"Tony Iommi should have dropped the name and called the band something else": Black Sabbath's least-loved album re-examined, four decades on

Black Sabbath: Forbidden cover art.

Black Sabbath: Forbidden

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The Illusion Of Power
Get A Grip
Can't Get Close Enough
Shaking Off The Chains
I Won't Cry For You
Guilty As Hell
Sick And Tired
Rusty Angels
Forbidden
Kiss Of Death
Loser Gets It All

Although 1994's Black Sabbath album Cross Purposes performed respectably, charting on both sides of the Atlantic (No.41 in the UK, No,122 in the US), bassist Geezer Butler jumped ship for Ozzy Osbourne's solo band, and Tony Iommi realised that some stability was necessary. The call went out, and Sabbath's Tyr-era lineup reunited, with bassist Neil Murray and drummer Cozy Powell joining the guitarist and frontman Tony Martin.