Rating: - The day music came alive.
This is it. The first Metal album. The most influential metal album of all time. The debut of the founding fathers. Sabbath were initially inspired by The Beatles to make music but this album began with a simple idea after Iommi came out the cinema. His idea was if people would pay too see a horror movie maybe they would pay to listen to a horror album. He was right and Metal was born. Even the genre name Metal came from the factories they used to work in. As a half-Brummie myself and having always ... Read More
Rating: - debut of sabbath, debut of heavy metal itself
for all you young metal fans , who ever wondered, "where did metal come from, when did it begin" well you are now looking at the very first album of heavy metal, some people will tell you, that metal was made by led zepplin, the kinks, jimmy hendrix or other mere hard rock bands of teh 60's but they are wrong. go ahead, listen to a whole lotta love, then listen to the track black sabbath on this cd, and see the difference. this is were metal started, if you dont believe this review then see teh documentary ... Read More
Rating: - FIRST METAL ALBUM EVER AND ONE OF THE BEST!!!!
I bought this a couple of years ago as my first Sabbath album and i was blown away by it. You'll find no filler here just all killer tracks. The album starts of with the classic track Black Sabbath wow what a track they made this track to scare people they did there job well, the track is about finding out satan has picked you as the chosen one and the freaky thing about it is geezer butler wrote this after seeing a black shaped figure at the end of his bed (now thats creepy), the next track is The Wizard which ... Read More
Rating: - What is this that stands before me !
OK....LETS KEEP THIS SIMPLE....I HAVE BEEN A ROCK/METAL FAN FOR 30 YEARS AND THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER.....I KNOW THIS IS A BOLD STATEMENT BUT IT IS JUSTIFIED....MUSICAL BRILLIANCE AND DARK OVERTONES......JUST BUY IT !
Rating: - One Of The Most Important (And Best) Albums Ever!
Now this is how its done boys and girls, a true masterpiece and the birth of heavy metal which had been only hinted at before. Of course there is a raging argument as to who invented heavy metal generally uneducated people will suggest the ridiculous e.g. the Kinks, the Who, the Beatles (yes, they all used distortion but I'll be damned if that's metal, however I must say I do have a soft spot for 60's pop) others may suggest the more plausible (Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Cream and the Jeff Beck Group) but still no ... Read More
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