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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
With Paranoid, Black Sabbath perfected the formula for their lumbering heavy metal. On its follow-up, Master of Reality, the group merely repeated the formula, setting the stage for a career of recycling the same sounds and riffs. But on Master of Reality Sabbath still were fresh and had a seemingly endless supply of crushingly heavy riffs to bludgeon their audiences into sweet, willing oblivion. If the album is a showcase for anyone, it is Tony Iommi, who keeps the album afloat with a series of slow, loud riffs, the best of which -- "Sweet Leaf" and "Children of the Grave" among them -- rank among his finest playing. Taken in tandem with the more consistent Paranoid, Master of Reality forms the core of Sabbath's canon. There are a few stray necessary tracks scattered throughout the group's other early-'70s albums, but Master of Reality is the last time they delivered a consistent album and its influence can be heard throughout the generations of heavy metal bands that followed. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
While other frontrunners of hard rock/metal like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple began dabbling in other musical forms (folk and string symphonies, respectively), Black Sabbath stuck close to its original direction and was rewarded with several of the most enduring rock releases of all time. Coming off the worldwide breakthrough of the band's 1971's landmark, PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY (released the same year) proved to be Sabbath's third classic in a row. Like all Sabbath albums of the era, not a second of filler is present--even the lesser-known material is superb.
The album's opening track, "Sweet Leaf," a salute to one of the band's favorite smokeable substances, contains one of metal's heaviest guitar riffs, courtesy of Tony Iommi. Another eternal band favorite is the grim, post-nuclear war tale "Children of the Grave." Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne is in fine voice on "After Forever" and "Lord of this World," while the more tranquil "Solitude" and the instrumental Iommi compositions "Embryo" and "Orchid" offer a bit of variety. Though not quite as influential as PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY remains one of heavy metal's founding gems.Rolling Stone (1/20/00, p.59) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...the definitive studio relic of Sabbath's golden-hellfire era (1970-74)...Ozzy preached a gospel of light: dignity, redemption and, in the heaving stoner's hymn 'Sweet Leaf,' peace through weed..."
Q (7/01, p.86) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Malevolent....casting Black Sabbath as a Titanic-style house band on the eve of Armageddon, cranking it as the bomb drops..."
Q (1/01, p.122) - 5 out of 5 stars - "...The most cohesive record of [their] first 3 albums..." Black Sabbath Master Of Reality Songs Master Of Reality Music Review Purchase Master Of Reality CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Black Sabbath (1st LP) CD (1970)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals, harmonica); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
Black Sabbath's debut album is given over to lengthy songs and suite-like pieces where individual songs blur together and riffs pound away one after another, frequently under extended jams. There isn't much variety in tempo, mood, or the band's simple, blues-derived musical vocabulary, but that's not the point; Sabbath's slowed-down, murky guitar rock bludgeons the listener in an almost hallucinatory fashion, reveling in its own dazed, druggy state of consciousness. Songs like the apocalyptic title track, "N.I.B.," and "The Wizard" make their obsessions with evil and black magic seem like more than just stereotypical heavy metal posturing because of the dim, suffocating musical atmosphere the band frames them in. This blueprint would be refined and occasionally elaborated upon over the band's next few albums, but there are plenty of metal classics already here. ~ Steve Huey
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| | Black Sabbath Volume 4 CD (1972)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 is just a cut below its two indisputably classic predecessors, as it begins to run out of steam -- and memorable riffs -- toward the end. However, it finds Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with their trademark sound on tracks like the ambitious, psychedelic-tinged, multi-part "Wheels of Confusion," the concise, textured "Tomorrow's Dream," and the orchestrated piano ballad "Changes" (even if the latter's lyrics cross the line into triteness). But the classic Sabbath sound is still very much in evidence; the crushing "Supernaut" is one of the heaviest tracks the band ever recorded. ~ Steve Huey
While Black Sabbath's 1972 release VOL. 4 didn't contain a renowned heavy metal anthem as PARANOID's title track, "Iron Man," or MASTER OF REALITY's "Sweet Leaf" and "Children of the Grave," for example, it was far from ...
| | Black Sabbath Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath CD (1973)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums).
With 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, heavy metal godfathers Black Sabbath made a concerted effort to prove their remaining critics wrong by raising their creative stakes and dispensing unprecedented attention to the album's production standards, arrangements, and even the cover artwork. As a result, bold new efforts like the timeless title track, "A National Acrobat," and "Killing Yourself to Live" positively glistened with a newfound level of finesse and maturity, while remaining largely faithful, aesthetically speaking, to the band's signature compositional style. In fact, their sheer songwriting excellence may even have helped to ease the transition for suspicious older fans left yearning for the rough-hewn, brute strength that had made recent triumphs like Master ...
| | Black Sabbath Sabotage CD (1975)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums).
Additional personnel: English Chamber Choir (background vocals).
Principally recorded at Morgan Studios, London, England.
Years of constant touring, alcoholism, and drug abuse finally began to affect Black Sabbath around the time of their sixth release, 1975's Sabotage. While it's not a bad album (in fact, it's one of their most underrated), you can sense that the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Vol. 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate. But guitarist Tony Iommi again comes equipped with an arsenal of sturdy, ultra-heavy riffs, as evidenced by the raucous album opener, "Hole in the Sky," as well as the drug-induced anthem "Symptom of the Universe" -- both tracks coming as close to garage rock as Sabbath ever got. But the album's biggest surprise is the melodic, synth-laced "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," which is more akin to '70s power pop than to the band's patented doom metal (although the lyrics are what you'd expect ...
| | Black Sabbath Paranoid CD (1971)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
Paranoid was not only Black Sabbath's most popular record (it was a number one smash in the U.K., and "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" both scraped the U.S. charts despite virtually nonexistent radio play), it also stands as one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time. Paranoid refined Black Sabbath's signature sound -- crushingly loud, minor-key dirges loosely based on heavy blues-rock -- and applied it to a newly consistent set of songs with utterly memorable riffs, most of which now rank as all-time metal classics. Where the extended, multi-sectioned songs on the debut sometimes felt like aimless jams, their counterparts on Paranoid have been given focus and direction, lending an epic drama to now-standards like "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" (which sports one of the most immediately identifiable riffs in metal history). The subject matter is unrelentingly, obsessively ...
| | Black Sabbath Never Say Die! CD (1978)
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NEVER SAY DIE is Black Sabbath's last LP with Ozzy Osbourne.
Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums).
Additional personnel: John Elstar (harmonica); Don Airey (keyboards).
Recorded at Sounds Interchange, Toronto, Canada.
After going their separate ways for a brief period following the emotionally taxing and ...
| | Cannibal Corpse Butchered At Birth CD (1991)
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| | Jonas Hansson Classica CD Import
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| | David Downes Saltwater CD (1994)
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| | Grave As Rapture Comes CD (2006)
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Personnel: Ola Lindgren (vocals, guitar); Jonas Torndal (guitar).
Audio Mixers: Peter Tägtgren; Ola Lindgren.
Recording information: Abyss Studios, Sweden; Masters Of Audio, Stockholm, Sweden; Studio Souless, Stockholm, Sweden.
Photographer: Olle Carlsson.
None can contest Grave's historical significance as one of the Swedish death metal movement's founding bands; with roots dating back as far as the late '80s, they were an integral part of developing a rich and diverse scene whose tendrils are still expanding today. Yet, between their well-publicized breakups and makeups over the years, and albums often characterized by competent but spark-less representations of the genre's core stylistic hallmarks, Grave have also failed to scale the heights of success attained by more individualistic contemporaries like, say, death rollers Entombed, progressive alchemists Opeth, or melodic experts In Flames. Obviously there are those who would describe Grave's basic niche as a niche just the same (look what wonders Unleashed have accomplished under similarly restrictive parameters), but even death metal purists would be challenged to put a positive spin on original driving force Jörgen Knot Sandström's telling 1997 defection to assume the lowly post of bassist with Entombed! In any case, ...
| | Rammstein Volkerball CDs (2007) Import; Boxed Set
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Primarily recorded during Rammstein's 2005 world tour, VOLKERBALL presents the outlandish German industrial-metal band charging through a scorching live set. In addition to successful European singles such as the pummeling "Mein Teil" and the surprisingly melodic, U.S.-skewering "Amerika," the group also performs its sole American hit "Du Hast," making for a concert document that is sure to please Rammstein's devoted international following.
Primarily recorded during Rammstein's 2005 world tour, VOLKERBALL presents the outlandish German industrial-metal band charging through a scorching live set. In addition to successful European singles such as the pummeling "Mein Teil" and the surprisingly melodic, U.S.-skewering "Amerika," the group also performs its sole American hit "Du Hast," making for a concert document that is sure to please Rammstein's devoted international following.
It should surprise absolutely no one, but Rammstein's CD/DVD live set Volkerball is one for the fan, but what a gluttonous and delicious feast of industrial Teutonic metal they're in for. First off, there's the visual element on the DVD. Not that Rammstein's studio albums are lacking but you have to see their intense stage show to truly appreciate them. Fritz Lang's grungy vision of the future mixes with a stately Laibach kind of detachment while flame throwers, explosions, and hundreds of lights get abused with such abandon that Kiss must be jealous. The DVD features a full show from 2005 in Nimes, France plus ...
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