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It was ranked the eighth best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check. [4] In 2020, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, [ 5 ] and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number two on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
Geezer Butler stated in an interview that the numbers refer to the Bible verse Matthew 25:41, which deals with the Last Judgment where "those who sit at the left side of God are cast down into Hell". [14] He also has explained that the name of the album is a reference to the name of the band, as fans know them as Black Sabbath. [15]
It came on right after the season 2 finale of That Metal Show, which Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler of Heaven & Hell were guests on. The video is in animation and features the band via shadows. The premise of the video is an angel in Heaven picks up a black book (a'la the song "Bible Black"). When he opens it, it sends him down to Hell.
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) [1] is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath.He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deadland Ritual.
The Rules of Hell is a collection of four albums by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals in remastered form. [3] The albums included in the set are: 1980 Heaven and Hell [3] 1981 Mob Rules [3] 1982 Live Evil (2 CDs) [3] 1992 Dehumanizer [3] The boxed set was released on 22 July 2008 through Rhino. [4]
It subsequently attained gold certification (100,000 units sold) in April 1982, the only Black Sabbath studio album to be thus certified. Heaven and Hell was re-released as part of the Black Sabbath box set The Rules of Hell in 2008. [23] In 2017, it was ranked 37th at Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [24]
Tyr (/ ˈ t ɪər /) [5] (stylized as ᛏᛉᚱ) is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 20 August 1990 by I.R.S. Records.. The album title, and several song titles, allude to Norse mythology, which led many to call Tyr a concept album, although bassist Neil Murray dispelled that in 2005, stating that while many of the songs may seem loosely related, very ...
The Mexican Rock Band Supernauta named the band after the Black Sabbath's song. Candlemass included a minute of this song in Black Sabbath Medley on their album Ancient Dreams. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Sapattivuosi Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Supernautti'.