However, it is safe to say that Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler – who has associated Villa with the “smell of pipe tobacco” from when he “sneaked in as a kid” – is Sabbath’s most ardent fan.

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,