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If the following list of\u00a0Black Sabbath<\/a>\u00a0albums ranked worst to best proves one thing, it’s that fans write off the band’s obscure and latter-day records at their own peril.<\/p>\n Everybody knows (and damn well better love) the Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> era of Black Sabbath<\/a> for good reason. The original lineup invented heavy metal and rose to\u00a0superstardom off the back of paradigm-shifting albums such as\u00a0Black Sabbath<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Paranoid<\/em><\/a>. The title tracks off those two LPs \u2014 along with songs like “Iron Man,” “War Pigs,” “Children of the Grave,” “Sweet Leaf” and countless other\u00a0favorites\u00a0\u2014 have been inscribed in the annals of heavy metal history.<\/p>\n When the original Black Sabbath lineup imploded in spectacular fashion, the band wasted little time recruiting Ronnie James Dio<\/a> and\u00a0kicking off a new decade with a pair of beloved albums,\u00a0Heaven and Hell<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Mob Rules<\/em><\/a>. But dysfunction\u00a0stalked the band like the plague (due in no small part to the members’ individual addictions and relational woes), and Dio was out the door\u00a0by the time\u00a0Live Evil<\/a><\/em> hit shelves in January 1983.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0Black Sabbath Live Albums Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n For many casual fans, that’s where Black Sabbath’s story ends. But just because their\u00a0popularity and cultural relevance dwindled in the ’80s and ’90s doesn’t mean they didn’t release some great music.<\/p>\n There’s the downright demonic-sounding\u00a0Born Again<\/em><\/a>, featuring ex-Deep Purple<\/a>\u00a0howler Ian Gillan<\/a> on the mic. There’s the oft-overlooked Tony Martin<\/a> era, which spawned\u00a0late-period gems like\u00a0The Eternal Idol<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Headless Cross<\/em><\/a>. And don’t you dare forget the thundering\u00a0Dehumanizer<\/em><\/a>, which reunited the band with Dio for the last time under the Black Sabbath moniker (but not for the last time ever).<\/p>\n Following Osbourne’s death<\/a> in July 2025 just weeks after Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning<\/a> reunion \/ farewell show, the band’s studio days are all but guaranteed to be over. Let’s revisit what the godfathers of heavy metal left behind in the following list of Black Sabbath albums ranked worst to best.<\/p>\n From Ozzy to Dio and beyond, we look at all of the band’s studio LPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Eduardo Rivadavia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFrom Ozzy to\u00a0Dio:\u00a0How Black Sabbath\u00a0Soldiered on With New Singer<\/h3>\n
Who Sang for Black Sabbath After Dio Left?<\/h3>\n
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