The Complete History of Black Sabbath: What Evil Lurks

They are the band that created metal music . . . and they have defined it for more than four decades. Black Sabbath's career spans eleven different line-ups and nineteen studio albums in addition to the twenty-eight solo albums of the original four members.

The band began in 1968 as a blues rock band on the cover circuit of Birmingham, England. Clawing their way up from the postwar bombed-out suburbs of Birmingham, the four members - guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward - would define a new genre of music and make themselves world famous.

Joel McIver explores the complete history of Sabbath, from the precursor bands to the release of the holy trinity of heavy metal - "Black Sabbath" (the song) on Black Sabbath (the album) by Black Sabbath (the band) - to the present. With over 150 photos, a gatefold family tree tracing the development of the band, a complete discography, and a foreword by Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn, this is the must-have book for any Sabbath fan.

Table of Contents
FOREWORD BY ROBB FLYNN OF MACHINE HEAD IX
INTRODUCTION XI
WHAT EVIL LURKS 1948-1969
HEAVY METAL'S YEAR ZERO 1970
SNOWBLIND 1971-1978
HELL'S MADMEN 1979-1981
REBIRTH AND DEATH 1982-1983
SEVENTH SONS 1984-1990
CALM BEFORE THE STORM 1991-1996
THE RETURN 1996-2005
LUCKY NUMBERS 2006-2016