Heaven and Hell

BLACK SABBATH's Ozzy Osbourne-era undoubtedly changed rock music and expedited the rise of heavy metal with the landmark work they released in the early '70s. That lineup however had been running on empty with their last two albums. 1976's "Technical Ecstasy" and 1978's "Never Say Die" were solid rock albums with a few catchy songs here and there but were not befitting of what they had built with their previous records. Ozzy Osbourne's 1979 firing put an exclamation point on that decline. Ron...

Oft spricht man davon, dass eine Revolution ihre Kinder frisst, doch in diesem Fall hätte bei näherer Betrachtung wohl die Mutter beinahe das Zeitliche gesegnet. „Heaven And Hell“ erscheint mitten in der Frühphase der New Wave Of British Heavy Metal und muss – obwohl sich das Album daran hörbar orientiert – für manch jungen Metal-Fan regelrecht altbacken geklungen haben. Dennoch war genau das Gegenteil der Fall. Nach dem aus Sicht der Musiker notwendigen Rausschmiss von Ur-Sänger Ozzy Osbourn...