Doom Metal Albums

13 returns Black Sabbath to low, rolling guitar riffs, sticky rhythm and an apocalyptic atmosphere.

Forbidden centers on Tony Iommi’s heavy riffs while bringing together the melodic side of the Tony Martin era and a harder mid-1990s edge.

Cross Purposes finds BLACK SABBATH in a phase that lets the Tony Martin-era lineup balance Sabbath's ominous weight with unusually clear melodic definition.

Dehumanizer reunites Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice for a return to Black Sabbath’s heavy, uneasy sound.

Tyr is a useful way to hear BLACK SABBATH from a different angle within the 1990 catalogue.

Headless Cross builds on Tony Iommi’s heavy riffs, joining gothic atmosphere to dramatic melodic writing.

The Eternal Idol places Tony Iommi’s heavy guitar at the center while Tony Martin’s soaring voice adds a new dramatic range.

Seventh Star keeps Tony Iommi’s heavy guitar at its core while Glenn Hughes’s soulful, soaring voice gives the music a new outline.

Born Again sets Tony Iommi’s sinking, heavy riffs against Ian Gillan’s rough, high vocal attack.

Mob Rules sharpens Black Sabbath’s dark world around Tony Iommi’s heavy riffs and Ronnie James Dio’s dramatic voice.

Heaven and Hell opens a new Black Sabbath chapter with Ronnie James Dio, giving the band’s heavy riff world a wider vocal horizon.

Never Say Die! finds BLACK SABBATH stepping beyond their usual world of monolithic riffs and oppressive weight.

Technical Ecstasy builds on Black Sabbath’s established weight while reaching toward keyboards, more complex structures and changing melodic shapes.

Sabotage keeps Black Sabbath’s thick, heavy riffs at the center while widening the sound through sudden shifts, keyboards and stacked voices.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is a turning point in which Black Sabbath keep the heavy-riff core of their first four albums while expanding their sense of structure, tone and at

Vol. 4 is Black Sabbath’s fourth album, a record that keeps the band’s heavy, ominous riff language intact while greatly widening its palette of tone, structure, and feel

Master of Reality is Black Sabbath’s third album, and the record that fixes heaviness not as simple volume but as low-slung resonance, deliberate space, and the pres

Black Sabbath is the debut on which Black Sabbath replaces rock’s usual sense of celebration with menace, slow-dropping riffs, and the weight of silence.

Paranoid takes the heavy, dark atmosphere Black Sabbath uncovered on its debut and sharpens it into shorter, more direct songs with distinct identities.