Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

The sun is setting on the post hippy horizon of swinging sixties England. In the heart of the bleak industrial landscape of Birmingham, four long haired young men, bound to a predetermined future of factory drudgery and little else, look out at life with smog tinted spectacles and then look back to their rough, working class, urban upbringing. Amalgamating this with some stunning musicianship and a heritage of British blues, the group boiled it all down and watched it set into one great smouldering slab of metal. Add to it some evil imagery (inspired by a poster they spotted in a local cinema for the horror film of the same name) and you have spawned the band, the ...

Well, This is the album that released Ozzy on an unsupecting world, with his showmanship and slightly surreal lyrics fitting perfectly to Geezer's thundering bass, Wards impeccable drumming and Iommis ground-breaking solos. This album comes right from the infancy of metal, with a strong blues influence and an image that is more 'leather clad hippie' than the later 'leather clad bat-eaters' we now know, and this is reflected in the music, with the opening track, called 'black sabbath' and its monumental riff the album develops from hard, bluesy rock songs to sprawling, intertwined songs with flawless guitar and bass solos, with the ...

Black Sabbath formed in 1967 as Polka Tulk then Earth and then changed their name in 1970 for the release of their debut album. This album was the first heavy metal album ever, Sabbath were the first heavy metal band ever. FACT!! Without them their would be no Korn, Slipknot, Metallica etc and people fail to realise this. This album was the inspiraion to countless bands. Blakc Sabbath the song is to be honest quite disturbing but it is a fine musical and lyrical achievement. When Iommi's guitar kicks in at the end you realise this album is something special. N.I.B. has a superb bass solo and a riff and the lyrics are something else. All the songs are good ...