The release of Black Sabbath’s Headless Cross should have been a cause for celebration, since it coincided with their 20th anniversary. But guitarist Tony Iommi was all that remained from the ...

Cross Purposes arrived on Jan. 31, 1994, during a period of sustained turbulence for Black Sabbath. Their inability to retain a singer long enough to reclaim their place among metal's leading ...

Although The Sign Of The Southern Cross and surging title track run ... s Satanic tritones and Geezer’s Hammer Horror lyrics, Black Sabbath ensured nothing would ever be the same again.

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