- metal
- heavy metal
- rock
- stoner rock
- doom metal
- hard rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1968, Birmingham
- disbanded 2025, Birmingham
- 2 albums
- 1 Dutch Top 40 hit
Black Sabbath is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in September 1968 in Birmingham and disbanded on 5 July 2025 in Birmingham. Over the years, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Walker played in the group. The collection holds two albums by the group, released between 1970 and 2016: Paranoid (1970) and The Ultimate Collection (2016). One record reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was Paranoid: number 2 in week 43 of 1970.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Timeline of Black Sabbath
The members of Black Sabbath over the years: five members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Tony Iommi
Bill Ward
Geezer Butler
Ozzy Osbourne†
Dave Walker197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Concerts in the Netherlands and Belgium
Where Black Sabbath played in the Netherlands and Belgium, according to setlist.fm: 42 concerts, newest first.
- Main Stage 1
- Festivalterrein Stenehei
- Ziggo Dome
- Goffertpark
- Ahoy
- Boeretang
- Luna Theater
- Central Studios
- Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
- Luna Theater
- Evenementenhal
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
Show all 42 earlier concerts
- Limburghal
- Jaap Edenhal
- Vooruit
- De Vereeniging
- IJsselhallen
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- RAI
- Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus
- VSB Circus-Theater
- Hallen
- Concertgebouw
- Vorst Nationaal / Forest National
- Concertgebouw
- Concertgebouw
- De Doelen, Grote Zaal
- Concertgebouw
- De Doelen
- Concertgebouw
- Théâtre 140
- 't Kuipke
- Antwerp
- TopPop
- Ahoy
- Grote Zaal
- Waalkade
- Begijnhof
- Parc Saint Roch
- AVRO TV Studio
- Unknown City
- Unknown City
Source: setlist.fm
Albums by Black Sabbath
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Black Sabbath in the Dutch Top 40
Black Sabbath had one record in the Dutch Top 40. The badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run.
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1970Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 43 of 1970, 14 weeks in the chart Paranoid
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All Dutch Top 40 entries of Black Sabbath
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
Who played in Black Sabbath?
Over the years that was Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Walker. The timeline shows for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Black Sabbath have?
One record made the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is Paranoid, which reached number 2 in week 43 of 1970. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week.
How many albums by Black Sabbath are in the collection?
There are two, released between 1970 and 2016: Paranoid (1970) and The Ultimate Collection (2016). A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Black Sabbath?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.