“All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don’t subscribe to any of  that. Its all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds like nothing from the Nineties. Who’s to say what is and isn’t a certain type of music”. Ozzy

By Tom Wright

HOLLYWOOD,CA(Hollywood Today)0 6-22-2010–Honoring the 40th anniversary of the Black Sabbath album Black Sabbath: Paranoid, Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced it as part of its Classic Albums collection, and for the first time also on Blu-ray, with a street date of June 29. For this documentary, original members Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drummer), along with their original engineer, deliver the story behind Paranoid.

The Blu-ray chronicles the creation of the locomotive force and unrelenting energy behind these tracks, which ignited an electrified and unforeseen brand of blues-rock. The comprehensive collection of interviews, demonstrations, archive videos, and feature cuts from timeless epics such as “War Pigs,” “Iron Man,” and the title track, is complemented with 40 minutes of bonus features.

Black Sabbath’s Paranoid

This is the story behind the making of one of heavy metal s greatest works: Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Released in the autumn of 1970, the band’s second album is regarded by many as the finest Heavy Metal album of all time, is hugely influential and has come to define the heavy metal genre. The four original members of Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward talk us through the making of the album, together with the original engineer via interviews, demonstrations, archive videos and use of the original multi-track tapes.

Tony Iommi

Active: 1969–present

Instruments: guitar, piano, flute, synthesizer, organ, mellotron

Release contributions: all Black Sabbath releases

Ozzy Osbourne

Active: 1969–1979, 1997–present

Instruments: vocals, harmonica

Release contributions: all Black Sabbath releases from Black Sabbath (1970) to Never Say Die! (1978), Reunion (1998), Past Lives (2002)

Geezer Butler

Active: 1969–1985, 1990–1994, 1997–present

Instruments: bass, synthesizers, mellotron

Release contributions: all Black Sabbath releases from Black Sabbath (1970) to Born Again (1983), Dehumanizer (1992), Cross Purposes (1994), Reunion (1998), Past Lives (2002), The Dio Years (2006), Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Bill Ward

Active: 1969–1980, 1982–1985, 1997–present

Instruments: drums, percussion, backing vocals

Release contributions: all Black Sabbath releases from Black Sabbath (1970) to Heaven and Hell (1980), Born Again (1983), Reunion (1998), Past Lives (2002)