Black Sabbath Adds Black Lives Matter T-Shirt to Merch Store

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

June 16th, 2020 2:58 PM

Black Sabbath has added a Black Lives Matter t-shirt to their online merch store with 100% of the net proceeds being donated to Black Lives Matter.

The band’s social media channels shared an image of the shirt and a link to purchase. The shirt itself features the phrase “Black Lives Matter” in the purple font featured on the band’s 1971 album Master of Reality.

This is the first time the band has sold this shirt, despite it existing on various third-party t-shirt sites for a number of years. Earlier this month, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello shared a photo to his Instagram of him wearing the Sabbath BLM t-shirt.

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: (L-R) Inductees Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi and Terry Butler of Black Sabbath" pose backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Inductees Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward of Black Sabbath" pose backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: (L-R) Inductee Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath" poses backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Inductee Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath" poses backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Inductee Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath" poses backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Inductee Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath" poses backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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  NEW YORK - MARCH 13: (L-R) Inductees Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi and Terry Butler of Black Sabbath" pose backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. The induction ceremony will air March 21, 2006 on VH1. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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