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Black Sabbath

British heavy metal band
MusicGroup heavy_metal_band Q47670
Black Sabbath
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Summary

Black Sabbath is a heavy metal band[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of heavy metal band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58,758 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3], Grammy Awards[4], Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[5]
  • Genre: heavy metal music[6], traditional heavy metal[7], doom metal[8], hard rock[9]
  • Named after: Black Sabbath[10]
  • Record label: Vertigo Records[11], Mercury Records[12], Virgin EMI Records[13], Universal Music Group[14], Warner Bros. Records[15], I.R.S. Records[16], Sanctuary Records[17], Warner Music Group[18]
  • Discography: Black Sabbath discography[19]
  • Commons category: Black Sabbath[20]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[21]
  • Has part(s): Ozzy Osbourne[22], Tony Iommi[23], Geezer Butler[24], Bill Ward[25], Ronnie James Dio[26]
  • Website account on: OpenBenches[27]
  • Inception: January 1, 1968[28]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2017[29]
  • Location of formation: Birmingham[30]
  • Significant event: reunion[31]
  • Official website: https://blacksabbath.com[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Black Sabbath[33]
  • Participant in: Live Aid[34]
  • Partially coincident with: Heaven & Hell[35]
  • Topic has template: Template:Black Sabbath[36]
  • Start of work period: 1968[37], 2011[38]
  • End of work period: 2022[39]
  • Has list: list of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell members[40]
  • Name: The Polka Tulk Blues Band[41], Earth[42], Black Sabbath[43]
  • URL: https://openbenches.org/bench/24599[44]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[45]

  • Country: GB[46]

  • Began / founded: 1968-09[47]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2025-07-05[48]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, traditional doom metal[49]

  • Community tags: blues rock, british, classic rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, proto doom, rock, traditional doom metal[50]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5182c1d9-c7d2-4dad-afa0-ccfeada921a8[51]

Why It Matters

Black Sabbath has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

It has been cited as an influence by Slipknot[54], a musical group[55], in United States[56], founded in 1994[57]; Nirvana[58], a rock band[59], in United States[60], founded in 1987[61]; Foo Fighters[62], a rock band[63], founded in 1995[64]; Rush[65], a musical group[66], founded in 1968[67]; Kiss[68], a musical group[69], founded in 1973[70]; and Bryan Adams[71], a guitarist[72], b. 1959[73], of Canada[74], awarded the Golden Feather[75].

FAQs

What awards did Black Sabbath receive?

Honors received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3], Grammy Awards[4], and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[5].

Who did Black Sabbath influence?

Black Sabbath has been cited as an influence by Slipknot[54], Nirvana[58], Foo Fighters[62], and Rush[65].

Related Entities

Bill Ward Black Sabbath Bryan Adams Cozy Powell Don Airey Eric Singer Geezer Butler Glenn Hughes Ian Gillan Kiss Mercury Records Paranoid Patliputra University Peter Steele Rob Halford Ronnie James Dio Rush Slipknot Tony Iommi United Kingdom Universal Music Group Van Halen Vertigo Records Warner Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Metal Evolution. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . openbenches.org. Retrieved . openbenches.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . openbenches.org. Retrieved . openbenches.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CE1F-C7A7-46DA-EAFB-49A3
    Fandom article id → youtube:Black_Sabbath
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  2. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Vertigo Records, Mercury Records, Virgin EMI Records +5
    Has part(s) → Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler +2
    Location of formation → —
    Work period end → —
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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