Long after Tony Martin's debut album with Sabbath "Eternal Idol," comes "Cross Purposes." Many people would ignore these two great albums because it does not have Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio, but that would be a sin to miss out, because Black Sabbath seemed to show it's true, evil colors with Tony Iomi taking over the band. Every song on this album has it's own unique atmosphere, from acustic guitar intro's, to heavy demon growling guitars, to the hard pounding drums, and excellent keyboard playing. The songs seem to be about peoples dreams of heaven, and how they keep on hoping that it's the truth, but realize that it is not, and they keep on dreaming and feed themselves to a story of God when all they have is just each other and death at the end. At the time of this recording, the band line up was: Tony Martin (Vocals) Tony Iomi (Guitars)Geezer Butler (Bass) Bobby Rondinell (Drums) and last but not least Geoff Nicholls (Keyboards) This is possibly Sabbath's heaviest release.