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Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
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Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
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Bill Ward
Bill Ward
English musician
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Heaven & Hell
Heaven & Hell
British-American band
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Quartz
Quartz
British metal band
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
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Tony Martin
Tony Martin
English heavy metal musician
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Geoff Nicholls
Geoff Nicholls
English musician
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Geezer Butler
Geezer Butler
English bassist
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Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley
Australian rock bass guitarist
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Glenn Hughes
Glenn Hughes
British bassist and singer
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Francis Dunnery
Francis Dunnery
English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
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Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend
German band
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Randy Rhoads
Randy Rhoads
American guitarist
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Chris Tsangarides
Chris Tsangarides
British record producer
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
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Lee Kerslake
Lee Kerslake
British musician
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Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
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Trouble
Trouble
American doom metal band
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Lita Ford
Lita Ford
American rock guitarist and singer
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Don Airey
Don Airey
English keyboardist, rock musician
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Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
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Necromandus are an English rock band from Egremont, Cumberland, England. They were formed in 1970 and were discovered by Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath in 1972. After recording one album in 1973, they split up. The album was not released until 1999. In 2007 they were mentioned by Classic Rock magazine as a "lost pioneer" of heavy metal. Author Ian Christe has cited the band as one of the earliest doom metal groups.