10 Best Black Sabbath songs EVER!

[Wall 666]

I'm voting for my faves at the moment, which for now are (in no order):

Lord of this World
Hand of Doom
Heaven & Hell
Sign of the Southern Cross
Buried Alive
Born Again
Hot Line
Lost Forever
Nightmare
Evil Eye

Actually cancel that, I am extremely hooked on Buried Alive, Hot Line and Lost Forever at the moment - simply equally excellent songs in my opinion.

The only varience is the balance of songs depending on the mood and era I'm rotating through at the time, though there will tend to be more Dio and other post-ozzy tracks.

[racer]

Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Into the Void
Supernaut
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Symptom of the Universe
Heaven and Hell
Born to Lose
When Death Calls
Computer God

I'm sure tomorrow my list will be completely different.

[Charliep]

War Pigs
Sweet Leaf
Into the Void
Neon Knights
Disturbing teh Priest
Zero the Hero
Glory Ride
Anno Mundi
Virtual Death
Evil Eye

It is hard to choose only 10 very best out of that many songs.
I have a hard time with the Martin albums because I like it all so very much. However the older songs can't be ignored as they made Sabbath the band that I love so much.

[Pkshields]

Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Paranoid
Sweet Leaf
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Neon Knights
Sign Of The Southern Cross
Voodoo
Computer God
Master Of Insanity

[paul hill]

Let us say there was no Martin and Gillian in my votes!

[Rover]

A shame! But at least you had Hughes there.

[JEFFMETAL]

War Pigs
Under The Sun
Thrill Of It All
Children Of The Sea
Lonely Is The Word
Born Again
Sphinx (The Guardian)/Seventh Star
When Death Calls
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Rusty Angels

[GrooGs]

Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Paranoid
Iron Man
Hand of Doom
Faries wear Boots
Into the void
Sabbath,bloody Sabbath
Children Of the Sea
Heaven and Hell

[UnderTheSun]

Scary Dreams
The Devil Cried
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The Headless Cross
Forbidden
Heaven and Hell
Wheels of Confusion
I
The Shining
Seventh Star

In no particular order

[danzig2020]

Johnny Blade
Snowblind
Hole in the Sky
Killing your self to live
Behind the wall of sleep
Hand of Doom
All moving parts
national acrobat
under the sun
looking for today

[brokenrests]

Iron Man
War Pigs
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Into The Void
Symptom of the Universe
Paranoid
Sabbath,bloody Sabbath
Children Of the Sea
Heaven and Hell
Hand of Doom

[geezer]

Die Young
Heaven & Hell
N.I.B.
Wicked World
Virtual Death
War Pigs
Back to Eden
Voodoo
Country Girl
The Sabbath Stones

[Gaun†]

In no particular order:

Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
I
Children of the Grave
Megalomania
Eternal Idol
Under the Sun
NIB
Computer God
Too Late

[paul hill]

All Of Them are good.

[paulgaunt]

Children of the Grave
Wheels of confusion
Megalomania
Children of the Sea
Falling off the edge of the world
Angry Heart
Zero the Hero
When Death Calls
The Shining
I

[The Straightener]

In no particular order.

N.I.B.
Hand of Doom
Into the Void
Children of the Grave
Under the Sun
A National Acrobat
Megalomania
You Won't Change Me
Junior's eyes
Lonely is the Word

[Purgatory]

Black Sabbath
N.I.B
Paranoid
Iron Man
Children Of The Grave
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom Of The Universe
Heaven & Hell
When Death Calls
Jerusalem

[tcaldn]

my 10 best:

into the void
symptom of the universe
children of the grave
cornucopia
hole in the sky
electric funeral
sabbath bloody sabbath
a national acrobat
lord of this world
hand of doom

[IommiRules]

My Top 10 Sabbath songs?

#1) Spiral Architect- in a league by itself for me

After that, in no particular order...

I
Buried Alive
Lonely Is The Word
Megalomania
Johnny Blade
Psychophobia
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Disturbing The Priest
Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Follow The Tears- get over it or sue me... it was Sabbath!

I know it's 11 songs listed... damn Michigan Public Schools.

[Franklin]

I have thought long and hard about this. What makes Black Sabbath so great is they made so, so many great songs. I looked through IommiRules' list very carefully and you know what? I love every one of the songs he listed. Love them. And yet, not one of them cracks my own top 10 list.

Mine, in chronological order:

Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Into the Void
Heaven and Hell
Neon Knights
Die Young
Sign of the Southern Cross
Eternal Idol
Sabbath Stones
Computer God

Strangely, if I cheated and added an 11th pick, it would be Follow the Tears.

[H&H]

Symptom of the Universe
Heaven and Hell
Breaking Into Heaven
Sign of the Southern Cross
I Witness
Disturbing the Priest
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Cornucopia
Mob Rules
Master of Insanity

These are the 10 I thought of off the top of my head. If I sat and thought for a long time, the list might have been slightly different.

Honorable mention (#11 and #12) Kiss of Death and Born Again

[gl797]

Spiral Architect
Megalomania
Hand of Doom
Children of the Grave
Under the Sun
A National Acrobat
You Won't Change Me
Junior's Eyes
Air Dance
Lonely is the Word

honorable mention:
Never Say Die
I
Disturbing the Priest
and every other Ozzy era song, especially Planet Caravan, Solitude and She's Gone.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'll just stick with the Ozzy era because I already have the Top 10 firmly fixed in my mind from another thread. I havn't considered including the other eras as that would need some serious consideration and working out. Anyway the list:

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom Of The Universe
Spiral Architect
N.I.B.
Fairies Wear Boots
War Pigs
Junior's Eyes
Air Dance
Hole In The Sky
You Won't Change Me

Honourable mentions to : Wheels of Confusion, Tomorrow's Dream, Thrill Of It All, Megalomania, Lord Of This World

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

This is such a monstrous task that usually I wouldn't even try, but I'm giving it a go. The following songs are not in any specific order:

Bible Black
A National Acrobat
The Sign Of The Southern Cross
Heaven & Hell
War Pigs
Killing Yourself To Live
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Children of the Sea
Solitude
Lonely is the Word

Honorable mentions: Spiral Architect, Children of the Grave, Computer God, Country Girl, After All (The Dead), Black Sabbath, I, When Death Calls, N.I.B., Iron Man, Mob Rules, Die Young, Sabbra Cadabra, Over & Over, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Snowblind, Fear, Born Again, Zero The Hero, Symptom of the Universe

I just felt I had to list so many honorable mentions, because most of them could appear on my top 10 tomorrow. And I could as well make a list of contenders for the songs that received a honorable mention

[Steve152006]

My Top 10 Sabbath songs?

#1) Spiral Architect- in a league by itself for me

After that, in no particular order...

I
Buried Alive
Lonely Is The Word
Megalomania
Johnny Blade
Psychophobia
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Disturbing The Priest
Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Follow The Tears- get over it or sue me... it was Sabbath!

I know it's 11 songs listed... damn Michigan Public Schools.

I'm glad to see you hold Falling Off The Edge Of The World in as high regard as I do. That song just screams masterpiece with its sad dark intro, then the thundering slow Riff, then fast Riff with such a spectacular solo. To me this song has some of Iommi's greatest Riffs and I believe this is geezer's best bass work ever. We must not forget dio's great performance. I really hope this one wins the Mob Rules survivor. The songs has it all really.

[sunsetsuperman]

sweetleaf
Black Sabbath
snowblind
sabbath bloody sabbath
NIB
children of the sea
mob rules/neon knights
electric funeral
war pigs
heaven and hell
sign of the southern cross
(could not just pick 10)

[MH1986]

Black Sabbath
N.I.B.
War Pigs
Iron Man
Electric Funeral
Spiral Architect
Children of The Grave
Computer God
I
Nightwing

Ten is far too few, you can't even cover all the albums with a top 10, lol. Would need it to be more of a top 25-30 to make a decent list. There are many many songs that rank dead even for me, more than ten, lol.

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Here I'll make a top 40. In mostly chronological order. They aren't rated 1-40, just listed.

1. Black Sabbath
2. N.I.B.
3. War Pigs
4. Iron Man
5. Electric Funeral
6. Children of The Grave
7. Into The Void
8. Snowblind
9. Supernaught
10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
11. A National Acrobat
12. Spiral Architect
13. Symptom of The Universe
14. Megalomania
15. Children of The Sea
16. Heaven and Hell
17. Lonely is The Word
18. The Sign of The Southern Cross
19. The Mob Rules
20. Country Girl
21. Falling Off The Edge of The World
22. Heart Like a Wheel/Angry Heart/In Memory
23. Nightmare
24. Headless Cross
25. When Death Calls
26. Nightwing
27. Computer God
28. Afterall (the dead)
28. Letters From Earth
29. I
30. Sins of The Father
31. Cross of Thorns
32. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
33. The Devil Cried
34. Atom and Evil
35. Fear
36. Bible Black
37. Double The Pain
38. Rock and Roll Angel
39. Follow The Tears
40. Breaking Into Heaven

Now I don't feel like I've left too much out. I do feel somewhat bad for leaving Eternal Idol and Forbidden out for the most part, just haven't listened to them enough, although I think they are great from the few listens I've given them on youtube.

[Totentanz]

In chronological order:

Black Sabbath
Children Of The Grave
Supernaut
Under The Sun
Symptom Of The Universe
Megalomania
Die Young
Mob Rules
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Hot Line

[Josef_K]

um... this will take a while... In chronological order:

1. Behind the Wall of Sleep
2. Lord of this World
3. Under the Sun
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
5. Megalomania
6. Gypsy
7. Heaven and Hell
8. Die Young
9. Over and Over
10. Born Again
11. Seventh Star
12. Eternal Idol
13. Nightwing
14. Odin's Court/Valhalla
15. Too Late
16. Cross of Thorns
17. Kiss of Death

DAMN... too many... hmmmm... ok here's 10:

1. Born Again
2. Over and Over
3. Seventh Star
4. Megalomania
5. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
6. Heaven and Hell
7. Die Young
8. Odin's Court/Valhalla
9. Eternal Idol
10. Nightwing

Damn... I just realized I forgot completely about Anno Mundi, and probably many more. However, this list is more or less as close as I can get to my top 10. Tough one...

[BSParanoid]

1. War Pigs
2. Into the Void
3. Sign of the Southern Cross
3. Heaven and Hell (both are dead even IMO)
5. Megalomania
6. Spiral Architect
7. Hand of Doom
8. Under the Sun
9. Born Again
10. I

If this were a list of top 20 songs, this would be a lot easier... my honorable mentions go to Junior's Eyes, Zero the Hero, and I Witness

[Monster Boy]

Here's my rather predictable little list (chronological):

Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Iron Man
Fairies Wear Boots
Sweet Leaf
Embryo/Children of the Grave
Killing Yourself to Live
Never Say Die
Heaven and Hell
Neon Knights

Too many honorable mentions to mention them all, but they include Falling Off the Edge of the World, Voodoo, all of Vol. IV and side one of Sabotage. I really wanted to include something from the TM era just to show how all inclusive I am, but I couldn't honestly do it.

[cheesehead1204]

1. War Pigs
2. N.I.B.
3. Symptom Of The Universe
4. Black Sabbath
5. Supernaut
6. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7. Paranoid
8. Children Of The Grave
9. Iron Man
10. Electric Funeral

Honorable mentions: Into The Void, Tomorrow's Dream, Under The Sun, and A National Acrobat, among others.

[BibleBlack]

It varies for me personally; kind of depends on the mood I'm currently in.

Still, in no particular order

•I
•Black Sabbath
•Solitude
•Heaven And Hell
•Children of the Grave
•Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
•The Sign of the Southern Cross
•Eternal Idol
•Spiral Architect
•Iron Man

Honorable mentions: The Wizard, Planet Caravan, Computer God, Born Again, and finally Lonely Is The Word

To be fair, though, I seem to have found something in just about every single one of those albums that appeals to me. Top 10 is kind of narrow that way.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I notice my earlier post just included Ozzy era songs because that top 10 ws fresh in my mind, so here's a top 10 from the other eras. You never know in another 9 months I might merge them into a single top 10!

Neon Knights
Children of the Sea
Die Young
Over And Over
Zero The Hero
The Sabbath Stones
Computer God
Too Late
Cross Of Thorns
Psychophobia

[19Barras92]

A hard question
But if I had to choose, I would choose

1. War Pigs
2. Snowblind
3. Supernaut
4. Into the Void
5. Holy in the Sky
6. Paranoid
7. Faries wear boots
8. Children of the Sea
9. Wicked World
10. Sign of the southern Cross

[Ochlocracy]

Right now (Subject to change)

Ozzy era:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A National Acrobat
Spiral Architect
Megalomania
Hole In The Sky
Supernaut
Iron Man
Dirty Women
After Forever
Never Say Die

Dio:
Heaven and Hell
Children of the Sea
Neon Knights
Die Young
Lonely Is the Word
Voodoo
The Sign of the Southern Cross
The Mob Rules
Country Girl
Falling Off the Edge of the World

Other Eras:
Don't have Seventh Star, so I can't comment.

Martin Era:
Don't have his albums either.

[crispyvenom]

Anno Mundi
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Disturbing The Priest
Computer God
I
Into The Void
Zero The Hero
Headless Cross
Junior's Eyes


this list will be changed in like 10 minutes.

[KazolOrajia]

Impossible to pick ten from all eras; It's pretty much impossible to choose ten from any era really (except Gillan and Gillen), so I'll compromise and try and pick ten from each era like Ochlocracy did. With Ozzy and Martin, I don't think I can truly pick ten so I'll just pick ten OF my faves.

Ozzy
Black Sabbath
N.I.B.
Planet Caravan
Hand of Doom
Sweet Leaf
Children of the Grave
Wheels of Confusion
Who Are You?
Symptom of the Universe
Junior's Eyes

Dio
Neon Knights
Children of the Sea
Heaven and Hell
Turn Up the Night
The Mob Rules
Computer God
TV Crimes
I
Fear
Rock and Roll Angel

Martin
The Shining
Ancient Warrior
Glory Ride
Eternal Idol
Black Moon (Eternal Idol version)
Anno Mundi
Cross of Thorns
Psychophobia
Virtual Death
Immaculate Deception

[RichardRG]

Lonely is the Word
Die Young
Children of the Grave
Into the Void
Symptom of the Universe
Dirty Women
Over and Over
Country Girl
After Forever
Laguna Sunrise (I know, strange choice... but it makes me think of being high as hell )

[Axeman77]

Lonely is the Word
Die Young
Children of the Grave
Into the Void
Symptom of the Universe
Dirty Women
Over and Over
Country Girl
After Forever
Laguna Sunrise (I know, strange choice... but it makes me think of being high as hell )

great list! similar to mine, Over and over is one of the best.