Disco de Black Sabbath: “Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 [2002 DVD]”

This is a Story of SABBATH, not a Concert video. Great Interviews with DIO, GILLAN ( very funny segment that explains where SPINAL TAP and Stonehenge originated). Fundamentally different to Volume 1 of the set THE BLACK SABBATH STORY; and yes you DO get 85 Minutes worth of material, just in several slabs. Dio seems to be at his most conciliatory, probably because of the then upcoming De-Humanizer tour. This is a real Gem, and I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD. SABBATH will Hopefully release a Third DVD to cover the period post 1993. And i hope they do this soon. I would especially Love to see a long interview with Bill Ward, since he has been the most honest, forthright, and consistently appreciable of the band members in talks and other interviews. You will see this in Bill's spots on this DVD, and it is worth the wait to see Bill on screen, although it is conceivable that Fans who like Volume one will not like the fundamentally different content in Volume 2 .

First off, I'm a HUGE Sabbath fan, and admittedly more so of the early Ozzy stuff, so I could be biased in that regard. However, I still feel this DVD could have been much better. Starts off strong with great Dio fronted performances. Some stuff from "Mob Rules" would have been nice. We get literally a two second clip of "Zero the Hero" (which I think is a great song). And then we get POWER BALLADS! Like the entire, cheese covered, glossy MTV videos. If you're into the late 80's Sabbath sound, this might not be so bad. Then the DVD ends with the "Dehumanizer" reunion album/tour with Dio. Would it have killed them to include the entire "T.V. Crimes" video? The main portion of this DVD is less than 45 minutes long (there are some extra interview type segments elsewhere in the menu). It seems as though all the good stuff (i.e. performances) are either clipped or interrupted. Black Sabbath may not have been in top form for a good portion of the 80's, but again, this DVD could have been a lot better.

I love the music from this era of the band but I dont love this video. problems i have with this release:

1. widescreen format: The DVD cuts the heads of dio in Die Young and neon knights!

From viewing this DVD for the first time,I can NOW remember WHY I don't usually flip over that many DVD releases.I mean,this Story Of Black Sabbath is like a bad joke.It's got some good footage,but it should have had much more of Dio and Ian Gillan.Never cared for vocalist Tony Martin at all,but the clip here for "Headless Cross" isn't half bad.As for the songs performed with Dio,which were "Die Young","Neon Knights" and "TV Crimes",they should have completely edited the interview DURING the dang song!Those first two,I believe I saw them on Don Kirshner way back when.A total of 45 minutes of the music segment,plus several 'waste of time' extras.For Sabbath die-hards and completists only.Sure glad this DVD didn't cost me much.

I have had this tape for almost 10 years now, and nothing has come along that even gets close to the material on this tape. It is now available on DVD. One difference with the DVD is that Volume 2 starts with the dio years, whereas the VHS starts with "a hard road" and the end of the Ozzy years, which the DVD collection put on volume one. This set covers the Dio years and the post Dio years with Ian Gillen, Glenn hughes, and Tony Martin, ending with the return of Dio and the Dehumanizer album. This set was put out originally at the time of the release of the dehumanizer album, unfortunately Sabbath was pretty well depleted in popularity at that time. So this is a must have for the sabbath fans. I just wish they would release at some point a volume three, to include the post De-humanizer years and the reunion, I'll keep my fingers crossed.