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Originally formed in Birmingham in 1968 by the original line up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler. They became Pioneers of their genre and are widely considered the original Heavy Metal Rock band. Their first three album releases Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Master Of Reality helped them solidify themselves to the statement of the first Heavy Metal Rock band. This gained them widespread fame across the world and has noted them as one of the all-time greats in the rock music world.

When released back in 1972, Vol.4 hit out with negative reviews from critics (which was a theme for the band) but as with their previous three albums it sold very well and within the month it was released it had achieved gold status and was another success for the band. Thanks to the success of the 4th album, the band went on an extended world tour, taking them around New Zealand for the first time. the band truly in their heyday didn’t feel burnt out.  

Vol 4 on new 4-CD and 5-LP Super Deluxe Editions
Featuring a newly remastered album & 20 unreleased studio and live recordings
Coming February 12th, Order your copy now: https://t.co/v8CJfmMJIG pic.twitter.com/lvN0w5L5a7

— BlackSabbath (@BlackSabbath) December 3, 2020

The re-release of Vol.4 is truly an extensive piece of work. “20 unreleased studio and live recordings on the 4CD and 5LP formats (priced at £90 and £135 respectively). Both come with extensive booklets of liner notes with quotes from band members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.” reports the NME. This deluxe box set is certainly going to be worth the money for the long term fans of the band.

This large collection will also include a poster, rare photographs as well as an early, previously unpublished draft of the album artwork, which shows a draft working title ‘Snowblind’. Not only that but the “fourth disc features a tracklist that represents a typical live show from Black Sabbath’s 1973 tour in support of the record. The forthcoming album marks the first time a full ’73 Sabbath concert has been recreated.”. The price tag of £135 is starting to make sense with the sheer amount of content that fans will be gaining from this purchase.

Despite this monumental news for fans of the band it doesn’t mean a come back for the Heavy Metal band. This comes a month after Ozzy Osbourne expressed “he has no interest in reuniting with Black Sabbath to play more shows in the future.”. However, Fans can still relive the glory days with this re-release.