Description

Black Sabbath are arguably the most inuential heavy metal band of all time. The band helped to create the genre with ground breaking releases such as Paranoid, an album that Rolling Stone magazine said ldquochanged music foreverrdquo, and called the band ldquothe Beatles of heavy metalrdquo. Time Magazine called Paranoid ldquothe birthplace of heavy metalrdquo. The band, who have been performing for over 45 years, have to date sold over 75 million records which includes over 24 platinum albums in the UK alone and over 15 million records in the United States. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.nbspBlack Sabbath were formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne lead vocals, Tony Iommi guitar, Geezer Butler bass, and Bill Ward drums and percussion. Originally formed as a heavy bluesrock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult and horrorinspired lyrics with tuneddown guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and releasing multiple gold and platinum records in the 1970s.nbspThe Ultimate Collection is curated in conjunction with the band, the 31track collection features the bandrsquos classic songs including Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, N.I.B. and The Wizard as well as choice cuts from their classic albums and is the denitive accompaniment for all Sabbath fans as well as those with a love of hard rock.nbspnbspRemastered by renowned engineer Andy Pearce Motoumlrhead, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Iggy amp The Stooges, the Ultimate Collection is available in multiple formats. Alongside the black disc 2CD and digitalHD formats therersquos also a gold vinyl ldquoCrucifoldrdquo edition, a heavyweight 4 LP gold vinyl version produced in the shape of the cross. Black Sabbath Deluxe-CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £12