Black Sabbath band (plot point one) with the immortal line: 'Give me 500 words on Black Sabbath'. Contemporary music and arts publication "Trebuchet Magazine" has put this to practice by asking all new writers to write a short piece (500 words) on Black Sabbath as a means of proving their creativity and voice on a well documented subject. Last line-up Touring members Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and singer Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath are often cited as
Black Sabbath discography were deemed a one-off which led to the Heaven and Hell side project, resulting in a new studio album in 2009 entitled "The Devil You Know". In June 2013, a partial reformation of the original line-up released "13", which was the first album to feature Osbourne on vocals since 1978's "Never Say Die!". After 49 years together, Black Sabbath announced their breakup in March 2017. Notes; Black Sabbath discography The following is the discography of Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (lead guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass