Potential song list (if I had to guess what they choose, I would bet most of the following tracks would be a lock, if this becomes a reality):

N.I.B.
War Pigs
Paranoid
Iron Man
Children of the Grave
Into the Void
Supernaut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbra Cadabra
Hole in the Sky
Symptom of the Universe
Never Say Die

The opening riffs of Wheels of Confusion would be a good choice for 'game over' tune.

I would love to see the following, but I doubt they'll get selected (unless they decide to go beyond 12 tracks, these would be top choices. (Any of the first four could likely replace Sabbra Cadabra above.)

Sweet Leaf (unless Stern objects.)
Tomorrow's Dream
Snowblind (same situation as Sweet Leaf)
A National Acrobat
Looking for Today (highly doubtful, but it would be so good)
Megalomania (doubtful, but this would make a KILLER multiball track or wizard mode.)
Spiral Architect (another good wizard track.)
All Moving Parts (Gotta have something from Technical Ecstacy)
Shockwave (please!!!)
Loner

I highly doubt we will get any tracks from other line ups so I can only dream. It's too bad Sharon makes the call because most of the following are good upbeat Sabbath tracks for pinball:

Dio Era:
Neon Knights
Heaven & Hell
Die Young
Turn Up the Night
Mob Rules
The Sign of the Southern Cross (wizard mode)
Computer God
TV Crimes

Gillan Era: (Born Again)
Trashed
Zero the Hero
Digital Bitch
Hot Line

Martin Era:
Hard Life to Love
Headless Cross
Devil & Daughter
Danger Zone

There are so many others to select. I have no doubt the song list will be good no matter how they do it. Then again, I'm very biased.

No doubt Ozzy has had a lengthy career but make no mistake, despite all of Sharon's marketing, he is no greater or more important than the other members of that original line up of Sabbath.

What!? Henry Rollins, is that you?

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' is the pinnacle!

Add the Whirlwind fan as a topper and put some coke infront of it to start Snowblind Multiball.

They wrote that album under a lot of stress, mostly due to conflicts with management. The end result is the aggressive sound of Sabotage. In addition, this was the first tour where Ozzy wasn't singing as well as he had previously. You can hear it on the August 5th recording in Asbury Park in 1975. 'Megalomania' was really hard for him to sing live.

That would apply a little more to 'Vol. 4'

I like Coven a lot. But you gotta understand once Sabbath was doing their thing, by the time 'Paranoid' came out, no one gave a shit about Coven. It was ultimately the music that set Sabbath apart from anything else going on at the time. Nobody thought to make music with C standard as the regular tuning. All because Tony needed to relieve his missing fingers! Bands were no longer trying to sound like late 60's psychedelia (which I really love) Rock was getting a little harder and more progressive. Post Vietnam aggression.

I agree though, what is breakthrough about Coven is their image, especially considering the time period it came out. It ultimately scared the shit out of people, with the Manson thing going on at the time. The music is great but it was just more of the same sounds of the time, but with better lyrics.

Edit: John Osbourne was known as "Ozzy" since elementary school. He self tattooed his "OZZY" letters in 1964 when he was 16, predating anyone knowing about the bassist of Coven.

They have a rightful place, no doubt. I dont think many may know about Coven, either. I just think it would hold more weight if Sabbath had gone down the path of sticking to a narrow way of song writing. People often overlook the fact that Geezer was writing lyrics about way more topics than just devils and witches at black masses. They covered a lot of ground in their music and lyrics and it just resonated with many.

As far as credit goes, you have to remember Blue Cheer also.

I was in a funk these recent days. Like, real bad.

It is insane (and I dont know how many other people can relate to this) how much of the music of this band is relating to my life, especially in recent years. Many of these songs, and spanning across all line ups no less, are just hitting me on another level. Just today, i'm listening to the Mob Rules album and i'm like holy shit these riffs and words are just on point. It was the highest of highs and I wasn't even getting high yet.

Praise Iommi. Sabbath forever.

Where is this fucking pin?

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You're talking about the Super Deluxe? That thing is superb. I hope they do more editions like that for other albums.

I hear tons of jazz in the early Sabbath records. You can still hear it even in Sabotage.

Every interview they have ever done, they've had to be bored out of their minds because it was always the "first metal band" stuff. (Tony and Geezer have often rejected the metal label and claimed it more as hard rock.) No one ever asks them about their roots in jazz. Bill Ward was always a jazz drummer because he wanted to do what Gene Krupa was doing and you could hear it!

But yeah early pre-Sabbath is great. There is so much to hear in their catalog and so much more than just the hits from Paranoid.

Ozzy could really sing in those days. It's a shame his voice just couldn't keep up by the mid 70s. Never again could they play songs from albums 4, 5 and 6.

I'm sure with Stern and the rest of the world coming to realize how awful their manager is, it probably wont happen now. Or atleast for awhile.

Is it the New Jersey show? Towards the end you can hear him change the way he's singing. That tour was the last time they did Megalomania, which is a shame because it's such an epic song. They kept Symptom and I think Hole in the Sky for the Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die tours, but Ozzy started to sing with more of a growl in his voice. He just couldn't do them like he used to.

I didn't mind Dio singing the Ozzy stuff, but just at a minimum. The Dio material is still good on it's own.

Ozzy could still sing but they left so many good Ozzy era songs on the table because he just couldn't match the original, especially for the final tours. The same tours they offered a lowball contract to Bill Ward because he can't play 'em all like he used to. How ironic.

But what I love about Ozzy over Dio is he didn't do all that extra harmony stuff and improvisation like trying to sing and hum over Tony's solos.

I do think Ian Gillian did the Ozzy stuff well, especially "War Pigs" and "Black Sabbath" live.

But yes, there is only ONE Ozzy. I hope we get more live releases in the future.

I dont entirely sympathize for Bill, as much as I love the guy. I think obviously the drinking did some damage. But I feel like in those later years he took exception to the 4 of them not being acknowledged as equals, and not just from a performing standpoint. The whole Bill thing is just a bummer.

You watch your mouth! Cozy Powell was no scrub.

Charo can front Black Sabbath and I'd still go for Tony's riffs.

I just thought of something. Stern could make a Sabotage LE and utilize the mirror on the album cover to be an actual mirrored backglass.

I really need to pick those up.

No first album yet, but I am certainly looking forward to a Sabbath Bloody Sabbath release with live material.

She is fantastic, but I was saying from the perspective of anyone can be the singer for Sabbath and would still see them regardless as long as Tony is there. Plus Geezer, even better.

I think each line up had its moments, but of course Ozzy had an incredible solo career and became iconic, so it did overshadow the band in those years.

Which is unfortunate because they did have good albums in the 80s. Born Again being one of my favorites, with Ian Gillan on vocals. It's such a killer album.

HEAVY is right. Purple meets Sabbath. What's not to love?

Yeah, they had ELO drummer Bev Bevan on that tour as well. I love the whole album. I don't think Gillan could ever sing like that ever since.

Next pinball depression threads are depressing. So whenever I get depressed, this song takes me away.

It's a favorite of both John Bonham and Frank Zappa, plus Ian Gillan insisted on singing it during his time in Sabbath.

I just realized, if there is a Vol. 4 themed pin (black cab with white logo and band member silouettes) that would look incredible next to the LZ Premium, whose art is also minimalistic.

Whatever happens, if it happens, I hope they do it right. I'd like to see a throwback psychedelic 70s art style for sure.

13 tracks from 70-78 that l they could realistically use (with plenty more left out.) How many tracks did Rush have?

N.I.B.
Paranoid
Iron Man
Children of the Grave
Into the Void
Tomorrow's Dream
Supernaut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Spiral Architect
Hole in the Sky
Symptom of the Universe
All Moving Parts
Never Say Die

Would like to have "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", and "Supertzar" for modes.

I would love for it to have Snowblind hopefully Stern uses it.

Good choice. Narrowing it down to just 12 or 13 songs is tough.

A friend found these for me. Thanks John!

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Tomorrow's Dream. Make it happen.

That would be excellent.

(Gillan-era) Born Again LE

They should make it to where you can unlock tons of songs including live versions. Take the live footage from concerts in each decade they played. This game could be SOOO loaded as far as video and song content is concerned plus i'm sure layout would be great given some of the talent right now.

I think certainly incorporate the Henry logo and a cross, which is a given. Also something with spirals in the artwork, referencing the Vertigo logo and also reference to those moving spirals in that old black and white Paranoid music video. They can also make use of the fighter pilot image from Never Say Die, which has since become iconic.

They also need to reference the city of Birmingham. Kinda how LZ had that London vibe to it. Sabbath is totally Birmingham.

I'm hoping for really cool features that will serve to enhance the gameplay too.