Black Sabbath changed the hard rock and metal genres forever more than half a century ago when they broke out with their signature sound.
In the decades since, the group has remained an influential name in those fields, and their fan base remains dedicated to them, listening and buying to their work without pause.
This week, Black Sabbath is back on the charts in the U.K., where they got their start. The band doesn’t have a new album out, though. Instead, their fans have pushed one of their earliest collections to one tally yet again.
Black Sabbath’s sophomore project Paranoid returns to the U.K. albums chart this week. The set reappears at No. 79 on the ranking of the most-consumed full-lengths and EPs in the nation.
It’s been well over a decade since Paranoid last found space on the list of the most popular albums in the U.K. According to the Official Charts Company, the last time the set landed on this roster was back in 2012.
Paranoid debuted on the U.K albums chart in 1970. It only required three weeks for the title to climb to No. 1, becoming Black Sabbath’s first leader on the tally.
Black Sabbath has accrued just two champions in the U.K., with Paranoid helping them become one of the top names in the metal genre–which was still brand new when they got started. The group has pushed 10 different projects into the top 10 in that country.
There have been quite a few rock and metal singers who left their respective bands, and then came back years later for another round (or two).
Sometimes the grass seems greener on the other side, but isn’t. These singers were either curious about what would happen if they took another direction in their careers, or they were furious with how things were going in the bands they were part of.
