The fathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, will be coming to our area on Friday, August 2nd, 2013, to perform live at Jiffy Lube Live! Needless to say, that’s a big deal here at DCHeavyMetal.com! Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10am (here) but we’re so damn excited that we just can’t wait that long to give away a pair to one of you lucky readers of the site. You don’t want to sit on the lawn to watch this sure to be epic show so we’re giving away a pair of seated tickets! To enter just tell me your favorite Ozzy Osbourne-era Black Sabbath song in the comments section at the end of this post. At 7pm EST on Thursday, May 9th, 2013, the contest will close and a winner will be chosen at random (using Random.org) from all valid entries to get the free pair of seated tickets to the show. If I don’t hear from the winner within 24 hours then I’ll randomly pick another person to get the tickets. Be sure to enter with a valid email address you check regularly so I can contact you if you win. Don’t worry, win or lose I won’t add you to any email lists or anything like that, I hate spam too. If you enter more than once then all of your entries will be disqualified. If you need help remembering what Black Sabbath songs Ozzy sang on, click on the following links for the track listings of his each of his albums with the band: Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!
Black Sabbath released their self titled debut album on Friday the 13th of February 1970 and with it and the albums that followed they laid the foundation that heavy metal and all of its splintering sub-genres are built upon. Ozzy Osbourne was very publicly ejected from the band in the late 70s and aside from a couple of bonus songs at the end of their Reunion live double-album in 1998, they haven’t released any new material with him since. That ends on June 11th when Black Sabbath releases 13, Black Sabbath’s first full length album with Ozzy on vocals since 1978! The master of heavy riffs, Tony Iommi, is still at it on the band’s new track God Is Dead?, which you can listen to below. The support on this tour is being provided by the hard partying Andrew W.K. Now check out the new Sabbath track and a few of my personal favorites as you leave your comment to enter the contest!
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Children of the Grave!… altho, I really really like ‘Planet Caravan’ for how awesome and different it was at the time. \m/
Changes
Children Of The Grave!
War Pigs!
They are all excellent, but I’ve been loving Electric Funeral, lately.
Snowblind. Prime Iommi!
Electric funeral
true classics- I love paranoid, Iron Man, and War Pigs
Children Of The Grave, definitely.
War Pigs
Fairies wear boots is the correct answer. You gotta believe me.
The godfathers of metal!
PARANOID. Black Sabbath for life.
War Pigs!
After Forever! from Master of Reality
Snowblind!
Fairies wear boots!
Into the Void!
War Pigs
It’s tough to only choose one, but my mom played ‘Black Sabbath’ when I was in the womb and it was my first ever favorite song. I still love it, so I’m going with ‘Black Sabbath.’
Snowblind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TURN UP THE FUCKING NIGHT!!!
That’s from the Ronnie James Dio-era of Black Sabbath, so this entry doesn’t count!
Wheel of Confusion
war pigs
Johnny Blade
So tough to pick just one! N.I.B…..and Lord of This World.
Killing Yourself To Live
N.I.B. is one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs ever!
“Black Sabbath”
Prob SABBATH , BLOODY SABBATH man
Snowblind off Volume IV!
gotta go with Fairies Wear Boots or Wicked World. or like pretty much everything else off the first two albums.
Fairies Wear Boots!
Paranoid!
Fairies wear boots
Without a doubt Psycho Man. Would love to see Black Sabbath and greatly appreciate the opportunity!
CHILDREN OF THEEE GRAVE!
Children of the grave
Into The Void
Changes!
Definitely, N.I.B.
I have a love/hate relationship with Iron Man. It’s the only song I ever learned on bass, but the ex who taught me was a real dill-hole.
Still, guess I have to go with Iron Man.
N.I.B
I’d have to go with War Pigs!!
Snowblind for sure!!
Iron man, for sure!!
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!
Children of the Grave gets me pumped up like nothing else.
Paranoid!
Snowblind!!!!
Iron Man!
“Am I Going Insane?”
Into The Void !!!
SNOWBLIND
So tough, but I’m going to go with Symptom of the Universe. One of the heaviest riffs I’ve ever heard!
War pigs!!
hand of doom! hail sabbath!!!!!
Electric Funeral!! One of the greatest songs ever.
My vote goes for Planet Caravan. That one’s a real masterpiece.
Hand of Doom is by far the best vocal performance of Ozzy’s career.
War Pigs. Especially at 3:00 am. Listen to Black Sabbath.
Not fair Chris picking just one that’s like asking to pick your favorite child. But I’m going the sentimental route, be it the first Black Sabbath song I heard and that be ‘War Pigs’.
I know its not one of their more popular songs but lately I really like the St Vitus Dance on Vol. 4!
Also if you pick me for the tickets ill go kidnap Bill Ward so that we can see him instead of a scab :)
National Acrobat! or all of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath! Its tough to pick just one though…
Cornucopia from Vol. 4
Supernaut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The Wizard
“Black Sabbath”
MEGALOMANIA
Spiral Architect
Megalomania!
Symptom Of The Universe.
Electric Funeral
Going with “Black Sabbath” the epitome of DOOM!
Faries Wear Boots
Hand of Doom from Paranoid!!!
NIB
Paranoid.
Paranoid
Bassically / N.I.B.
Hole in the Sky!
Two equal favorites: “Hand of Doom” because Ozzy’s tale of Vietnam veterans succumbing to heroin addiction, coupled with wicked riffery, is harrowing… and “Junior’s Eyes,” about his father’s death, still gives me the chills 35 years later…
oops- email address!
Air Dance!
Spiral Architect for sure
War Pigs
Planet Caravan!
the wizard
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom of the Universe
Definitely Cornucopia
supernaut
Snowblind.
Vol. 4 is my favorite album.
Jesus, too many to choose from. Iron Man
Into the void!!
Wicked World
Already been said but Supernaut, or Hole in the Sky, or…
Oooo! Pick me for the Black Sabbath tickets winner.
Behind the Wall of Sleep!
Sweet Leaf
Killing Yourself to Live.
Paranoid!
Symptom of the Universe (although N.I.B. is a close second)
Never say die. I know it’s kinda poppy but when I’m mashin through traffic on my bike I need somethin to take the gloomy edge off all that smog and congestion.
‘Black Sabbath’ because its the one that started it all
Fairies Wear Boots, of course
Call me crazy, but “Supernaut” has my vote
War Pigs
Paranoid
Planet Caravan
N.I.B. !
Right now, Orchid
Congratulations, you’re the winner of the pair of tickets to see Black Sabbath!
Supernaut. Or Snowblind.
Paranoid!!!!!
Wheel of Confusion
Megalomania!
into the void
Faeries Wear Boots!!!!!
Symptom of the Universe
The Wizard
Fairies wear boots! And you gotta believe me ;)
The wizard
HAND OF DOOM. WOO.
ELECTRIC FUNERAL.
War Pigs! Cliche, but oh well!
“Breakout” from Never Say Die!
Warpigs