Last. "Never Say Die" is Ozzy Osbourne's studio last album with Black Sabbath (not including a couple of studio tracks found on the live album "Reunion"). By the end of the seventies, tensions between band members became so strained that Ozzy would be dismissed from the band after a tour for this album.
Considered by many to be heavy metal’s birthing ground – the inception of heavy metal and all its characteristics for the next fifty years – Black Sabbath’s sound was, like most things in life, discovered by accident. Black Sabbath’s demonic instrumentals were harnessed by Geezer Butler’s incidental inexperience with the bass The revolving door of Black Sabbath kept a-turnin' with The Eternal Idol, as the album saw Tony Iommi plugging away as the sole heir to the Sabbath moniker.Joined here by a cast including ex-Rainbow/Ozzy bassist Bob Daisley, future Badlands/KISS drummer Eric Singer, longtime "5th Sabbath" keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, and Tony Martin on vocals, The Eternal Idol reeks of a barely-there band Live Evil, an Album by Black Sabbath. Released 1 December 1982 on Warner Bros. (catalog no. 9 23742-1; Vinyl LP). Genres: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock. Featured peformers: Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar, producer), Geezer Butler (bass guitar, producer), Vinny Appice (drums), Geoff Nicholls (keyboards), Lee De Carlo (engineer), Bill Freesh (engineer). T1UN1V. 75 353 454 140 391 171 493 463 197