BirdsElopeWithTheSun there is no one on this planet who hasn’t heard N.I.B. before our at least the riff but I agree that they would love it in case they’ve never heard it.
Keep going with Sabbath. Try "Black Sabbath," "The Wizard," "Electric Funeral," "Sweet Leaf," or "Children of the Grave." Any of those would be great to do next.
“Symptom of the Universe” from Sabotage is Sabbath at their most progressive, heavy, and creative. Or for their epitome of their “stoner” side, you gottta check “Sweet Leaf”.
I can still remember my first time hearing SUPERNAUT. I was in the army ready to go to NAM and while I was over at my friend's pad he pulled out VOL 4. Oh really a new record. He put it on and played side 1. OMG everybody was quiet. and I said " ahh could you play that one more time???❤️
Vol 4 was their “drug” album. At the height of their fame, young and wealthy, and blown out of their minds during the recording. If I recall correctly, some of the guys barely remember recording it. But it turned out great. “Snowblind” is my favorite song from the album, very different than Supernaut although I dig it too.
Wish LiV would have touched more on sabbath post Covid. At the very least touch Sabbath bloody sabbath but would have liked to see them check out Under the Sun from vol4
Really: cocaine. Vol. 4 is, definitely, "the cocaine album" [Ozzy & Tony discovered it in L.hAy-hey. 😛]. ...One demonstration: Iommi's "trill solo" on THIS, particular, track!!!! 😂😁😋😋
It was the late 60 and early 70s They had the best stuff you could get!! But who wasn't using something back then!! Clapton wrote cocaine didn't he?? Had the balls to put out that song and he made millions from it!! Imagine that!! You can make millions from writing a song about drugs!??
"Warning", "Sabra Cadabra" and "Symptom of the Universe" "Warning" will show a deep bluesy side with soul singing, and Geezer's bass playing is on a whole 'nuther level, speaking of showing him some love. "Sabra Cadabra" has piano and organ subtly mixed into the riffage that is totally unique, with a NASTY groove at the latter end of the tune. "Symptom of the Universe" will hit you full force right upfront with one of the meatiest riffs that will melt your face off, followed by a dramatic shift to jazz-folk synthesis that will surprise you. Oh, and one more... Even though you've reacted to "War Pigs" - studio version...you MUST, and l mean MUST...react to their Live in Paris 1970 version. You will die! And then be brought back to new life. It's that amazing! It will be like hearing the song for the first time all over again.
"What did they do differently on this album?" Cocaine. Lots and lots of cocaine (to the point they even wrote a song about how much they were doing). Seriously though, Vol 4 got into much more of their jazz background. That drum breakdown in Supernaut has some latin jazz flair, St. Vitus Dance is really jazzy. It's funny that as influential as Sabbath are, everyone grabbed the heaviness of Iommi's riffs and ran with that, but nobody does the jazzy stuff Ward and Butler were putting out on every single song. Sabbath had swing from those 2 and none of the doom bands really duplicate that part of the Sabbath sound.
I don’t disagree, but according to the late movie producer Julia Phillips in You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town again, the coke everyone was snorting at that time came from Peru (it was even called Peruvian Marching Powder as far back as the 1920’s) and it was a different animal than the Colombian drug cartel coke that took over in the late 70’s. Julia Phillips calls it the Peruvian butterflies because she said it exploded in your mind like little butterflies in the sunshine. If that’s true, then that would account for the trippy, spacey feel that a lot of Vol 4 has
I absolutely agree with you about the rhythm section thing. It's really unfortunate that so few metal bands picked up on that aspect of Sabbath. The early Sabbath is SOOO groovy and so much metal would be improved if it just had a little more of that. One of my favorite rhythm sections in rock and still underappreciated. Geezer and Ward forever! Viva la groove. Viva la distorted bass. Viva la revolution.
Fun fact: In the liner notes to Vol. 4, the band offers their special thanks to the “COKE-Cola company of L.A.” You can’t tell me they weren’t partying.
Are there any doom metal bands that has some of that jazzy blues stuff going on? I always miss that in doom metal, that's why i never stop listening på Sabbath
"LORD OF THIS WORLD" satisfying heavy goovy riffs with transitions. "WHEELS OF CONFUSION" has different sections and changes to it. A precursor to prog-rock. "KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE" heavy sounding with a few transitions and influenced a lot of modern bands From the Ronnie James Dio years: "Sign of the Southern Cross"
Yes more sabbath please... Here are some song suggestions: Wheels of confusion A national Acrobat Symptom of the universe Snowblind Behind the wall of sleep Killing yourself to live Spiral architect
@@FLPXIZ Absolutely, and finally You should do "Hole in the sky" and add the ballad "Solitude", the best would be the whole "sabotage" album, maybe cut it in two pieces
Yeah, I totally agree! Always loved this groove. One time my gf came home from work and I was zoned out playing guitar to this song cranked on the stereo jumping around with my eyes closed, totally getting off on the rhythm. When I opened my eyes the look on her face was priceless!
"Black Sabbath" and "The Wizard" from their first album is a must, whenever you can get to it. "Black Sabbath" might not be playlist for you guys (Personally, I love it) but it's basically the first ever metal song from an actual metal band, so it's important. "The Wizard" on the other hand will be playlist for sure.
I think "N.I.B." or "Hand of Doom" would be a great next choice. Also, I would suggest "Sabbra Cadabra", very under rated track. "Planet Caravan" is a sick one as well, VERY chill, almost jazzy.
OZZY DOESNT EVEN REMEMBER RECORDING THIS ALBUM, he was high off his ass. The other members barely remember it either. This was when they were at the height of their fame and they did so much drugs.
This is an album done and inspired by cocaine and you can feel that in the songs and lyrics. Most songs make you want to grind your teeth, they have that slow downtuned sound of the previous album but then they will suddenly slash some fast, piercing, eventually unpleasant stuff over it. It's a trip really
KEEP GOING WITH THE SABBATH: I RECOMMEND: N.I.B ( essential) HAND OF DOOM (amazing transitions) WARNING (long and heavy on the instruments) Great job guys on making isolation less isolated!
Please do “Hand of doom” or “The Wizard”!!! Hand of doom as you might have guessed by the title that it’s a more doom sounding song and The Wizard is just a great song with some good ass harmonica and Is one of their more underrated songs that should be more well known.
Bzzzztttt!!!!! Beaten-to-the-punch (by a YEAR!) by: QUEEN's "Stone Cold Crazy". So: NOT the first. (...but many founding Thrash artists name either or both as huge influences on their thinking. 👍👍⚡).
@@Nissardpertugiu the best side of the genre, though. The extreme metal sub-genres were suddenly and entirely (in their modern form) exposed to humanity with that one song. It was almost too far ahead of its time. Though Deep Purple undoubtedly inspired the genre in many ways with that album, (and despite my love for that album as one of the greatest ever) it can still be seen as just another incremental step between hard rock and metal like many other early heavy metal acts were contributing at the time.
This is why Tony Iommi is the riff master. He comes up with the sounds that are so unique in almost every song. He is not as technically proficient as many guitarists after him but the man can create riffs and grooves like no other in hard rock.
Honestly, my favorite Sabbath song is Planet Caravan. Probably as far from metal as possible but it’s so surreal and tranquilizing. You guys should definitely react it’s a lot different.
I'm a guitarist and I'll comment on the solo. Iommi's loose bluesy trilling coked out soloing is brilliant. He never steps off the gas pedal staying in the penatonic minor and it builds at the end . Overall it fits like a glove it's tough to cover that sucker.
Cocaine. Boy, that was the truth. During the '70s and '80s, It "never rained in Southern California" (like the song said): It snowed. Blizzard conditions. You couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Every console in every studio in LA was furnished with a mirror for cutting rows.
@Shallex Good heavens, no! I avoided all of that sh!t back in the day. I was like Gene Simmons in that respect: Never smoked, drank, or did drugs of any kind. Played bass in a hard rock band and appeared in all the clubs around LA. By day, I worked for a PR agency and PolyGram Records was one of my major clients. I was on the team responsible for launching the Compact Disc system in the USA. I saw it all, but It wasn't easy being a teetotaler among such fast company. So many people lost their way and never came back. Sigh!
@@ZoSoUsAm Snowblind actually was supposed to be the title of the album, but I think Warner Bros didn't like that idea very much. I'm not sure how true that is though.
...'m pretty certain that: Vol. 4 was, in fact, when they "discovered" cocaine [They went to Hollywood, so...😛😋😋]. ...This entire album is a "Sabbath cocaine album." - Ozzy gets the brunt of the shit from it, but that is inaccurate. ...Anyway: It LED to a (brief) "clean-up" out of which came (the BRILLIANT!!): Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath ...so ...maybe it was "a good thing" 🤷♂️🤷♂️ (...or maybe it was, just, "a 'hood thing"...😏😋...🤷♂️🤷♂️) ...Either way!!: 🤘🤘
...Iommi (the band, essentially- but, in this case: mainly him) taking over as producer DID have some influence on it, as well (Let's be honest). First time out for him... ...but he was on the snow, too, so... ...clearly: a huge "influence." 😛🙄⚡⚡⚡....
I thought you meant the band After Forever. I definitely recommend them. They're the band that broke my dislike of growls. Best song for them to check out would be "My Pledge of Allegiance: #1 - The Sealed Fate".
Bill Ward's earliest drumming influences were solidly in the big band and jazz style, like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, and I think that's a large part of where they get that swing from.
Master of Reality was aimed to be their most heavy record to date, on the other hand Vol.4 was promised to be the most varied material up to that point. Going forward, the next album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, was their most "prog"/experimental album which you can hear on songs like A National Acrobat and Spiral Architect. P.S: Don't forget to further explore their Dio era. :)
Vandermoo Goft I still say Master Of Reality is heavier than Dehumanizer and look at when it was made. 1971. Dehumanizer didn’t come out until 1992 and it STILL ain’t as heavy as Master Of Reality.
Shawn D well it is your opinion, but what is about The Devil you know ? Do u rly think that MoR is havier than this . And BTW u bringing The therm of Time in The discusion but thats wasnt included in The Statement , it was sayed "to this Date" so your Argument that include The Time isnt appropriate . Sry for my Bad english i am not a native language speaker
I also recommend Children of the Grave and the rest of the songs from the Master of Reality and Paranoid albums which in my opinion are their two best albums. Keep up the great work guys! Oh yeah, did I mention Children of the Grave...LOL
Toe-knee Eye-Oh-Me. As for the solo: back then, rock bands weren't as polished in their recording as they are now. They tended to play in recording sessions much the way they did live. And even when they weren't trying to give off a live vibe on their records, they often were so high that they'd include extended jams in the studio, probably because they knew the people listening to the records at home were as high as they were and would enjoy it.
Another track by Sabbath from their golden era that sounds completely timeless. The alchemy of Ozzy’s plaintive tones, with Tony and Geezers mesmeric riffs and Bills relentless attack. Never to be repeated, gods.
Bill Ward has got to be one of the most underrated drummers ever. His performance here is just brilliant, and so is his career. He has a huge contribution in regards to how unique Sabbath sounds, therefore he has a huge contribution to metal. Keep it up with Sabbath, you just can't go wrong with them
Agree with getting some DIO era stuff. “I”, Heaven and Hell, Lonely is the word. Also NIB, the Writ, Planet Caravan, Children of the Grave and of course Black Sabbath. Where it all began. Keep the marathon up 🤘🏼🤘🏼
"People were just cooler back then." -- Ryan Well, yeah! I'm 64 this year, so I was in high school 1970-1974, the era when Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin--"heavy rock"--RULED. And, in my estimation, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" was Black Sabbath's apotheosis album. Riff-Master Tony Iommi was reportedly so "snowblind" that he had trouble common up with fresh ideas, but one would never know by listening to the songs on this album, which represent some of his best work ever. Most songs feature at least three killer grooves. Geezer Butler's lyrics were thought-provoking, and Ozzy took the time to come up with melodic lines that didn't just mimic the guitar parts. The performances are top notch, and there isn't a weak moment on the entire record. Best bets: The title track "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath" ua-cam.com/video/XDmUd9Euaj8/v-deo.html , "Killing Yourself to Live" ua-cam.com/video/fAg2QgquiOM/v-deo.html , "Sabbra Cadabra" ua-cam.com/video/gBDvwEoqZqU/v-deo.html , and "Spiral Architect" ua-cam.com/video/K_s5TefzAvI/v-deo.html .
@@CommodusSPQR Like I said, there isn't a weak moment on the entire record. "Looking for Today" rolls as hard as it rocks. Bill Ward wears out the snare head on that one, for sure.
Gentlemen, first off, I'm glad y'all are doing well. Second it's Iommi with an I not an L. Pronounced Eye owe me
Thanks. We'll 'pin' this because there will be an avalanche of comments correcting us on this lol
Thank you! If this is to be a marathon, hearing Lommi repeatedly would have been rough. And way to be precise and respectful about the correction!
Thank you. Finally.
Tommy Lommi tho
What the fuck's a Lommy?
Lost In Vegas: "We'll keep going with Black Sabbath unless you say something."
Metal fans: *ain't gonna say shit*
Khurbin Brodhur me: good
2,300 likes vs. 12 dislikes... nuff said.
Sabbath!
Fact \m/_(>.
😂😂😁
Why is nobody recommending them "N.I.B.", they'd love that one.
when you have 50 songs that are considered masterpieces, some will fall through the cracks
BirdsElopeWithTheSun there is no one on this planet who hasn’t heard N.I.B. before our at least the riff but I agree that they would love it in case they’ve never heard it.
Gotta listen to the whole thing. Wasp/Behind The Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
I second that
Absolutely!! This is my recommendation.
In my 63 years of life I still can't get enough of sabbath. They are the greatest band ever.
60 and absolutely!
Saw them live in 1971, beyond amazing
Quarantine doesn't seem so bad anymore.
Pradyumna Calisa like the joke.
Lol exactly. Keep doing Sabbath. Only Sabbath. Children of the Grave... lol that boy can play.
Don’t quit the Sabbath marathon without “Children of the Grave” off Master of Reality.
It was their finale live in concert, for a reason.
Hate to be "that guy" but paranoid was always the finale...
Steven Swerdan
True Paranoid was the finale.
Children of the Grave was the last song if the set.
Children of the Grave is a Masterpiece only bettered by War Pigs.
EXACTLY! That is an essential sabbath song- Children of the Grave!
Wasp/ behind the wall of sleep / bassically/ NIB... it's only two songs really, and you won't regret it. The drum and bass grooves are unmatched!
Keep going with Sabbath. Try "Black Sabbath," "The Wizard," "Electric Funeral," "Sweet Leaf," or "Children of the Grave." Any of those would be great to do next.
Dave Ferguson totally agree
Hole in the sky, symptom of the universe, or Sabbath bloody Sabbath would be nice too.
Agreed
Hear, hear! i think we could all use a little "Sweet Leaf" right about now.
Add Hand of Doom plz
John Bonham from Led Zeppelin said this was the best drum track he never wrote lol
In a story, Bonham breaks bill ward's drum kit playing this Song!
Frank Zappa said this was his "all time favorite song". He later decided Iron Man was.
@@Ormagoden94 I prefer supernaut
Tenho certeza que War pigs tambem
@@ricktricolor6737Claro que si
“Symptom of the Universe” from Sabotage is Sabbath at their most progressive, heavy, and creative. Or for their epitome of their “stoner” side, you gottta check “Sweet Leaf”.
I used to cover this song and the first half is amazingly fun. The second half is whiplash inducing to play.
PLEASEEEE YEEEESSS
it's all so Trash Metal
Yes, Symptom of the Universe!!! Agree 100%
The entire song is great but that last part... pure magic
My votes for more sabbath:
Sweet leaf
Symptom of the universe
Snowblind
THE WIZARD, harmonica
THE WIZARD, harmonica
And of course BLACK SABBATH by Black Sabbath
Facepaint much?
Things you do when bored in the rain, and explore the things you can do with the camera on your phone
I can still remember my first time hearing SUPERNAUT. I was in the army ready to go to NAM and while I was over at my friend's pad he pulled out VOL 4. Oh really a new record. He put it on and played side 1. OMG everybody was quiet. and I said " ahh could you play that one more time???❤️
You have to listen to Sabbath bloody Sabbath. You will like the slowed down gloomy sound.
Another one of my personal favorites would be Children of the Grave.
I second that.
Awesome tune
sabbath bloody sabbath, they will love the final riff! I don't like supernaut :(
Thrash fans they are, I think they’d really like Symptom of their Universe. Hear all thrash blueprints.
“Snowblind” is a must for This album
Under the sun!!
Under the Sun... the best riff on the album at the end of the song. Snowblind... the best solo on the album.
Vol 4 was their “drug” album. At the height of their fame, young and wealthy, and blown out of their minds during the recording. If I recall correctly, some of the guys barely remember recording it. But it turned out great. “Snowblind” is my favorite song from the album, very different than Supernaut although I dig it too.
Yep. Snowblind baby!
Was this the album where they were delivered a suitcase full of cash, and it was their "drug funds" from the label? 😂
bro, every Sabbath album was their "drug" album. but yeah this was their cocaine album
@@rsolsjo 80k apparently
Wish LiV would have touched more on sabbath post Covid. At the very least touch Sabbath bloody sabbath but would have liked to see them check out Under the Sun from vol4
Q: What did they do differently?
A: Alot of acid and cocaine
Really: cocaine.
Vol. 4 is, definitely, "the cocaine album" [Ozzy & Tony discovered it in L.hAy-hey. 😛].
...One demonstration: Iommi's "trill solo" on THIS, particular, track!!!! 😂😁😋😋
Yeah, they went snow blind for a bit.
Black Sabbath doesn’t do drugs. Drugs do Black Sabbath
It was the late 60 and early 70s They had the best stuff you could get!! But who wasn't using something back then!! Clapton wrote cocaine didn't he?? Had the balls to put out that song and he made millions from it!! Imagine that!! You can make millions from writing a song about drugs!??
@@paulhabat4217 That song isn't Clapton's, it's JJ Cale's.
"Warning", "Sabra Cadabra" and "Symptom of the Universe"
"Warning" will show a deep bluesy side with soul singing, and Geezer's bass playing is on a whole 'nuther level, speaking of showing him some love.
"Sabra Cadabra" has piano and organ subtly mixed into the riffage that is totally unique, with a NASTY groove at the latter end of the tune.
"Symptom of the Universe" will hit you full force right upfront with one of the meatiest riffs that will melt your face off, followed by a dramatic shift to jazz-folk synthesis that will surprise you.
Oh, and one more...
Even though you've reacted to "War Pigs" - studio version...you MUST, and l mean MUST...react to their Live in Paris 1970 version. You will die! And then be brought back to new life. It's that amazing! It will be like hearing the song for the first time all over again.
Live in Paris is amazing, it would be great if they reacted to the whole thing
Ward is like a demon on that concert
Second the live in Paris video
Symptom of the Universe is an absolute MUST
Good selection!
Symptom of the Universe for sure!
"What did they do differently on this album?"
Cocaine. Lots and lots of cocaine (to the point they even wrote a song about how much they were doing).
Seriously though, Vol 4 got into much more of their jazz background. That drum breakdown in Supernaut has some latin jazz flair, St. Vitus Dance is really jazzy.
It's funny that as influential as Sabbath are, everyone grabbed the heaviness of Iommi's riffs and ran with that, but nobody does the jazzy stuff Ward and Butler were putting out on every single song. Sabbath had swing from those 2 and none of the doom bands really duplicate that part of the Sabbath sound.
Too true! That singular rhythm section is a big part of the reason they are forever a favorite band of mine. Bill and Geezer are great!
I don’t disagree, but according to the late movie producer Julia Phillips in You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town again, the coke everyone was snorting at that time came from Peru (it was even called Peruvian Marching Powder as far back as the 1920’s) and it was a different animal than the Colombian drug cartel coke that took over in the late 70’s. Julia Phillips calls it the Peruvian butterflies because she said it exploded in your mind like little butterflies in the sunshine. If that’s true, then that would account for the trippy, spacey feel that a lot of Vol 4 has
I absolutely agree with you about the rhythm section thing. It's really unfortunate that so few metal bands picked up on that aspect of Sabbath. The early Sabbath is SOOO groovy and so much metal would be improved if it just had a little more of that. One of my favorite rhythm sections in rock and still underappreciated. Geezer and Ward forever! Viva la groove. Viva la distorted bass. Viva la revolution.
Fun fact: In the liner notes to Vol. 4, the band offers their special thanks to the “COKE-Cola company of L.A.”
You can’t tell me they weren’t partying.
Are there any doom metal bands that has some of that jazzy blues stuff going on? I always miss that in doom metal, that's why i never stop listening på Sabbath
Dude i'm loving this Sabbath Marathon!!
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Please guys!!
Agreed with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
"Tony Lommi" had me crying hahah
Now it's Tommy Iommi LMAO
Haha
Damn had me triggered 😫😖
We need a petition to change a capital I to stop lookin like a lower case l...
Q. How you feeling
A.Ill.....(ill)
tristan pretorius That’s how used to say his name as a ignit kid lol
The Wizard, to me, is underrated.
One of my all time favorites, along with snowblind
So damn funky! Bill Ward swings like a madman on it (as he does on all their tunes lol)
I'm telling you guys, sabbath bloody sabbath is a masterpiece, you should listen that damn sonnggggggg
Yessssss! Totally agree!
Yeap. Can't believe more are not asking for it, and even .more surprised they haven't reacted to Sabbath bloody Sabbath.
Exactly, that riff is something out of this world
Black sabbath - children of the grave. I need this guys
Children of the Grave is essential Sabbath. An absolute must.
Absolutely.
To quote a review of Supernaut: "it's the link between the head banger and the rump shaker".
Here are some songs you have to do:
Sweet Leaf
Children of the grave
Hand of doom
NIB
The Wizard
Iron Man
Electric Funeral
Add Electric Funeral and The Writ to that list, and it's pretty much perfect.
Ah shit! I forgot all about Electric Funeral when I made my list.
I would add Black Sabbath
Daniel Busbin it’s a great song, I just didn’t want to make the list too long
Hand of Doom, dark song, but still great listen
"LORD OF THIS WORLD" satisfying heavy goovy riffs with transitions.
"WHEELS OF CONFUSION" has different sections and changes to it. A precursor to prog-rock.
"KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE" heavy sounding with a few transitions and influenced a lot of modern bands
From the Ronnie James Dio years: "Sign of the Southern Cross"
LORD OF THIS WOOOOORLD!
EVIL POSEEEESSOR!!!
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Yes more sabbath please... Here are some song suggestions:
Wheels of confusion
A national Acrobat
Symptom of the universe
Snowblind
Behind the wall of sleep
Killing yourself to live
Spiral architect
RZAJW wicked world
I personally don’t see what’s so great about wheels of confusion. I love sabbath but I can’t stand that song
I'd like to see Sweet Leaf
MEGALOMANIAAAAA
@@FLPXIZ Absolutely, and finally You should do "Hole in the sky" and add the ballad "Solitude", the best would be the whole "sabotage" album, maybe cut it in two pieces
This song is full of joy, to me. Raunchy as hell riff, and "I've seen the future, and I've left it behind" is a badass lyric.
Yeah, I totally agree! Always loved this groove. One time my gf came home from work and I was zoned out playing guitar to this song cranked on the stereo jumping around with my eyes closed, totally getting off on the rhythm. When I opened my eyes the look on her face was priceless!
"Black Sabbath" and "The Wizard" from their first album is a must, whenever you can get to it. "Black Sabbath" might not be playlist for you guys (Personally, I love it) but it's basically the first ever metal song from an actual metal band, so it's important. "The Wizard" on the other hand will be playlist for sure.
Dont sleep on the warning off that one as well
For more progressive Sabbath try:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom of the Universe
My favorite Ozzy record start to finish ! Spiral architect
SNOWBLIND: you guys will go crazy over that riff!
I'm not even a big Sabbath fan, and I have to admit there's something deeply deeply special about this song. It's literally perfect.
Frank Zappa called this song, "The heaviest song ever written!" He is still right to this day.
I think "N.I.B." or "Hand of Doom" would be a great next choice.
Also, I would suggest "Sabbra Cadabra", very under rated track.
"Planet Caravan" is a sick one as well, VERY chill, almost jazzy.
Sabra Cadabra or National Acrobat!
Hand of Doom is the next logical step. This is the only way.
Best song, from the best album, from the best band.
Ras El Hanout It really is the very definition of quintessential
Yes yes yes!!!!
Hand of Doom Hands down!! If these guys loved "Hurt" Hand of Doom will blow them away!!
God dammit, how many perfect Sabbath songs are there?
OZZY DOESNT EVEN REMEMBER RECORDING THIS ALBUM, he was high off his ass. The other members barely remember it either. This was when they were at the height of their fame and they did so much drugs.
lol
I only say: 50 years of success... no band can beat that...
Rush also did 50 years and The Rolling Stones even longer.
didn't one of their tours budget $300,000 for cocaine (late 60's dollars)?
This is an album done and inspired by cocaine and you can feel that in the songs and lyrics. Most songs make you want to grind your teeth, they have that slow downtuned sound of the previous album but then they will suddenly slash some fast, piercing, eventually unpleasant stuff over it. It's a trip really
Butler/Ward one of the finest rhythum
sections around. Wards drumming swings, bit like Ian Paice. Pays to come from a jazz background
“Sweet Leaf”, “Symptom of the Universe” and “Children of the Grave”
Ozzy plays the harmonica on Black Sabbath’s “The Wizard”. “Children of the Grave” is one of their best BANGERS. Keep going with the Black Sabbath!
Keep Black Sabbath going.
“Sweet Leaf”
“Symptom of The Universe”
“Die Young”
“Mob Rules”
“Snow Blind”
Max Power sweet leaf!
Sabbath bloody sabbath
I'd switch Sweet leaf for Sabbath bloody Sabbath
'Die young.' OMG. Incredible song.
Finally I can't understand why this song isn't more recognized. It's a favorite song! #1. Everytime it just jumpstarts my soul!
Children of the Grave, man. It's one of those songs where you can just hear the inspiration later metal bands got from it.
KEEP GOING WITH THE SABBATH:
I RECOMMEND:
N.I.B ( essential)
HAND OF DOOM (amazing transitions)
WARNING (long and heavy on the instruments)
Great job guys on making isolation less isolated!
Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
As someone who has listened to and appreciated this music for 50 years, thank you for bringing it to the front. Glad you finally enjoy it.
Children of the Grave.
Mad groove, relavent message.
Sweet leaf has such a heavy riff, symptom of the universe has a great breakdown, NIB is a classic, and I love under the sun
Black Sabbath: "Black Sabbath" "NIB" "Sweet Leaf" ❤
1000 Homo DJs (Members of Ministry and NIN) does an amazing industrial cover of this, worth a listen.
No, it is not worth a listen. It is SHIT!
That song is the best cover ever recorded
YES
@@kyokogodai-ir6hy lol shut up
Its different. I like it because I'm a ministry fan.
Loving this Sabbath marathon! You guys need to check out:
Hand of Doom - you guys would love it!
Electric Funeral
The Wizzard
Children of the Grave
Jason Tuttle Hand of Doom 👍
I will NEVER get tired of the Sabbath reactions from you guys! Sabbath Bloody Sabbath next?
Erick Snow Definitely that song! 🤘
A national acrobat?? 🤘
@@charliecray5554 No! Sabbath Bloody Sabbath!
@@jol9178 both?
@@charliecray5554 Ok, but Bloody Sabbath first.
Please do “Hand of doom” or “The Wizard”!!! Hand of doom as you might have guessed by the title that it’s a more doom sounding song and The Wizard is just a great song with some good ass harmonica and Is one of their more underrated songs that should be more well known.
Totally agree, two of their best
They might recognize "the Wizard" from the Harp. It gets sampled a lot.
Hand of Doom
Symptom of the universe, the FIRST ever thrash metal song ever done. Respect.
Bzzzztttt!!!!!
Beaten-to-the-punch (by a YEAR!) by: QUEEN's "Stone Cold Crazy".
So: NOT the first.
(...but many founding Thrash artists name either or both as huge influences on their thinking. 👍👍⚡).
Jan Janne Symptom of The Universe > Stone Cold Crazy
Budgie's "Breadfan" called from 1973 to say WHAT?!?!?! ua-cam.com/video/54H3EUAzpVg/v-deo.html
I thought Children of the grave was the first thrash metal song.
Speed King by Deep Purple
I'm gonna keep going ham for Electric Funeral. Lol
Just so you guys know, Tony's last name is pronounced "Eye-Oh-Me"
Off Sabbath's second record: HAND OF DOOM!
Chad Lutzke 100% one of my all time favorites
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The song "Black Sabbath" literally kicked off the entire genre.
A certain side of the genre
The bombastic , Belting , faster take of the genre was in Deep Purpe In rock .
Speed king ...
@@Nissardpertugiu the best side of the genre, though. The extreme metal sub-genres were suddenly and entirely (in their modern form) exposed to humanity with that one song. It was almost too far ahead of its time. Though Deep Purple undoubtedly inspired the genre in many ways with that album, (and despite my love for that album as one of the greatest ever) it can still be seen as just another incremental step between hard rock and metal like many other early heavy metal acts were contributing at the time.
This is why Tony Iommi is the riff master. He comes up with the sounds that are so unique in almost every song. He is not as technically proficient as many guitarists after him but the man can create riffs and grooves like no other in hard rock.
Shoot he does five or six iconic riffs per song. It is amazing.
Honestly, my favorite Sabbath song is Planet Caravan. Probably as far from metal as possible but it’s so surreal and tranquilizing. You guys should definitely react it’s a lot different.
Y’all have to hear symptom of the universe, it’s one of their best. Plus you’ve got to get to children of the grave, the wizard, NIB, and sweet leaf
After the sabbath version of symptom - do the sepultura version! It is incredible
More Sabbath gents! "Killing Yourself To Live", "The Writ", "Megalomania", "Hand of Doom", "Under the Sun" \m/
They will only love Hand of Doom and under the sun
I'm a guitarist and I'll comment on the solo. Iommi's loose bluesy trilling coked out soloing is brilliant. He never steps off the gas pedal staying in the penatonic minor and it builds at the end . Overall it fits like a glove it's tough to cover that sucker.
Gotta do either Megalomania. The writ. Symptom of the universe. Or hand of doom next !!
Megalomania would be epic!
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Yeah, Symptom of the Universe is awesome. A must.
Thank Gawd someone mentioned Meg! Probably the greatest "simple" riff ever written.
what did they do differently on this album?
cocaine. they did cocaine.
We would like to thank the great COKE cola company of Los Angeles. They even wrote it in the albums liner notes.
Cocaine. Boy, that was the truth. During the '70s and '80s, It "never rained in Southern California" (like the song said): It snowed. Blizzard conditions. You couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Every console in every studio in LA was furnished with a mirror for cutting rows.
@Shallex Good heavens, no! I avoided all of that sh!t back in the day. I was like Gene Simmons in that respect: Never smoked, drank, or did drugs of any kind.
Played bass in a hard rock band and appeared in all the clubs around LA. By day, I worked for a PR agency and PolyGram Records was one of my major clients. I was on the team responsible for launching the Compact Disc system in the USA. I saw it all, but It wasn't easy being a teetotaler among such fast company. So many people lost their way and never came back. Sigh!
Lots of Coke, hence the song Snowblind!!!
@@ZoSoUsAm Snowblind actually was supposed to be the title of the album, but I think Warner Bros didn't like that idea very much. I'm not sure how true that is though.
A big fan of you guys from Finland here. Also in quarantine. Try Symptom of the Universe from Black Sabbath. Bet you’ll love that one too!
THE SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE IS WRITTEN IN YOUR EYYYYYYEEEEE YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!
Tony Iommys riffs is from a higher universe,it just gets glued to your brain instantly and will never leave you once you have been exposed to them.
*Q:* What did they do differently on Vol. 4 than they did on the Master of Reality album?
*A:* More Cocaine
👍👍👍👍👍
...'m pretty certain that: Vol. 4 was, in fact, when they "discovered" cocaine [They went to Hollywood, so...😛😋😋].
...This entire album is a "Sabbath cocaine album."
- Ozzy gets the brunt of the shit from it, but that is inaccurate.
...Anyway: It LED to a (brief) "clean-up" out of which came (the BRILLIANT!!): Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
...so ...maybe it was "a good thing" 🤷♂️🤷♂️
(...or maybe it was, just, "a 'hood thing"...😏😋...🤷♂️🤷♂️)
...Either way!!: 🤘🤘
* All the cocaine.
"Seriously guys, a lotta cocaine"
- Dr. Rockso
...Iommi (the band, essentially- but, in this case: mainly him) taking over as producer DID have some influence on it, as well (Let's be honest).
First time out for him...
...but he was on the snow, too, so...
...clearly: a huge "influence." 😛🙄⚡⚡⚡....
Would love to see Sabbath Bloody Sabbath or Symptom of the Universe next, love the Sabbath reactions so far!
shock everyone and do "After forever" - but "Symptom of the Universe" is a must because it kicked off thrash metal
Symptoms of the universe is so simple but it grabs be every time. It's one of my favorite songs. It doesn't really get the amount of love it deserves.
i also recommended AFTER Forever and its counter part UNDER THE SUN
Yesss, please!!!
I thought you meant the band After Forever. I definitely recommend them. They're the band that broke my dislike of growls. Best song for them to check out would be "My Pledge of Allegiance: #1 - The Sealed Fate".
I agree, and that jazzy change up at the end is just amazing. My fave song.
ya'll gotta listen to Sabbath's "Symptom of the Universe" so heavy, but takes a odd turn at the end. You'll see what I'm talking about.
Avi Soncino that song is soooo amazing. That twist at the end just hit soooo nicely. Great recommendation
@@notyouraverageinternetuser thanks, no problem.
"A National Acrobat" "Snowblind" "Under the Sun"
Yes, yes and yes!! 🤘
Snowblind is so dirty and raw, but with an smooth great groove. One of their absolute best songs.
National Acrobat for sure!
Snowblind, too. "Lost in Vegas" will probably do both because they're cool like that. *hint hint boys. 😉
A National Acrobat is sublime perfection
Absolutely
That little break part always sounded like calypso to me. That's what made old Sabbath so cool- they took chances. They had some swing.
Bill Ward's earliest drumming influences were solidly in the big band and jazz style, like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, and I think that's a large part of where they get that swing from.
Tony is a huge jazz fan himself!
Give “Symptom of the Universe” a listen.
this is slowly turning into Wayne's World
Don Jones Party On!
Not fake news..
"WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!"
Ain’t nothing wrong with that!
Wooooh
Pleeeease do “Snowblind” and/or “A National Acrobat”
Can never do enough Sabbath!
Please do “Wicked World”, “Lord of this World”, or “Sweet Leaf”
Try "Planet Caravan" and "Solitude" for a completely different side of Black Sabbath.
I love everybody requesting so many different songs. Shows the depth and breadth of Sabbath’s range.
Children of the Grave
Symptom of the Universe!!!
Symptom of the Universe, Snowblind, The Wizard
You guys will LOVE Electric Funeral.
this was FRANK ZAPPA'S favorite song ever, not just his favorite Black Sabbath song, but his favorite song ever.
Master of Reality was aimed to be their most heavy record to date, on the other hand Vol.4 was promised to be the most varied material up to that point. Going forward, the next album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, was their most "prog"/experimental album which you can hear on songs like A National Acrobat and Spiral Architect.
P.S: Don't forget to further explore their Dio era. :)
I actually think Sabotage was their most “prog”/experimental type album, and nah stay with the Ozzy years.
MoR is not their most heavy record , never heard of Dehumanizer or The Devil you know ?
Vandermoo Goft I still say Master Of Reality is heavier than Dehumanizer and look at when it was made. 1971. Dehumanizer didn’t come out until 1992 and it STILL ain’t as heavy as Master Of Reality.
Sabotage was their darkest album
Shawn D well it is your opinion, but what is about The Devil you know ? Do u rly think that MoR is havier than this . And BTW u bringing The therm of Time in The discusion but thats wasnt included in The Statement , it was sayed "to this Date" so your Argument that include The Time isnt appropriate . Sry for my Bad english i am not a native language speaker
THERE IT IS! Geezer getting some love, finally!
- Megalomania
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Symptom of the Universe
"Hand of Doom"
"Rat Salad"
"Children of the Grave"
Children if the grave for sure as well as Rat Salad
Rat salad must go into Faries wear boots and they did that one
Hand of Doom 100%
Thank you for paying much earned respect to one of the greatest bands ever! They are talented beyond words!
You guys should do Under the Sun off that same album!!!! It’s one of their VERY best and HEAVIEST songs!!
I also recommend Children of the Grave and the rest of the songs from the Master of Reality and Paranoid albums which in my opinion are their two best albums. Keep up the great work guys!
Oh yeah, did I mention Children of the Grave...LOL
"Snowblind" Black Sabbath
As a metal and hip hop fan, Black Sabbath is my favorite because Iommi’s riffs are just groovy as hell!
More Sabbath? Yes please.
Toe-knee Eye-Oh-Me.
As for the solo: back then, rock bands weren't as polished in their recording as they are now. They tended to play in recording sessions much the way they did live. And even when they weren't trying to give off a live vibe on their records, they often were so high that they'd include extended jams in the studio, probably because they knew the people listening to the records at home were as high as they were and would enjoy it.
“Tommy Lommy” 😂😂😂
do Neon Knights! The whole Heaven and Hell album 🔥
Uff yeah neon knights
Another track by Sabbath from their golden era that sounds completely timeless. The alchemy of Ozzy’s plaintive tones, with Tony and Geezers mesmeric riffs and Bills relentless attack. Never to be repeated, gods.
Planet Caravan is a trippy tune.
I'm not a drughead, but it's one of those tunes which could sound even better whilst "under the influence"
I love the pantera version
It does. Don’t need to be a “drughead” to know it either.
@erroniouspunk its mindblowing
@@ash80510 i actually like the Pantera version better.
@@RaspiRoope same here
Bill Ward has got to be one of the most underrated drummers ever. His performance here is just brilliant, and so is his career. He has a huge contribution in regards to how unique Sabbath sounds, therefore he has a huge contribution to metal. Keep it up with Sabbath, you just can't go wrong with them
Agree with getting some DIO era stuff. “I”, Heaven and Hell, Lonely is the word.
Also NIB, the Writ, Planet Caravan, Children of the Grave and of course Black Sabbath. Where it all began.
Keep the marathon up 🤘🏼🤘🏼
I'm partial to "Country Girl" from that era, myself.
They've done Heaven and Hell.
I`m angry. Black Sabbath every day isnt enough Black Sabbath.
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Black Coffee ☕️
Black Cats 🐈⬛
Black Sabbath 🤘🏻💀🖤
Regarding the solo: this album is so much cocaine that it's almost hilarious.
Yeah, they were having it delivered in cereal boxes.
they have a thank you to "the great COKE-Cola Company" in the liner notes.
Which reminds me that Snowblind is one of their best songs
Embryo/Children of The Grave (the first is kind of an intro to the second).
"People were just cooler back then." -- Ryan
Well, yeah! I'm 64 this year, so I was in high school 1970-1974, the era when Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin--"heavy rock"--RULED. And, in my estimation, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" was Black Sabbath's apotheosis album. Riff-Master Tony Iommi was reportedly so "snowblind" that he had trouble common up with fresh ideas, but one would never know by listening to the songs on this album, which represent some of his best work ever. Most songs feature at least three killer grooves. Geezer Butler's lyrics were thought-provoking, and Ozzy took the time to come up with melodic lines that didn't just mimic the guitar parts. The performances are top notch, and there isn't a weak moment on the entire record.
Best bets: The title track "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath" ua-cam.com/video/XDmUd9Euaj8/v-deo.html , "Killing Yourself to Live" ua-cam.com/video/fAg2QgquiOM/v-deo.html , "Sabbra Cadabra" ua-cam.com/video/gBDvwEoqZqU/v-deo.html , and "Spiral Architect" ua-cam.com/video/K_s5TefzAvI/v-deo.html .
"In 1971, there were only three bands that mattered, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple." - Joe Elliot
Electric Funeral and A National Acrobat are two that blow me away every time I listen to them. But then again almost all of Sabbath does :)
In my humble opinion the best track on that album is Looking for Today. It is as stunning and fresh as the day it was recorded.
@@CommodusSPQR Like I said, there isn't a weak moment on the entire record. "Looking for Today" rolls as hard as it rocks. Bill Ward wears out the snare head on that one, for sure.
Love you guys. Playing stuff radio stations would never touch in 50 years