After previous iterations of the group – the Polka Tulk Blues Band and Earth – the band settled on the name Black Sabbath in 1969. They distinguished themselves through occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Signing to Philips Records in November 1969, they released their first single, "Evil Woman", in January 1970, and their debut album, Black Sabbath, was released the following month. Though it received a negative critical response, the album was a commercial success, leading to a follow-up record, Paranoid, later that year. The band's popularity grew, and by 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, critics were starting to respond favourably.
Osbourne's excessive substance abuse led to his firing in 1979. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Following two albums with Dio, Black Sabbath endured many personnel changes in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin, as well as several drummers and bassists. Martin, who replaced Gillan in 1987, was the second-longest serving vocalist and recorded three albums with Black Sabbath before his dismissal in 1991. That same year, Iommi and Butler were rejoined by Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer (1992). After two more studio albums with Martin, who replaced Dio in 1993, the band's original line-up reunited in 1997 and released a live album, Reunion, the following year; they continued to tour occasionally until 2005. Other than various back catalogue reissues and compilation albums, as well as the Mob Rules-era line-up reunited as Heaven & Hell, there was no further activity under the Black Sabbath until 2011 with the release of their final studio album and 19th overall, 13, in 2013, which features all of the original members except Ward. During their farewell tour, the band played their final concert in their home city of Birmingham on 4 February 2017. Occasional partial reunions have happened since, most recently when Osbourne and Iommi performed together at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Black Sabbath have sold over 70 million records worldwide as of 2013, making them one of the most commercially successful heavy metal bands. Black Sabbath, together with Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band of All Time" and placed second on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 on their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance, and in 2019 the band were presented a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Studio albums
Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master of Reality (1971)
Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Sabotage (1975)
Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Never Say Die! (1978)
Heaven and Hell (1980)
Mob Rules (1981)
Born Again (1983)
Seventh Star (1986)
The Eternal Idol (1987)
Headless Cross (1989)
Tyr (1990)
Dehumanizer (1992)
Cross Purposes (1994)
Forbidden (1995)
13 (2013)
Electric Funeral
Black Sabbath Lyrics
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Warn you you're gonna die
Storm coming, you'd better hide
From the atomic tide
Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties
Turns people into clay
Radiation minds decay
Robot minds of robot slaves
Lead them to atomic rage
Plastic flowers, melting sun
Fading moon falls upon
Dying world of radiation
Victims of mad frustration
Burning globe of obscene fire
Like electric funeral pyre
Buildings crashing down to Earth's cracking ground
Rivers turn to wood, ice melting to flood
Earth lies in death bed, clouds for the dead
Terrifying rain is a burning pain
Electric funeral, electric funeral
Electric funeral, electric funeral
And so, in the sky
Shines the electric eye
Supernatural king
Takes earth under his wing
Heaven's golden chorus sings
Hell's angels flap their wings
Evil souls fall to hell
Ever trapped in burning cells
The lyrics to Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" describe a post-apocalyptic world filled with radiation and destruction. It warns of an impending storm that is coming, and advises people to hide from the atomic tide. The flashes in the sky turn houses into sties and people into clay, while radiation causes mental decay. The robot slaves who are controlled by robot minds are led to atomic rage. The plastic flowers melt under the burning sun, and the moon fades upon this dying world of radiation. Victims of this mad frustration are left to burn in a globe of obscene fire, like an electric funeral pyre.
Line by Line Meaning
Reflex in the sky
A warning sign from the sky
Warn you you're gonna die
A warning that death is imminent
Storm coming, you'd better hide
A storm is about to hit, seek shelter
From the atomic tide
The storm is nuclear in nature
Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties
The nuclear explosion turns homes into a pigsty
Turns people into clay
The explosion vaporizes people into ash
Radiation minds decay
The radiation leads to people losing their minds and becoming insane
Robot minds of robot slaves
People are like robots, blindly obeying orders
Lead them to atomic rage
Those orders lead people to nuclear war
Plastic flowers, melting sun
Even synthetic objects are melting
Fading moon falls upon
The moonlight fades away
Dying world of radiation
The world is dying due to radiation poisoning
Victims of mad frustration
People are victims of their own madness
Burning globe of obscene fire
The world is on fire and it's a horrific sight
Like electric funeral pyre
The world is burning like a funeral pyre
Buildings crashing down to Earth's cracking ground
Buildings are collapsing due to the nuclear explosion
Rivers turn to wood, ice melting to flood
Natural elements are affected by the explosion
Earth lies in death bed, clouds for the dead
The planet is dying, with clouds signifying the end
Terrifying rain is a burning pain
The rain is poison and burns everything it touches
Electric funeral, electric funeral
The world's death is like an electric funeral
And so, in the sky
There's a supernatural entity in the sky
Shines the electric eye
An electric eye watches over the destruction of the world
Supernatural king
This entity is a king among the supernatural world
Takes earth under his wing
The entity protects the world as it dies
Heaven's golden chorus sings
The angelic beings sing as the world dies
Hell's angels flap their wings
The demonic beings celebrate the destruction of the world
Evil souls fall to hell
Those who caused the destruction go to hell
Ever trapped in burning cells
They are eternally trapped and burning in hell
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: John Osbourne, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi, W.T. Ward
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