Truly a band that was the "sum of its parts" but as a guitarist who has tried in vain to find rhythm sections that can properly play some of these songs I have alot of admiration and love for the combo of Ward and Butler. Rudimentary, perfect, always serving the song. Jazz on steroids.
I agree...when they did this 1st album... it was basically 4 guys that plugged in and plyaed and pressed record...This what Tony Iommi stated...Album2 Paranoid was more produced than this one...For me the rawness and the incredible sound of this album makes it my favorite hands down...
@@mikestand5163 to be fair, AC/DC and Sabbath are two very different bands. Sabbath is more darker, heavier metal whereas AC/DC was all about more simplistic and fun Rock n Roll. Both excelled at what they intended to put out if you ask me
Imagine hearing this in 1970 as a teen for the first time, you buy it thinking "this looks scary and who the hell is black sabbath" put your headphones on and *BOOM* blasted with the heaviest riffs of all time
Randy Ortiz Iommi said the unique thing about the 1st album is it's 4 guys in a place who basically plugged in turned up the volume an hit record..Lets see new bands of today do that
Still a ride...Sabbath and Judas Priest were the influence of many metal bands now days.Of course,they don't EVEN compare.Ozzy and Rob faced so much adversity in their careers...but never gave up.Many,many,many respects.
Mr fixit, damn the guys may be getting up there in age, but let's not start referring to them in past tense so soon! Thankfully, they're all still kickin' \m/
@Monica Lewis. Well, you are correct about the fact that they’re still kickin’ but I heard a more recent video of Geezer playing Bassically, and he didn’t have the same groove and feel he had on the album. For example Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith plays Sweet Emotion the same live as he played it on the album. Don’t get me wrong Geezer played some great bass grooves on the albums that I’ve copied note for note and his patterns seldom repeat. I noticed the same with Jack Bruce. Wasn’t quite as agile if you will, on the bass, as he was when he was young.
These guys are ridiculously tight as a band. With all the tempo/key changes they include in their music, you can't play sloppily. Each position was phenomenally talented/skilled. I love the heavy Blues influence.
All I can remember of 1970 is...Jr high....black lights....incense....a joint ...... lost viginity....Black Sabbath...happy times😊 Never forgotten.....always cherished 💗
Robert Ooyendyk I seen the original lineup in 2006 at Ozzfest. We took a cigarette pack full of big joints and one line envelopes in. When Sabbath took the stage in the evening, giant thunderstorm clouds rolled overhead as the first few notes of Black Sabbath were being played. Man that was great!
This album was both the beginning of heavy metal and a little look backwards. You can still hear blues and older rock influences on Tony's playing and the group.
Yuri Fyodorov , I get what you mean. Black Sabbath did their own thing, so it's not really fair to compare with Led Zepplin and what they did. Both are great in different ways. Geezer Butler did some fantastic writing, shame that he and Sharon Osbourne did not get along well. btw, it's Tony Iommi * I think the grand master guitarist is probably Eric Clapton, but so many others have brought us so much good music. See you at the Crossroads. (;
@Sepher Agon I feel the same way I love Zeppelin but I always was drawn to Sabbath you exactly said however I feel. Sorry not as smart as you really don't know where punctuations go.🤔 Lol
They set the standard for heavy metal bands to follow, but have never been matched by any other. It's always important to note that these guys are great musicians.
Somehow, This Album Sounds Better Now Than It Did In 1970! Probably Because Nothing Today Or Recently Can Come Anywhere Close To It! Screw Oil, THIS B.S. Is The REAL Black Gold!
I am also 52 so I know exactly what your saying. First off you just don't think to yourself that someone fifty two years old is going to be listening to this, in fact my step dad used to tell me " just wait until you get to be my age, your going to want a little peace and quiet" all I could think in my head was I would rather be dead than be alive and not like black sabbath anymore. He did a really good job of sending me down the wrong road. At 13 years old I was actually worried about having lost my lust for life and striving for a life of mediocrity by age 45. I doubled up on everything that made me feel young because I did not want to end up like that and apparently it worked. I still love sabbath at double the volume I still drink dos equis beers I still have a copy of we sold our soul for rock and roll (the double album set) I still chew double mint gum I still fantasize about the double mint twins. At this stage in life all I worry about is living life to the fullest because when it's time for me to meet my maker I don't want him to yawn and say so.... I see you got yourself a little peace and quiet. I want him to say holy me where do I start. And I will say you can start with the doublemint twins I've got a lot of apologizing to do to them.
59. and Nothing else can hit "that spot", it's gotta be old, old Sabbath, 4sure. & the ancient memories every time I listen... me+my lil' bro, (now RIP)= War Pigs #1. :)
I am not a rock/meatal fan at all but this is magnificent. I bought this album when I was a kid. This track and The Warning are the best tracks on that album but every track is pure gold. This is genius. A beautiful piece of work.
fk yea i like my fair share of metal but this section and warning are totally the best!! repeat this all the time. til the end time. an always a little dab of liquor and such makes it even better ;) but that goes for all good music. praise our lord dionysus
I bought "The Collection", a 2 tape set when I was 12 at Camelot music in Athens, GA. I played it until it was "draggy" and the tone vacillated up and down. Everybody always wanted to borrow it and I would not do it. Finally, I let my best friend borrow 1 of the 2 tapes. He kept it forever...literally. Truthfully, I think he loaned it to someone else and I lost track of the other one I still had. So bummed about that to this day.
fantastic..... heavy metal chords.... with a melodic voice soaring above.... somehow since, people had got the idea that heavy metal is with some guy growling into a microphone
because of the amount of shitty bands like cannibal corpse who became infamous for edgy album art. they're the reason people think that's what metal is.
well I mean it isn't just the cover art that is 'edgy' I'm pretty sure that the lyricist is a necrophiliac--It's just too specific if you read through the lyrics sheets
Jesus...can we not just enjoy great music without bringing fu@#in politics into it...if you wanna talk politics go to a damn blog site or something..leave the music alone...
In my opinion these three songs right here are just as good as it gets for them, killer songwriting and Tony's best solos I think. He has terrific taste in every one of them, and The Melodies are fantastic. I cannot believe how many memories this brings back when I used to listen to this stuff every single day in 1971. and that Rhythm Section, does not get the credit they deserve.
The band was formed and the music was written before they gave it a name. They could have named their band anything and the only difference would be your comment saying thank God there was already a band named Earth and [band name] became [band name]. I guess another difference could have been my grand mother not freaking out the first time she saw their logo drawn on my 6th grade history book’s cover. I wouldn’t have to explain to her that Earth or whatever is just a band name, not a declaration of my allegiance to Satan.
I remember I got into metal and bought this album and I was pissed off. Being an angry punk. Now I got out that phase and thank my inner genius for buying such greatness. And yes I do tell this story at parties. Bro.
Born in 67" first heard Black Sabbath when my older brother Steve who no longer with us, brought this home in 74" 46 years later, listening to it still like its yesterday! 53 now +++
Kids today have no clue what kick assed true metal really is…..I was 6 yrs old when this came out…My brother handed me the album and said "here kid listen to this" i was hooked…..
Yeah it has blues rock influences but it still sounds metal to me. Compared to metal of today it may not sound metal but back then this shit was pretty heavy.
Sabotage one of the greatest all time collection of magical genius! From Tony's mesmerizing riffs that move you to rock n boogie n bang your head to Geezer's superior backbone and insanely beautiful lyrics as well and never least Stinky's heavy as Bonham and delicate as thunder drums and sent to the sky with Ozzy's clear articulated devil sans angelic howls of pure vocalization can I say more
Black Sabbath was so different than anything I’ve ever heard. People call them Heavy Metal, I just think they were beyond that and everything. Heavy riffs, groove, spooky lyrics sang in a groovy manner. What’s not to love?
Precious cups within the flower deadly petals with strange power faces shine a deadly smile back up on you at your trial Chill and numbs from head to toe icy sun with frosty glow Why'd you go reaching your sorrow? why'd you go read no tomorrow Feel your spirit rise with the priest feel your body falling to its knees Take your walk of remorse take your body to a corpse take your body to a corpse take your body to a corpse if you want all remorse take your body to a corpse Now from darkness, there springs light Wall of Sleep is cold and bright Wall of Sleep is lying broken Sun shines in, you are awoken
There’s so many different riff changes in all the songs from this album. It’s like Tony Iomi had so many going through his head he just threw in as many as he could fit in, and it was beautiful!
My friend and I were browsing records in the record shop back in the day. He bought this 1st of Black Sabbath simply because he liked the cover art, he liked the cover art. We got home, fired up the stereo, and Holy Mother of God! How could the music be as, or even more powerful than that cover artwork? Black Sabbath is = the greatest of all time and in my opinion, own the heavy metal genre.
There are a shit load of great bands out there. Floyd, Zeppelin, Maiden, etc. Sabbath is the only band I've never gotten tired of, and for this reason among others, is why they will probably always be my favorite band.... Well them and the Dead.
In an Era of all time great musicians - Hendrix, Cream, Led Zep and others too numerous to name - Black Sabbath was as dramatic and awesome as any - Truly Kick Ass from the Core Rock on!
Tony Iommi had an industrial accident when he was 17, losing the tips of fingers on his right hand. He was told he'd never play again. But, he figured out a way to power through it. When he was 20, he played this. Undoubtedly a top 5 guitarist, all-time.
I vote the album cover to be a national work of art. Quite magnificent in its spellbinding ability to conjure up the dark powers involved in the birth of heavy rock. I also vote Black Sabbath to be the new religion to bring order to a world in chaos.........er....amen
The elite made everything for us. Including this masterpiece...make no mistake ... this whole album has a spell.and it is not created like many people think it was
Vengence cupped within the flower Deadly petals with strange power Faces shine a deadly smile Look upon you at your trial Chill that numbs from head to toe Icy sun with frosty glow Words that go read to your sorrow Words that go read no tommorow Feel your spirit rise with the breeze See your body falling to it's knees Sleeping wall of remorse Turns your body to a corpse Turns your body to a corpse Turns your body to a corpse Sleeping wall of remorse Turns your body to a corpse, come on Come on Now from darkness there springs light Wall of sleep is cool and bright Wall of sleep is lying broken Sun shines in you have awoken Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, come on, I can't fuckin' hear you Hey, hey, hey, hey Mr. Geezer Butler Thank you
I remember buying it at 12 yo in 1972. Rock music and bands were so exciting to find and follow and I was in that tween coming of age period. I read a blurb in, I think, Hit Parade (it was still around) about this new "underground" rock band. The album jacket intrigued me and I bought it. Remember thinking how strange and different it was and Ozzy's vocals so unique. I loved it and was an instant fan. When they came to town in 72' I pulled every string I could with my parents to get me to that concert. One of them being is that my father could not know. At 63 yo, I still play this particular album of Black Sabbath at least a couple times a year.
My all time favorite Black Sabbath tune. Been listening to in since 1972 and it never gets old. lol and I remember my parents and older siblings (who never left the 50's) saying I'd grow out of it.
No doubt the music was Frickin Awsome, but what's got me at least tonite as I look at what was the album cover, How eerie and Macabe was this album cover and this is late 60s no Tech, No CGI, no nothing How AWESOME of a job did this photographer or who ever put this album cover together do.
This is the REAL Shit-SABBATH 1ST album creates Dark imagery-but more of a connectuion to the music itself Ultra Psychadelic heavyness w Goblins soaring thru the forest nite BehindTheWallOfSleep/Written in ,69 released Friday Febuary 13th 1970.The Stoniest Band ever!!!!! LedBrewStar
When you listen to early Black Sabbath it truly is an eargasm.
It’s the only sabbath I really listen to🤘🏼
I listen to their first six albums plus heaven and hell and mob rules.
I listen at 430 Am is that too early? Oh yeah !!!!
Truly a band that was the "sum of its parts" but as a guitarist who has tried in vain to find rhythm sections that can properly play some of these songs I have alot of admiration and love for the combo of Ward and Butler. Rudimentary, perfect, always serving the song. Jazz on steroids.
Couldn't agree with you any more
Every song on this album is gold
The first five or so Sabbath albums are all no-filler classics, at the time the band was a metal music factory with no off switch
Helium Road I would say the first 6 albums.
Six! Motherfucking Sabotage.
This cassette and the sony walkman in the 80's is half the reason I cant hear worth a fuck !!!!!!
I agree...when they did this 1st album... it was basically 4 guys that plugged in and plyaed and pressed record...This what Tony Iommi stated...Album2 Paranoid was more produced than this one...For me the rawness and the incredible sound of this album makes it my favorite hands down...
That Bass, that guitar, those drums...they are as one.
Bro. Totally. Those 3 guys are just unmatched. They make basic blues/rock sound like an orchestra
Geezer bass insane
All that in a 3 piece 😳🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
We'll just leave Ozzy out of he conversation, of course.
@@ThaiThom I think Ozzy gets more than enough credit to be honest. And I like him but I like the musicians in the group more.
More riffs in a few songs than most bands have in their entire catalog. Almost 50 years old & blows away everything recorded in the last 25.
Love Sabbath!!!!
Absolutely! Tony was the Riffmaster!
@@mikestand5163 to be fair, AC/DC and Sabbath are two very different bands. Sabbath is more darker, heavier metal whereas AC/DC was all about more simplistic and fun Rock n Roll. Both excelled at what they intended to put out if you ask me
@@mikestand5163 im not tryna argue lol im just saying AC/DC are still legends in their own right
I listen to this album every morning eating my favorite cereal, Kellogg's Nuts n' Bolts.
Imagine hearing this in 1970 as a teen for the first time, you buy it thinking "this looks scary and who the hell is black sabbath" put your headphones on and *BOOM* blasted with the heaviest riffs of all time
*THIS* album... my God. What a beautiful thing.
so true
they were definitely ahead of their time!!!!
Yeah Randy ....I was fortunate to grow up on this .... I am old now, but man....... what a ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Randy Ortiz Iommi said the unique thing about the 1st album is it's 4 guys in a place who basically plugged in turned up the volume an hit record..Lets see new bands of today do that
Still a ride...Sabbath and Judas Priest were the influence of many metal bands now days.Of course,they don't EVEN compare.Ozzy and Rob faced so much adversity in their careers...but never gave up.Many,many,many respects.
Black Sabbath best band ever (in my opinion)
Yes 🤘🖤 where r u?
In a lot of other people's opinions as well!! Black Sabbath is the best band to ever walk the face of the Earth!
Cant agree more
Fucking right they are. The diversity in their songs is unmatched
E na minha opinião também.
The greatest heavy metal band ever....it's no contest.
wrsawy even if you like other bands more, you just have to admit. Best band, absolutely nobody is arguing with you
They are definitely the grandfather's of heavy metal.
It's not even fair, they invented it.
yeah and thats by fact! lol sure you can prefer certain bands more but there is no denying black sabbath are the best metal band
@@riffwizardsupreme They sure did.
Geezer Butler ,a legend.a master at those bass intro solos .GEEZER BUTLER.a genius lyric and song writer.
Chad Pittman. I have to agree he was very creative.
Mr fixit, damn the guys may be getting up there in age, but let's not start referring to them in past tense so soon! Thankfully, they're all still kickin' \m/
@Monica Lewis. Well, you are correct about the fact that they’re still kickin’ but I heard a more recent video of Geezer playing Bassically, and he didn’t have the same groove and feel he had on the album. For example Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith plays Sweet Emotion the same live as he played it on the album. Don’t get me wrong Geezer played some great bass grooves on the albums that I’ve copied note for note and his patterns seldom repeat. I noticed the same with Jack Bruce. Wasn’t quite as agile if you will, on the bass, as he was when he was young.
@@fonzario was he still hitting it? because these guys could fall ten miles and still be better than the current amazement lol
It kinda sounds like the bass on fairy’s wear boots to me...both amazing
These guys are ridiculously tight as a band. With all the tempo/key changes they include in their music, you can't play sloppily. Each position was phenomenally talented/skilled. I love the heavy Blues influence.
Like a fine wine this album gets better with age!
Про вино это в точку!!!
0:00 Wasp
0:32 Behind the wall of sleep
3:38 Bassically
4:19 N.I.B
Thank you Adam
Much obliged
Every song on this album is platinum
Gold
Renato T Platinum > Gold
This album puts me in a trance
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse
Yes
Early Doom metal
One of the greatest bands of all time . Tony is the the original Riff Master
tru
All I can remember of 1970 is...Jr high....black lights....incense....a joint ...... lost viginity....Black Sabbath...happy times😊
Never forgotten.....always cherished 💗
bowecho So what happened? 😝
The hell
@Sepher Agon wal mart
Black Sabbath sounds just as good now as they did in 1970. Simply awesome.
Robert Ooyendyk ikr!! Sabbath did that tour last year and it sounded just like they did in 70. A strange but cool thing
Robert Ooyendyk I seen the original lineup in 2006 at Ozzfest. We took a cigarette pack full of big joints and one line envelopes in. When Sabbath took the stage in the evening, giant thunderstorm clouds rolled overhead as the first few notes of Black Sabbath were being played. Man that was great!
Robert Ooyendyk saw them n 85 saw them in 13 . . .just as good only better
Music is timeless
Robert Ooyendyk haha haha its a recording. trooper. lol
This whole album made rock into heavy metal
Amen!
First guitar tab book I ever got and dude, I play blues!!
This album was both the beginning of heavy metal and a little look backwards. You can still hear blues and older rock influences on Tony's playing and the group.
Yuri Fyodorov , I get what you mean. Black Sabbath did their own thing, so it's not really fair to compare with Led Zepplin and what they did. Both are great in different ways. Geezer Butler did some fantastic writing, shame that he and Sharon Osbourne did not get along well.
btw, it's Tony Iommi *
I think the grand master guitarist is probably Eric Clapton, but so many others have brought us so much good music.
See you at the Crossroads.
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@Sepher Agon I feel the same way I love Zeppelin but I always was drawn to Sabbath you exactly said however I feel. Sorry not as smart as you really don't know where punctuations go.🤔 Lol
They set the standard for heavy metal bands to follow, but have never been matched by any other. It's always important to note that these guys are great musicians.
Everyband has their own magic
I can't compare this with Show no mercy or Kill em all
Yeah!
I totally agree with that mate.
Somehow, This Album Sounds Better Now Than It Did In 1970! Probably Because Nothing Today Or Recently Can Come Anywhere Close To It! Screw Oil, THIS B.S. Is The REAL Black Gold!
nothing has the right to sound this good to my ears
Yes it does here it is!
BLACK SABBATH the very best band to me ,loved them in 1973 at 14 love them now at 62!!!!
I am 52 and I still Love black Sabbath rock on
55, still Loving Black Sabbath, if they can still play at 70, something, I can still listen at. 50 something
Yeah!
I am also 52 so I know exactly what your saying. First off you just don't think to yourself that someone fifty two years old is going to be listening to this, in fact my step dad used to tell me " just wait until you get to be my age, your going to want a little peace and quiet" all I could think in my head was I would rather be dead than be alive and not like black sabbath anymore. He did a really good job of sending me down the wrong road. At 13 years old I was actually worried about having lost my lust for life and striving for a life of mediocrity by age 45. I doubled up on everything that made me feel young because I did not want to end up like that and apparently it worked. I still love sabbath at double the volume I still drink dos equis beers I still have a copy of we sold our soul for rock and roll (the double album set) I still chew double mint gum I still fantasize about the double mint twins. At this stage in life all I worry about is living life to the fullest because when it's time for me to meet my maker I don't want him to yawn and say so.... I see you got yourself a little peace and quiet. I want him to say holy me where do I start. And I will say you can start with the doublemint twins I've got a lot of apologizing to do to them.
The drumer is a master of percussion and should get credit for number one job
if there was ever a first album this is it.
Black sabbath not just masters of reality but the masters of music
OMG ITS LIKE I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS AND IM 45 AND BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE LISTENING TO IT
Afukn'men!
I hear ya
59.
and Nothing else can hit "that spot", it's gotta be old, old Sabbath, 4sure.
& the ancient memories every time I listen... me+my lil' bro, (now RIP)= War Pigs #1. :)
65. Bought the album when I was 13.
Been listening to this longer than you been alive. I started in 1971… was 11…still!
I love that classic cover!
sandinyourshoes Scared the crap out of me when I was a kid......
Agreed...it's HAUNTING (love it!!).
@@kellymcdonald1895 , I see what you mean! The strange lady seems very powerful.
@Sepher Agon no looks like it
@Sepher Agon no
I am not a rock/meatal fan at all but this is magnificent. I bought this album when I was a kid. This track and The Warning are the best tracks on that album but every track is pure gold. This is genius. A beautiful piece of work.
fk yea i like my fair share of metal but this section and warning are totally the best!!
repeat this all the time. til the end time.
an always a little dab of liquor and such makes it even better ;) but that goes for all good music. praise our lord dionysus
Our lord Dionysus? Sabbath is the greatest Christian rock band of all time.
Welcome to the club brother
I don’t understand you said you bought this album when you were a kid but you’re not a rock/metal fan.
I bought "The Collection", a 2 tape set when I was 12 at Camelot music in Athens, GA. I played it until it was "draggy" and the tone vacillated up and down. Everybody always wanted to borrow it and I would not do it. Finally, I let my best friend borrow 1 of the 2 tapes. He kept it forever...literally. Truthfully, I think he loaned it to someone else and I lost track of the other one I still had. So bummed about that to this day.
fantastic.....
heavy metal chords....
with a melodic voice soaring above....
somehow since, people had got the idea
that heavy metal is with some guy growling into
a microphone
Stream Tree3 Bam. Thank you.
because of the amount of shitty bands like cannibal corpse who became infamous for edgy album art. they're the reason people think that's what metal is.
well I mean it isn't just the cover art that is 'edgy' I'm pretty sure that the lyricist is a necrophiliac--It's just too specific if you read through the lyrics sheets
Stream Tree3. Ya that growling thing is referred to as death metal. I prefer heavy metal better. IMO.
That's my main gripe with a lot of bands that are "heavy metal" too, the unmusical "growling" singing
Every album of Black Sabbath's is a true Masterpiece !
At lease the first 4!
This is the Greatest First album in the History of Music!!!
Led Zeppelin 1 - sorry
Led Zeppelin, Boston, Van Halen were right up there also
This is the Greatest First Metal Album in the History of Music!!!
This and The Doors.
morrison was scary but this was completely shocking
I listened to this eight track over and over
i don't want to make a public reply , like i said .
What's a 8-track ? Best music EVER written ! I wish I wrote it ! I be 60yrs old now, from Detroit. (MoTown)
Its beautiful
Who are the three morons that gave thumbs down? This is one of the greatest records of all time!! \m/
They're the same three (now 5) Hilary Clinton supporter morons who troll about and try to bring down all other great songs and videos! :D
My opinion is if you're a Sabbath supporter, you CAN NOT be a supporter of politics....one side or the other.....
Jesus...can we not just enjoy great music without bringing fu@#in politics into it...if you wanna talk politics go to a damn blog site or something..leave the music alone...
Shawn Chamberlain Correct. - Latino
Kidding
In my opinion these three songs right here are just as good as it gets for them, killer songwriting and Tony's best solos I think. He has terrific taste in every one of them, and The Melodies are fantastic. I cannot believe how many memories this brings back when I used to listen to this stuff every single day in 1971. and that Rhythm Section, does not get the credit they deserve.
Rhythm section?😂😂😂 They are a 3 piece Bass, Lead, and Drums then Ozzy singing. Yep, they are that good!!!!!!!
Thanks God there were another band caled 'Earth' and and Black Sabbath became a Black Sabbath.
Earth was another band in Birmingham loool
Ozzy once compared the name Earth to the sound a person makes when they puke lol
The band was formed and the music was written before they gave it a name. They could have named their band anything and the only difference would be your comment saying thank God there was already a band named Earth and [band name] became [band name].
I guess another difference could have been my grand mother not freaking out the first time she saw their logo drawn on my 6th grade history book’s cover. I wouldn’t have to explain to her that Earth or whatever is just a band name, not a declaration of my allegiance to Satan.
I remember I got into metal and bought this album and I was pissed off. Being an angry punk. Now I got out that phase and thank my inner genius for buying such greatness. And yes I do tell this story at parties. Bro.
My mother took me to see then in 1970 right after the album was released. Thanks Mom.va beach 1970
What a great mum, my mum hated me let alone sabbath.
What a great mom.
Mine took me to Zep in 75.Thx mom.Youre the greatest
familia es todo bro
I love your mother too
Rocking family. Not many Sabbath fans can say that.
Recorded in a day .best album ever
And metal was born and all across the land Black sabbath was a rocking band
And still kicking ass
One night I was driving back home, had this song cranked flying down the road in the pitch black with the window open. Singing my heart out.
there's some of the best moments of Rock this is
Born in 67" first heard Black Sabbath when my older brother Steve who no longer with us, brought this home in 74" 46 years later, listening to it still like its yesterday! 53 now +++
Kids today have no clue what kick assed true metal really is…..I was 6 yrs old when this came out…My brother handed me the album and said "here kid listen to this" i was hooked…..
Should have done that to my brother. He listens to "new rock".
+CynicOfAll This song (or these songs) isn't really metal. This is actually Blues Rock and the last part, NIB, can additionally be called Jazz Rock.
+Manic Maniac You might be right but, really, who cares what it "is?"
It's brilliant, that what it is.
Yeah it has blues rock influences but it still sounds metal to me. Compared to metal of today it may not sound metal but back then this shit was pretty heavy.
Oh yea it was the heaviest in its time that i can remember….
Sabotage one of the greatest all time collection of magical genius! From Tony's mesmerizing riffs that move you to rock n boogie n bang your head to Geezer's superior backbone and insanely beautiful lyrics as well and never least Stinky's heavy as Bonham and delicate as thunder drums and sent to the sky with Ozzy's clear articulated devil sans angelic howls of pure vocalization can I say more
Black Sabbath was so different than anything I’ve ever heard. People call them Heavy Metal, I just think they were beyond that and everything. Heavy riffs, groove, spooky lyrics sang in a groovy manner. What’s not to love?
It's pure brilliance
I agree with all you said!!!
The 1st 6 albums by Sabbath should be considered heavy metal mega classics.
Every time I listen to Sabbath it is like I've heard then for the first time. It never fails to disappoint.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘✌✌✌✌💣
It never fails to disappoint... hmmmm I think you meant something else
Black Sabbath old stuff brings me back when was a kid Love it they still sound good
Since I have been playing guitar, my first go to has been Black Sabbath to calm my nerves and forget this wicked world. ✌
Most organic band ever.. forged metal with their bare hands... whole album is a masterpiece
Reminds me of going to metal shows with my dad when I was young. Some good times.
Precious cups within the flower
deadly petals with strange power
faces shine a deadly smile
back up on you at your trial
Chill and numbs from head to toe
icy sun with frosty glow
Why'd you go reaching your sorrow?
why'd you go read no tomorrow
Feel your spirit rise with the priest
feel your body falling to its knees
Take your walk of remorse
take your body to a corpse
take your body to a corpse
take your body to a corpse
if you want all remorse
take your body to a corpse
Now from darkness, there springs light
Wall of Sleep is cold and bright
Wall of Sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in, you are awoken
Steven Curry isn’t it deadly battles?
This is pretty inaccurate
Steven Curry opium poppies
It’s about the effects of Datura
Dunbar "Brox" Moreshead Hickling Dmochoski
There’s so many different riff changes in all the songs from this album. It’s like Tony Iomi had so many going through his head he just threw in as many as he could fit in, and it was beautiful!
was born in 91, this was my childhood music and still is to this day, without black sabbath there wouldnt be metal today
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Best of all time, you can hear the blues in it
Geezer's bass is what made Black Sabbath so dark. Jesus that tone is killer.
I agree. Geezer is the hidden Jem in the band. Wrote most of the lyrics to some of the best songs too
My friend and I were browsing records in the record shop back in the day. He bought this 1st of Black Sabbath simply because he liked the cover art, he liked the cover art. We got home, fired up the stereo, and Holy Mother of God! How could the music be as, or even more powerful than that cover artwork? Black Sabbath is = the greatest of all time and in my opinion, own the heavy metal genre.
This is one of my favorite album covers, like a scene from one of my dreams.
Wow i consider myself being lucky my parents have so much of these on vinyl! I've got the album in vinyl and it's just so good!
Black sabbath was great but Led Zeppelin was the best
@@davidhavens3650 Yeah, no
I still have my album that I bought with babysitting money way back when about 50 years!!
One of the best debuts
Im back think ive got the sickness.. yes the sabbath bug is back again, watch out its contagious
My favorite album of all time. I was 12 when it came out. I still listen to it in awe.
Me too! Well, I was actually 10 yo when it came out but I didn't know of it or buy it until I was twelve.
Likewise
The most influential band of all-times. Heavy metal, be damned. This was apex pop/rock/soul. They bested all of it.
Ozzy, what a guy, what a artist. He was able to see all his music before he wrote it.
Geezer wrote the lyrics, and Tony Iommi wrote the music.
There are a shit load of great bands out there. Floyd, Zeppelin, Maiden, etc. Sabbath is the only band I've never gotten tired of, and for this reason among others, is why they will probably always be my favorite band.... Well them and the Dead.
Them and TooL and Kyuss 🏴☠️
Up to this point, Mainstream Music had never heard anything like this before....Ground Breaking! Amazing!
In an Era of all time great musicians - Hendrix, Cream, Led Zep and others too numerous to name - Black Sabbath was as dramatic and awesome as any - Truly Kick Ass from the Core Rock on!
They were better way better
The pure essence of guitar, bass, drums and vocal magic
listen to this with headphones! seriously.
i jammed this lp in 1978
Tony Iommi had an industrial accident when he was 17, losing the tips of fingers on his right hand. He was told he'd never play again. But, he figured out a way to power through it. When he was 20, he played this. Undoubtedly a top 5 guitarist, all-time.
The soundtrack of my teens
I vote the album cover to be a national work of art. Quite magnificent in its spellbinding ability to conjure up the dark powers involved in the birth of heavy rock. I also vote Black Sabbath to be the new religion to bring order to a world in chaos.........er....amen
The elite made everything for us. Including this masterpiece...make no mistake ... this whole album has a spell.and it is not created like many people think it was
One of my favorite Black Sabbath songs😀 Great album!
Vengence cupped within the flower
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Look upon you at your trial
Chill that numbs from head to toe
Icy sun with frosty glow
Words that go read to your sorrow
Words that go read no tommorow
Feel your spirit rise with the breeze
See your body falling to it's knees
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse, come on
Come on
Now from darkness there springs light
Wall of sleep is cool and bright
Wall of sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in you have awoken
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, come on, I can't fuckin' hear you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Mr. Geezer Butler
Thank you
my first sabbath album as a teenager and was and still is my all time favorite black sabbath album
Man, this album was so far ahead of it's time.
I remember buying it at 12 yo in 1972. Rock music and bands were so exciting to find and follow and I was in that tween coming of age period. I read a blurb in, I think, Hit Parade (it was still around) about this new "underground" rock band. The album jacket intrigued me and I bought it. Remember thinking how strange and different it was and Ozzy's vocals so unique. I loved it and was an instant fan. When they came to town in 72' I pulled every string I could with my parents to get me to that concert. One of them being is that my father could not know. At 63 yo, I still play this particular album of Black Sabbath at least a couple times a year.
Mr. Ward..did he not kill it??
His drums on this album are the best Ive heard. Just killer shit
Superb!...NEVER gets old
One of the best songs ever recorded.
Visions cupped within a flower
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Look upon you at your trial
Got this album in 80 and learned almost the whole album on guitar by ear can't read music took about 2yrs
Mr Andrew had a friend Jeff ,Did the same thing ,would listen to him copy Toni on a 33 player
Great song, Ozzy is fantastic!! His voice is amazing!
Brilliant stuff....first two albums are geniusness.
Man I love the transition from wall of sleep to NIB
*Bassically 😉
My all time favorite Black Sabbath tune. Been listening to in since 1972 and it never gets old. lol and I remember my parents and older siblings (who never left the 50's) saying I'd grow out of it.
Until you burned the grooves off of this in your eight track you do not have a clue what real metal is.
But I only had the LP...
Burned the grooves off the fucking LP.
Also is that you BOB.
Such great work. Great drums throughout
It's 2020 and still listening. Stay well Ozzy, good luck with your battle stay in the light prince of darkness......
This is the first album I bought when I was in sixth grade some 40 years ago. Who knew I hit the best album of all time.
Ozzy semplicemente superbo, n1. Butler bassista geniale .
No doubt the music was Frickin Awsome, but what's got me at least tonite as I look at what was the album cover, How eerie and Macabe was this album cover and this is late 60s no Tech, No CGI, no nothing How AWESOME of a job did this photographer or who ever put this album cover together do.
surely one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs
I listen to this album every morning eating my favorite cereal, Kellogg's Nuts n' Bolts.
Epic Rock, can't get bored, listen again and again !
Yeah!
Seen them in 77 loved it all great albums
This is the REAL Shit-SABBATH 1ST album creates Dark imagery-but more of a connectuion to the music itself Ultra Psychadelic heavyness w Goblins soaring thru the forest nite BehindTheWallOfSleep/Written in ,69 released Friday Febuary 13th 1970.The Stoniest Band ever!!!!! LedBrewStar