- metal
- heavy metal
- rock
- stoner rock
- doom metal
- hard rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1968, Birmingham
- disbanded 2025, Birmingham
- 2 albums
- 1 Dutch Top 40 hit
- 1970–2016
Black Sabbath is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in September 1968 in Birmingham and disbanded on 5 July 2025 in Birmingham. Over the years, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Walker played in the group. The collection holds two albums by the group, released between 1970 and 2016: Paranoid (1970) and The Ultimate Collection (2016). One record reached the Dutch Top 40: Paranoid, which peaked at number 2 in week 43 of 1970.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Black Sabbath
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 121 bpm.
Across 20 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Black Sabbath
The five members of Black Sabbath, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Tony Iommi
Bill Ward
Geezer Butler
Ozzy Osbourne
Dave Walker197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Black Sabbath in the Dutch Top 40
In the Dutch Top 40, Black Sabbath had one record. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak.
- 2ParanoidBlack Sabbath197014 weeks
Black Sabbath in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Black Sabbath are in the collection?
There are two, released between 1970 and 2016: Paranoid (1970) and The Ultimate Collection (2016).
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Black Sabbath have?
Black Sabbath had one record in the Dutch Top 40: Paranoid, which reached number 2 in week 43 of 1970.
Who played in Black Sabbath?
Over the years that was Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Walker. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
How do you play the music of Black Sabbath?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.