Black Sabbath – Rock Legends (VG+/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1980

Rock Legends is an LP by Black Sabbath from 1980 released on the Vertigo label.

About this album

Rock Heavies spotlights Black Sabbath’s late-1970s heavy metal muscle, focusing on the band’s sharper, more underrated period after its classic early run. Issued in 1978, this compilation draws on material from Never Say Die!, including songs such as “Back Street Kids”, “Never Say Die” and “Johnny Blade”, showing how Sabbath kept its riffs heavy while experimenting with brighter melodies, saxophone touches and a looser, more adventurous feel. The collection underlines the band’s influence on heavy metal’s hard-edged vocabulary and the way its sound remained unmistakable even as the lineup and style evolved.

Genre: Metal