Passage: Black Sabbath waxay bilaabeen inay ka shaqeeyaan qalab cusub Oktoobar 1986 gudaha Air Studios ee Montserrat oo ay la socdaan soo saaraha Jeff Glixman. Diiwaangelintu waxay ku jirtay dhibaatooyin bilowgii, maadaama Glixman uu ka tagay ka dib fadhiyada bilowga ah si uu ugu badalo soo saaraha Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. Bassist Dave Spitz ayaa ka tagay "arrimo shaqsiyeed", oo hore u ahaa Rainbow iyo Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley ayaa la keenay. Daisley ayaa dib u duubay dhammaan raadadka baaska, wuxuuna qoray ereyada albumka, laakiin ka hor inta uusan albumka dhammaystirmin, wuxuu ka tagay inuu ku biiro kooxda taageerada Gary Moore, isagoo la socday garabka labaad ee Eric Singer. Ka dib markii uu soo saaray soo saaraha labaad ee Coppersmith-Heaven, kooxdu waxay ku soo noqotay Morgan Studios ee Ingiriiska 1987 si ay ula shaqeyso soo saaraha cusub Chris Tsides.
Sabbath madow