Black Sabbath 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 pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as "Black Sabbath" (1970), "Paranoid" (1970), and "Master of Reality" (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history. Formed in 1968 as the Polka Tulk Blues Band, a blues rock band, the group went through line up
Ten Commandments (Ozzy Osbourne album) Ten Commandments (Ozzy Osbourne album) Ten Commandments is a compilation album by the English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released in 1990 by Priority Records and CBS Records, it contains songs from Osbourne's first four studio albums, ranging from "Blizzard of Ozz" (1980) to "The Ultimate Sin" (1986). "Ten Commandments" is a ten-track compilation with six tracks from Ozzy Osbourne's first band after leaving Black Sabbath. Two from the band's title album, "Blizzard of Ozz", two tracks from their second album \ "Bark at the Moon", four tracks from "Diary of a Madman", and two tracks from "The Ultimate Sin".