Black Sabbath

Birmingham, 1968. In a city of factories and red brick, four young men, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne, start a band. They play heavier, slower and lower than anyone around them, and that sound is widely described as the birth of heavy metal. A Black Sabbath poster pays tribute to where it all began.

A sound born in a factory

The Black Sabbath story starts with an accident. At 17, on his last day at a sheet-metal works, Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers on his right hand, his fretting hand since he plays left-handed. He made himself prosthetic tips and tuned his strings lower to ease the tension. Those deep, massive riffs became the signature of the genre, while Geezer Butler wrote most of the lyrics, often about war, fear and the anxieties of the time.

In September 1970, Paranoid lined up "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and the title track, and went to number one in the UK. On 5 July 2025 the original line-up reunited one last time at Villa Park in Birmingham for the "Back to the Beginning" concert. Ozzy Osbourne died seventeen days later.

Heavy metal wall art with a 1970s soul

Sabbath's visual world is pure 1970s: grainy photos, chunky lettering, purples, burnt oranges and deep browns. A print in that spirit belongs next to a record player or in a warm-toned lounge. For a collector's wall, line it up with the other rock giants of the era, such as Led Zeppelin.

There is no shortage of heirs either: Iron Maiden and Metallica sit naturally beside the pioneers, and the whole metal category is waiting.

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