10 Most Divisive Albums In Rock Music History

10. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

There are always a lot of factors that are stacked against you before you even put an album out. If you don't have to worry about all of the industry BS that gets in the way, you also have to worry about staying true to your fans and trying to live up to the benchmark that you've already set for yourself. And it gets about 10x harder when you have to bring a new member into the mix.

After Ozzy left Black Sabbath, it looked like the days of these metal gods were over, until Tony Iommi found a replacement in Ronnie James Dio. Though Ronnie's delivery wasn't even close to the same booming register the Prince of Darkness had, you can't say they forgot how to write hooks, like the song Heaven and Hell capping things off for the next generation of Sabbath.

That doesn't mean that every fan was onboard. As much as this seemed like a match made in heaven, people who were preferring the classic Sabbath sound tended to flock towards Ozzy's solo career, which was about to take off like a bullet train after the release of Blizzard of Ozz. Still, this wasn't just going to a second run through of the classic Sabbath sound. This is what it sounds like when Tony Iommi got a new lease on his musical life and decided to lean into the darkness that much more.