see why some people love them more than I do (and I still really, really enjoy some of their work). I know that's not exactly true, but their definitely the least adventurous of the three when it comes to deviations from their "main style" and it does effect how I rank them. But, a lot of Maiden starts to sound incredibly similar the more I listen to it. That isn't to say I dislike Dickison Maiden, I love The Number of the Beast and their first couple of albums with him. Iron Maiden and Killers just have an unrefined energy to them that attracts me to them more so than the more technically clean releases of the later era. Iron Maiden I actually prefer from the Paul D'Anno days. Priest is horribly inconsistent in their catalogue, but generally speaking everything up to Screaming for Vengeance was a hit in my book, and I'm surprisingly a bigger fan of the Ripper era than I probably should be (Cathedral Spires is an amazing song that no one has heard it seems). Of the other two, I probably prefer Judas Priest. They're the pioneers and they have some seriously underrated and under the radar stuff on a lot of albums. Tony Iommi is my guitar idol by all acounts, and everything he works on has an undeniable tone and recognition to it that just is so pleasing to me in a sonic sense. I adore all 9 of the Ozzy albums, the 4 Dio Albums (Heaven and Hell was just rebranded Sabbath), and most of the other stuff that they did during the Martin years. Black Sabbath is my favorite band by an incredibly wide margin, so I have to give it to them.
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