![When the "Mob Rules" era of Black Sabbath decided to reunite under the Heaven and Hell monicker, many fans rejoiced, because they knew that, despite the different name, that this was Sabbath. After all, Ozzy had not recorded an album with the band in three decades. And indeed, "The Devil You Know" sounds very much like Black Sabbath. The production is quite heavy, as evident in songs like "The Turn of the Screw". The first single from the release, "Bible Black", is a great one, for sure. This album should give fans hope that "13" can still deliver, as long as Ozzy's vocals hold up.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/79/9b/1361682629_6426_3.jpg?itok=uDgTJ7mM "When the "Mob Rules" era of Black Sabbath decided to reunite under the Heaven and Hell monicker, many fans rejoiced, because they knew that, despite the different name, that this was Sabbath. After all, Ozzy had not recorded an album with the band in three decades. And indeed, "The Devil You Know" sounds very much like Black Sabbath. The production is quite heavy, as evident in songs like "The Turn of the Screw". The first single from the release, "Bible Black", is a great one, for sure. This album should give fans hope that "13" can still deliver, as long as Ozzy's vocals hold up.")
![There is no doubt that the live concert material featured on the "Reunion" album shows Ozzy Osbourne's age. This is in strong contrast to a later live album that the band released, "Past Lives", which is a compendium of vintage era songs culled from various live shows. The album also features two new songs, which while by no means a disaster, sound very much like a songwriter attempting to rediscover an old formula.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/15/60/1361682629_4914_2.jpg?itok=iC8kbp-R "There is no doubt that the live concert material featured on the "Reunion" album shows Ozzy Osbourne's age. This is in strong contrast to a later live album that the band released, "Past Lives", which is a compendium of vintage era songs culled from various live shows. The album also features two new songs, which while by no means a disaster, sound very much like a songwriter attempting to rediscover an old formula.")
Black Sabbath more or less dissolved once again following the tour for the "Forbidden" album, the band's fifth album with vocalist Tony Martin. Tony Iommi once again returned his focus to his solo material.
However, in 1997, Ozzy Osbourne desired to take Sabbath on his Ozzfest tour, and so the original lineup, sand Bill Ward, played its first show in over a decade. Later that year, Ward was brought back, and this reunion produced a live album, appropriately titled "Reunion". It also featured two newly written studio tracks.
The band toured sporadically throughout the 2000s; however, they reunited with Ronnie James Dio staring in 2006 as the band worked in a Dio-era material compilation. Dio and Iommi wanted to write new material for the compilation, but Ward did not want to participate.
This led to a reunion of the "Mob Rules" era lineup once again, and they carried on under the name Heaven and Hell. In 2009, they produced an album called "The Devil You Know". Sadly, Dio passed away in 2010. In 2011, the original lineup reunited with plans to record a new album. Read more about this era of Black Sabbath here and here.
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![There is no doubt that the live concert material featured on the "Reunion" album shows Ozzy Osbourne's age. This is in strong contrast to a later live album that the band released, "Past Lives", which is a compendium of vintage era songs culled from various live shows. The album also features two new songs, which while by no means a disaster, sound very much like a songwriter attempting to rediscover an old formula.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/15/60/1361682629_4914_2.jpg?itok=xI8SOG4x "There is no doubt that the live concert material featured on the "Reunion" album shows Ozzy Osbourne's age. This is in strong contrast to a later live album that the band released, "Past Lives", which is a compendium of vintage era songs culled from various live shows. The album also features two new songs, which while by no means a disaster, sound very much like a songwriter attempting to rediscover an old formula.")
![When the "Mob Rules" era of Black Sabbath decided to reunite under the Heaven and Hell monicker, many fans rejoiced, because they knew that, despite the different name, that this was Sabbath. After all, Ozzy had not recorded an album with the band in three decades. And indeed, "The Devil You Know" sounds very much like Black Sabbath. The production is quite heavy, as evident in songs like "The Turn of the Screw". The first single from the release, "Bible Black", is a great one, for sure. This album should give fans hope that "13" can still deliver, as long as Ozzy's vocals hold up.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/79/9b/1361682629_6426_3.jpg?itok=PDk6M5_t "When the "Mob Rules" era of Black Sabbath decided to reunite under the Heaven and Hell monicker, many fans rejoiced, because they knew that, despite the different name, that this was Sabbath. After all, Ozzy had not recorded an album with the band in three decades. And indeed, "The Devil You Know" sounds very much like Black Sabbath. The production is quite heavy, as evident in songs like "The Turn of the Screw". The first single from the release, "Bible Black", is a great one, for sure. This album should give fans hope that "13" can still deliver, as long as Ozzy's vocals hold up.")
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