has not affected his ability to play the drums. Ward later admitted he underwent gastrointestinal surgery in 2013, and is still recovering. "Currently my health is not bad but it's certainly not good enough to play in any band, never mind Black Sabbath." By 2021, he admitted that he was no longer able to play his drum parts for Black Sabbath, but was open to recording another studio album with them. Ward stated in an interview he "lost a friend" in Osbourne after his statements about Ward's health in 2012, but maintained contact with Butler and Iommi. However, they appear to have reconciled since then, as Osbourne named Ward as one of the people that kept in touch with him during his health problems in 2019. In 2016, Ward expressed his distaste for religion saying that he grew up in a "heathen" family and did not believe in a "fire and brimstone god [...] bloody rubbish!" He did however enjoy singing in Sunday church choirs growing up. Influence Drumming website Totaldrumsets has listed Ward among "The 100 Most Influential Drummers Ever!" and has defined him "the mastermind behind the unholy birth of heavy metal drumming". In 2016, he was ranked 42nd in Rolling Stone's list 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Equipment Ward uses Tama drums, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, and Gibraltar hardware. Discography with Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970) Paranoid (1970) Master of Reality (1971) Vol. 4 (1972) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) Sabotage (1975) Technical Ecstasy (1976) Never Say Die! (1978) Heaven and Hell (1980) Live at Last (1980) Born Again (1983) Reunion (1998) Past Lives (2002) with Ozzy Osbourne Live & Loud (1993) with Tony Iommi Iommi (2000) Solo Ward One: Along the Way (1990) When the Bough Breaks (1997) Straws (single) (2002) The Dark Half Hour (web mix) (2004) Accountable Beasts (2015) with Bill Ward Band Arrows (song dedicated to the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting) (2019) Once This Was A Road (2019) Powder on the Moon (2020) Bombers "The Remake" (a remake of "Bombers Can Open Bomb Bays"), featuring drummer Walter Earl (2020) with Day of Errors Blaspheming at Creation (2017) - Day of Errors/Blaspheming at Creation Dark (2019) Ghost Train (2019) with The Mezmerist The Innocent, The Forsaken, The Guilty (demo) (1983) Compilations We Sold Our Soul for Rock & Roll (1975) The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) Symptom of the Universe: