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I think the peak Tony Iommi creative era were the Dio years.
The 1st Ozzy era was very cool, it laid the foundation that metal is still building on. They left a no doubt legendary discography.
But that late 70s early 80s production, Ronnie's song writing style and a sober and healthy Bill Ward and Geezer Butler, that was pretty freaking magical too.
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Perhaps that era is overlooked because it was so short. I don't know, but lately I've been coming back to those records.
https://music.&si=lO7qP5OMmM9AI0Ab
The last one, Dehumanizer suffered from that early 80s disease that killed so many 70s hard rockers - Weird production for weirdness' sake, chasing MTV exposure with shitty vodeos and the like.
But to paraphrase the Who, The riffs are alright
https://music.&si=KWzGXb2ljv3J3wze