Black Sabbath released the gold-selling U.K. Top 10 hit 'Sabotage' on July 28, 1975, and a storm of ridicule over its album cover followed.

As one of the legendary metal bands, Black Sabbath has a lengthy list of hit songs, but these covers are of some of their greatest tunes ever.

Today, as we mourn Ozzy's passing, we should remember that Black Sabbath's legacy extends far beyond their game-changing sound. They also established the principle that heavy music required equally heavy visuals, and proved that album art could be as transgressive as the music itself.

1. ‘Born Again’ by Black Sabbath Quite a few people weren’t happy about the album cover art for Black Sabbath’s Born Again. Though, I doubt many of those people were fans.

Osbourne has come to be known for his "uniform" of about three decades — a long black coat, round sunglasses, a crucifix around his neck. But his style had many iterations before then.

Prior to ‘13,’ Black Sabbath made an aborted attempt at writing a new album with Ozzy in 2001. Rick Rubin was again tapped to bring the four original members into the studio, which was met ...

The lyrics for “Changes” were originally written by Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, and the song appeared on the group’s 1972 album “Vol. 4.” In 2003, Ozzy and Kelly released a duet version of the song as a single. The song’s original lyrics are: “I feel unhappy, I feel so sad / I’ve lost the best friend that I ever had.”

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when

When Black Sabbath hit the road in 1983, one thing after another went wrong. Here's a look back at the heavy metal legends' most Spinal Tap tour ever.