Black Sabbath

Legendarisch, maar voor mij was een keer voldoende

Ik zal die niet veel vaker gaan luisteren, maar om zo eens een keer helemaal mee te krijgen was het toch best tof. Iets teveel gitaarsolo's en gepiel, maar de grooves zijn toch best lekker!

Viel me mee. Ik hoorde zelfs een mondharmonica.

The Wizard is THE track on this album. Great mix of blues and rock! Clearly, the triple punch of Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning is where the focus is, but The Wizard is going to stay in my playlist. Decent little rock album here. Clean, good riffs, Ozzy is Ozzy, and a helluva debut here.

Ok. A true landmark album. The first (proto)metal album. Side one is brilliant. BS, Wizard, NIB. Side 2 lags a bit. Unwanted covers and the Warning is way too long. All recorded over about 12 hours in the studio live. Love the band but gonna be a 3 I think.

10th August 2022 Listened while driving to London in the morning. Drove back and had Adna and Joe staying before heading down to Cornwall tomorrow. I think Black Sabbath are pigeon holed by Ozzy’s prince of darkness act. Yes there is a cult-metalness to them but their musical talent is overlooked, there are songs on here that wouldn’t be out of place on a Zepplin or Floyd album.

Fun album. I think if I heard this in the 70s, I'd probably like it more. 3/5

Very good, quintessential heavy metal/proto-doom record, though not my favourite Sabbath.

Still sounds spooky today, and not in a campy way. This must have shat some pants 50 years ago. I love the majority of the album… except for “Warning”. Blues wankery is not what Iommi lost his fingertips for, but thankfully they’ll drop this right after. Still deserves an A

The album that codified so many heavy metal tropes into one. It has some brilliant tracks, such as the title track, The Wizard, and NIB. However, I think it falls flat in the second half, with some pretty unmemorable songs.

EPIC!!!ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT ALBUMS EVER!! PIONEERS!!CANT EVEN THINK HOW BLOW PEOPLE MIND IN 1970 WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE ALBUM AND PUT THE RECORD TO PLAY FOR FIRST TIME AND SELF TITTLE SONG STARTS TO PLAY..

You can definitely hear shades of what they will become in this debut. Best track: N.I.B. 7/29/2022

Début d’un nouveau band. Début d’un nouveau genre. Ma seule critique serait qu’ils essaie de se prouver et que c’est souvent croche à cause de ça.

Voici ce que j'en ai déjà dit: "Excellent premier album qui lance encore un fois un nouveau courant. Le ton est mis dès l'ouverture de l'album. La voix d’Ozzy n’est parfaite ni la plus belle, mais elle est bien originale et sert bien le groupe. Ce n’est pas mon meilleur du groupe, mais tout de même un essentiel à connaître."

This was okay. I’m not really into Black Sabbath but it was interesting hearing what they sounded like on their debut album.

sleeping village and warning weren't avail on spotify; found on youtube.

Reminds me a little of “Deep Purple In Rock”, which has some really great moments among duller (technically-impressive) passages. I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to hear the band’s ‘theme song’, oh God HELP ME 🔥

This album is what I was afraid Black Sabbath would be. There's some good work here, of course, but there's a lot more wallowing in the sludge. This isn't nearly as fun as Vol. 4, but they had to start somewhere, so I'm glad they started here.

It's tough trying to be objective when you've owned, and loved, an album for over twenty years. I gave Black Sabbath another spin and it took me back to my teens, and reminded me of the excitement of being young and discovering music for oneself. Couple that with the fact that, despite chat about Blue Cheer, Cream and Vanilla Fudge, that I firmly believe Sabbath invent metal on this album (and have made the case elsewhere online) and I know I won't be giving this less than five stars. Still, strip away all else, and any platter containing 'The Wizard', 'Black Sabbath' (the seed of doom metal) and 'NIB' (all-time great riff-a-thon) is gonna generate heat.

Guys, I just love all of it. I don't even care if my mind wanders briefly in the back half, because it sounds so fucking good. I'm not sure there's ever been a better guitar tone. It's so much closer to what it actually sounds like when anybody plugs an electric guitar into an amp and adds distortion, and yet it also sounds so much better than what anyone can do just by doing those things. That sound is clearly in Iommi's hands and fingers (even the one that got chopped off.) It's perfect. And Ozzy on N.I.B.? I mean, come on. Legendary.

Still heavy after all these years. It's crazy to think this was recorded basically live in 2 days. The front half is packed with iconic tracks that built the blueprint for aspiring metal bands. These guys had the guts to do something far removed from just what was going on a couple years earlier (this came out in 1970!). They take what Cream and Led Zeppelin were doing to the next level in terms of heaviness and throw in some fantasy elements. Great listen!

Not my typical type of music but I actually really liked it. It definitely made me want to delve deeper into this genre.

Solid album. The blueprints for the heavy metal genre.

Great album!

Fucking love this one

Classic

Black Sabbath is a referent of hard rock. The best songs of this album are "Black Sabbath", "The Wizard", "Evil Woman" and "Wicked World".

Listened to album, painted house black and bought very expensive Librams, then found out these guys were just a bunch of nerds who were talking about Lord of the Rings and HP Lovercraft ... whoops

3.5/5 Better than I expected.

very cool

Great solos, classic sabbath album

Ozzy’s performance really sells this album - he is utterly convincing as a man meeting the devil or whatever and fearing for his soul. The band create a haunting and eerie sound as they thrash their way through eight twisted tracks. It really is a fun ride and way more enjoyable than expected.

Not sure how Ozzy became the most famous one from the band, but the guitar is killer on this.

This is not an album I've listened to often actually, and I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy (and I didn't remember any of the songs). But I ended up enjoying it quite a lot :) The first song was my favorite - it's such a perfect album opener, not to mention it sounds exactly like how you expect a band named Black Sabbath to sounds like. Also there's a lot of mood changes that made the album engaging throughout... although some of the guitar solos could get a bit long, especially in the last song. I think I didn't get too frustrated by it, unlike with the Van Halen album, because this one feels more like jam music whereas Van Halen was basically trying to write more structured pop songs, in which case I want a bit more sense of focus and variation. A bonus point for not sounding too sanitized and instead having a palpable sense of ambience throughout.

This kind of heavy metal reminds me of drone music. Repetition of riffs, busy drum patterns, and distortions that are both hypnotic and slightly discomfiting. The vocals are sort of like chanting. All of it melds together in this lo-fi way. The production may actually be very sophisticated but it *sounds* unfinished, almost laconic, deliberately*not* maximalist despite being very full of sound. I liked The Wizard most, probably because of the harmonica. And the unearthly bridge halfway through Wicked World.

Energy. Fast. Slow. Dripping between peaks and valleys, ranges in noise, pitch. Iconic riffs, bass heavy beats

I love that this used to be considered heavy metal.

awesome guitar solos can get a little samey with the bass lines and vocals more catchy than anticipated considering its "metal"

Apparently this was the first metal album? So cool!

Historico

I'd pay $12 for a used copy. Love title track. 4/5 stars Not particularly heavy, but awesome guitar lines. Last song meanders a bit. The harmonica is cool. I've listened to this before, return to it on occasion

It's alright. Wouldn't seek it out to listen to but wouldn't change the song if it came on. Above average.

starts off a little boring, just better towards end of first track. Not my genre but decent enough within the genre. kinda waited for it to end. 6.8/10.

Ozzy rocks

Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, YES.

1970, классика хэви-метала. Дебютный альбом британцев Оззи Осборна, Тони Айомми, Гизера Батлера и Билла Уорда.

Has its moments, but Zeppelin did most of this better.

Great first album

The only bad thing about this album is that I waited until my mid 20s to listen to it. This isn't music, this is a force of nature

Ozzy has a pretty far out voice. Proper metal here for sure. Sure knew how to write a riff.

A good window into the birth of hard rock at the end of the 60s. Ozzy is definitely in finer voice than he would be today.

Brilliant debut, mental to think this came out in 1970. Maybe being harsh but misses out on five stars because better sabbath albums were to come as paranoid and vol 4 are just better in my opinion. But this totally deserves its place on the list.

The beginning of greatness from the Prince of Darkness. Who knew only a short time later he'd be biting the head off a bat in my home state? Absolute legend of ROCK!

It is everything, isn't it?

Very solid. Enjoyed it

I always wonder in which moment an artist realizes that have created something great. In which moment did Ozzi and Tommy realize they created a new artistic movement within the rock? This album is the definion of something new. Sounds, rithms, ways of singing and playing guitar that we then listened in many other bands. This is truly an album that worth to listen. I liked it.

listened to again the gods of rock are at it

A great start to the band and heavy metal as a genre. Some real classics in here.

First time Black Sabbath has shown up on this list, and it's their debut album. The opening track sets a great tone of what to expect in their sound. The two songs I know from this album are The Wizard and NIB, and both are still great. Listening to this reminded me my playlist has no Sabbath on it so I remedied that and added quite a few. Definitely holds up, Ozzy's a bit of a nut but he makes some great music and this album really holds up, love the guitars on this album. Lowest point is the album, the song has some great guitar solos but it's all a bit directionless and just goes on for way too long, I was ready to give 5 stars but that lost one for me.

LP

File under "a classic that brings back memories". Everyone classifies this as a metal album, but I don't know. It certainly doesn't sound like contemporary metal albums do. As far as I am concerned, this is heavily rocked blues, and I'm quite fine with that. Warning has to be the favourite track here.

Mmmm. It might be acclaimed as the 1st heavy metal album but somehow it fades into the background. I’ve kept listening and it is growing on me. Cover art 3/5

Before hype. Before fans. This is just a crazy idea of an album that holds its core over time. Sure there is a lot of bloat later in this genre (and from this band). But you can tell they are doing something that they just really wanted to do. I can respect that. Is this inspirational magic? More like magic history. Better potions, darker magic are norms now. Worth adding to the athenaeum.

This is one of my favorite albums since I understand my kind of music. Impossible to dislike it.

Genius.

Music is 4 stars, vocals are 2 stars

It was good. Sounded like other Black Sabbath which isn't my favorite but still a good listen.

Guitar was incredible. Ozzy’s voice just isn’t it, even for a metal album such as this.

Music was really cool. I haaaaaaaaaaaated ozzie's singing.

Eh, not bad. Nice music to listen to on a long run.

First 4 tracks are all timers, the flipside is a bit mediocre. 3.5

Pretty good for what it was - never listened to it before

Didn't realise how bluesy BS were at the start. You can see how they fit into the heavy rock family foundations.

Pour une critique de cet album, je vous redirige vers eltrapeze, qui lui-même vous donnera le numéro de téléphone de mon père. Une fois que vous l'aurez appelé, prononcez le mot-clé « Black Sabbath » et laissez vous aller.

Bien essayé Robert, mais le gros nom de Black Sabbath ne suffira pas à obtenir la note de 4/5. Il va falloir agir et vite.

Good riffs, albeit pretty dark (the devil's triad in title track!). Undeniably influential, but not as good as Paranoid album.

It was ok, but honestly all a little bit anonymous to me. When it ended, The Seeker by The Who came on and I was instantly more interested.

3, neutral on this one

Went on for a while...

1970. Black Sabbath, N.I.B

A pretty good album just not up to the standard of Paranoid or my favorite 4. But this one set the template for a slew of heavy metal bands to come. 4 🌟

bunu daha önce de dinlemiştim. finale gideceğim şimdi. telefonuma indiriyorum.

I've never really listened to Black Sabbath before and this was a great introduction to the band. I just love that late 60s early 70s blues rock sound. The guitar tones just tickle me in the right way. Yeah it's a lot of extended solos and guitar noodling, but I enjoy it. Gonna be putting this into the rotation for sure.

Tomorrow I have an old friend visiting me in my new hometown for the first time. Yesterday I was looking at a map reviewing walking routes to see the things I want to show him. I noticed there is a new "Black Sabbath Bridge" which was dedicated in 2019. So I've been thinking about Black Sabbath and it made me happy to have this album come up for me today. The Wikipedia entry on this album is well worth a quick read. They mention "the bleak industrial nightmare" of the group's hometown, Birmingham, England. Although I'm glad I didn't grow up here in the 70's, Birmingham is actually a pretty fascinating place. The industrial revolution initially started in this area making Birmingham a center of manufacturing for the next 100+ years. JRR Tolkien grew up here and The Shire is Birmingham, both at the beginning of the series (his idyllic childhood memories) as well as after Saruman's Scouring of the Shire at the end (bleak industrial nightmare). This area also gave us another bloke with occasional middle earth vibes, Robert Plant. Interestingly, Tolkien was alive for the debut albums of both Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. I wonder what he thought. Anyway, great album, two thumbs up.

What a terrific album. It's so important to metal as a genre and it's great to listen to. People like to rag on Ozzy for his voice but I think his voice has a lot of character. It's just a classic. Always will be.

Picks up towards second half, bluesy and reminds me of a heavier darker LZ1

It starts with the "diabolus in musica" tritone. It's the first heavy metal album. It's a sweeping roller coaster mixing blues-inspired evil riffs and haunted vocals. Toni Iommi makes the best of his guitar playing abilities, favoring evocative suspensions and sudden maniacal bursts. Ozzy Osbourne howls (unintentionally) funny lyrics once in a while, but most of the times what he howls about is on point to suggest the necessary ambiance. And this impulsive studio performance of all four members is the first of a handful that left their stamp on the history of rock. To put it in a nutshell, it's a stone-clod classic. Number of albums left to review or just listen to:  more than 900, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens:  approximately a half so far (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter

Not sure I quite got into this as much as the others but as a debut and what is claimed to be the first heavy metal album means I'll give it a bonus star. Fave: Black Sabbath

Excellent premier album qui lance encore un fois un nouveau courant. La voix d’Ozzy n’est parfaite ni la plus belle, mais elle est bien originale et sert bien le groupe. Ce n’est pas mon meilleur du groupe, mais tout de même un essentiel à connaître.

Master of Reality is the bar by which I measure Sabbath albums. This was fun but too much Iommi in places and not enough Ozzy. Steaming of whom - does any hard rocker have a more perfect voice for his music?

They did several better but still seminal. Not that I play it much.

Definitely not as concise as their subsequent albums, but I love it anyway. Not a 5/5 compared to their own discography, but I say it's a 5/5 on this 1001 list Full of killer, catchy riffs

Místico, con buenos riffs y métricas. Buenas notas de blues y pentatonicas

Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath is the best Black Sabbath song from Black Sabbath discography. 5/7/2022

I love evil music! I want to listen to music that would get me burned at the stake in the 15th century! The spooky Halloween atmosphere is awesome, too bad it's May right now. Full of bangers - the title track is a contender for best metal song of all time. "N.I.B." was sick, so was "The Wizard". I gotta say, thanks for using the harmonica in its intended form - a horror instrument. Take notes, Bob Dylan - I don't want to hear your screeching piece of rusty metal in an otherwise beautiful song. The harmonica is a demonic instrument that summons demons.

Ahh, los primeros días del metal y el rock pesado. El paso de los años se encargaría de dejar atrás estos sonidos, pero la influencia permanece.

Liked this a lot. 4 for now, but I think it might turn into a 5 on repeated listens.

Leiðinlegt. Leiðinda rödd. Leiðindi.

Best Song: Black Sabbath. I can only imagine that in 1970, first hearing this track would have felt like a tectonic shift. Worst Song: Wicked World. This is the kind of slow, plodding tempo that I think bogs down some of this old metal. Plus that super jazzy hi-hat really clashes with the rest of the aesthetic. Overall: A historical monument that still has that heavy, bluesy swagger. Obviously what we think of as "metal" has developed significantly since this album, and it does feel dated at times, but there are moments of brilliance. Ozzy's voice is somehow captivating in spite of itself, but I think it is the guitar work that really stands out. A relatively tame starting point, from which better music came.

I liked this more than expected and was pleasantly surprised by the musicianship.

My 100th review! And it's for a good album! Rather a nice coincidence. I only really got into Black Sabbath in my 30s; beforehand, I just unconsciously assumed that I didn't need to devote any time to listening to it. I guess I had become weary of metal in my twenties, not least because moshers seemed wilfully monocultural in their dismissal of all other genres. Still, by 35 I had repented and Black Sabbath became dear to my heart. So I am already well-disposed to this record. The opening, The imaginatively titled Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath, is one of the great calling cards by a band; indeed, at the very least it makes the band's name clear. It also demonstrates the great originality of Black Sabbath, namely Tommy Iommi's riffs and Ozzy Osbourne's vocals. Famously, Tommy Iommi lost the tips from two fingers from an accident at the sheet metal factory where he worked (it was his last day and all). Making a virtue from necessity, Iommi almost unthinkingly developed a wholly new sound to accommodate his circumcised hand, fretting chords and detuning his guitar as these were easier on his poor fingers. The result was the heaviest noise yet conceived. As for Ozzy, "singer" is not the word. "Interpreter" is far more suitable. A troubled youth with a Beatles obsession (he avowedly idolises Macca), Ozzy's vocals shouldn't make sense (he has a Brummie accent for God's sake, objectively by far the worst accent across the whole of the United Kingdom), but it turned out he matched this dark, arcane music perfectly by dint of his instinctive ability to howl unearthily. Oddly, not many metal bands have sought to follow Ozzy's untutored vocal (lack of) technique, preferring singers that know how to show off their range. Punk was seemingly more sympathetic to the parable of Ozzy; it's not that far a distance from Ozzy Osbourne to John Lydon and Mark E. Smith. This is to punk's credit. Black Sabbath's debut album is not perfect. The best songs (Black Sabbath, N.I.B.) are visionary and enthralling, but the covers on the album, while not bad, are not essential; the closer and cover Warning in particular drags for 10 minutes. You're here to hear Black Sabbath be Black Sabbath, not an everyday blues-rock band. You want Satanic wails and anti-hippy gothic heft, not a Cream impersonation. In other words, four stars, with future albums promising 5. Anyway, with 100 album, allow me to take stock. The only album whose rating I'd change is Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, taken down from 4 stars to 3; imagining a time-travelling Cleopatra deciding to become a stripper just smack as silly sausage, not hypnagogic. I'm very chuffed with my choices for 5-starrers, and it's only Dire Straits' debut that I'd lift out of the 1-star oubliette (only to two stars; it's not a good album, but it's not a catastrophe like the others). The best discovery I have made is Gillian Welch's Time (The Revelator), the best album so far is between Never Mind the Bollocks and Unknown Pleasures, and the worst album by a distance of several parsecs is, of course, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The biggest lesson I have learnt on this quixotic journey is that a decent, intelligently deployed sense of humour can elevate an album to the highest echelons, but nothing is more painful than bad comedy. Also, when are we going to get an edit function? I wince at every typo I have made.

nah

Begyndelsen på heavy-metal, rimelig solidt, skarp elguitar, tunge trommer

First time I've heard this album. Thought it was brilliant. Loved the sound. to think this was out at the end of the 60's

Why this album? It isn't their best, or anywhere near it. Preposterous.

REALLY enjoyed the sound although the vocals, lyrics, and track length was not my favorite

3 1/2

zeer goed, vol4 was beter maar ga deze zeker nog luisteren

Ja goed maar ook niet iets dat ik spontaan ga opzetten denk ik

The very first heavy metal album - it's a legend!

I try and put myself in the mindset of a young adult in the past, getting my hands on the vinyl of this album, and just listening with no other distractions (like the internet…). And it still didn’t do it for me

Great metal album, some insane guitar parts and I really embrace the dark magic vibe! Fav tracks were black sabbath and evil Woman

Great one, I mean it’s not Zeppelin but you know… Ozzy’s voice was great back in the day huh?

I've never really been interested in Black Sabbath's music. I can recognize that it's foundational and there are some songs that I like... but overall this album didn't impress.

✊🏻🎧

"Warning” é de longe uma das minhas músicas favoritas, ela tem 10 minutos, mas, faz você perder a noção do tempo: começa num blues e logo vira uma jam desgovernada, com Tony Iommi se aventurando na guitarra, que por sinal, que guitarra. Esse clima de improviso me lembra a versão estendida de “DoYaThing”, do Gorillaz com o André 3000, onde os músicos também se soltam, improvisam e deixam a música crescer até explodir. Ambas carregam a mesma energia livre e crua, quase como se estivéssemos ouvindo a banda fazer amor com os instrumentos. É realmente uma experiência única.

Didn't realize I would like this so much. Ozzy's not great at singing but he is a great singer. and holy cow the guitar licks. And from a leftie no less.

Never knew I liked Black Sabbath. This era at least. This rocked

Very good

Was better than i expected tbh, need to listen again as sort of put it on in the background as i procrastinated. 3.5

Classic. Amazing start to finish.

El començament del rock dur i el heavy metal. En realitat, blues rock dur i fort, acompanyat d'un so primitiu i una producció de mímims, que en aquest cas glorifica la música. Les lletres, la veu d'Ozzy i els efectes sonors fan la resta. A més, conté dos dels grans clàssics del génere i la década, 'N.I.B.' i la mateixa 'Black Sabbath'

50 years ago, in the right environment and with the right substances I can imagine this would be quite a cool album to listen to. Listening today, sober and eating my lunch it's a bit, well boring. The main problem for me is songs are just riffs and guitar solos, the tracks are a bit slow and not particularly groovy. I struggled to find one track that I enjoyed.

Rhe opening song was fine and whilst I understand the appeal I don't feel it. Obviously an important album in the history of metal and Ozzys vocals are strong. Just wizards and ghouls played to slow blues is just not my thang.

Seminal metal

Phenomenal stuff. I didn't think I'd like it half as much as I did. The Osbornes doesn't show this at all.

Apart from the hits, I never really picked up on Black Sabbath - I think the whole 'Keeping Up With The Osmonds' MTV nonsense kinda put me off Ozzy as a musician - "they're all fookin' mad!" Turns out is a decent album, quite enjoyed it. Dark, heavy, moody and introspective - will revisit.

5/5. 2 legendary 😎🤘

It had a couple moments, and you definitely see the relationship to Led Zeppelin here. I didn't love it or hate it, though the first song got a bit monotonous for me.

Surprisingly entertaining from end to end. I'm not usually one for doom and gloom; I didn't expect to like it so much. I guess I can see why Ozzy is famous now! (at least at first)

Imagine: It is 1970. The heaviest thing you'd ever heard was Jimi Hendrix, maybe a little Blue Cheer if you were really spicy. You're browsing in the record shop and see this spooky looking album with a grainy picture of a woman in a field on it. You buy it out of curiosity, and bring it home. You pop it on to your record player, and are greeted with the sounds of rain. And then, suddenly, thundering guitars, playing an evil riff, with a man yelling at a satanic figure giving him nightmarish visions. Nothing could prepare you for this. It was unlike anything else at the time. And it STILL holds up today.

I love Doom, and it is so vital in a Doom fan's knowledge base to have this album.

Blues, hard rock

The origins of metal. Some dark rock’n’roll here… pretty damn good!

Heavy!

Didn't need to listen to this to give it 5. Did anyway. A fantastic record.

Paranoid will always be the best Sabbath album in my eyes. But Black Sabbath birthed a genre, and their music perfectly captures the atmosphere of Birmingham and their origins. 5/5.

3.5

The first four Sabbath records are flawless. The absolute origin of metal music, their self-titled debut is not only dark, thick, and heavy, but also very playful. So much modern metal forged in the wake of this album is performed by better musicians, but very few exhibit the creativity and willingness to experiment to the extent that Sabbath does here. It's over 50 years and this continues to inspire bands to grab a guitar and stare into the void.

Better than I expected, but I don't love Ozzys voice.

Overall pretty solid, I liked it. Again, I just wish that the tracks were separated but oh well. My favorite track was probably Black Sabbath. Overall pretty solid and I enjoyed listening to it.

Classic heavy metal, clean sounds from Tony Iommi and wailing vocals from Ozzy Osbourne there is not really any reason to criticize Black Sabbath on their self-titled album. Absent their most popular offerings, the album sheds light on their beginnings giving listeners a baseline for the powerhouse of metal they would become.

Great. Heavy, but not too heavy. Only wish it was longer.

Wonderfully heavy. Notes of electric gloom. An acceptance of death.

This album should get about a 3.6 but it gets rounded down to a 3. You can actually understand Ozzy on this album. It doesn't have any of the super well known songs of Black Sabbath. I probably wouldn't pick this album to listen to again, but I would listen if it was on.

OMG, I am so excited! I question the must-hear nature of some album choices, but this is a dead set classic that kicked off a whole genre. Still with reminders that they were, at heart, a heavy blues band, they have descended down a path to a new place. I listen to contemporary stoner metal and doom, and I can hear the direct influence of this seminal work being played today.

Perfection.

A good first album. I can see how it leads into Paranoid. Overall 4/5 because I like N.I.B.

O começo do esplendor do metal

Nice

Black Sabbath are surely cited more than any other band as the original heavy metal rockers. Together, they prove that heavy metal isn't just a sound or a way of playing: its a whole outlook, from morbid fascination with the occult to the urge to unsettle and provoke. Today, Sabbath seem to be as much associated with this dark, gothic image as their actual music- it's a shame, because I'd forgotten how brilliantly the players in the band gel. Doom-laden as it is, their debut album is stacked with musicianship that has aged much better than their image. "Black Sabbath", on "Black Sabbath", by Black Sabbath, is a grinding, deliciously ominous introduction to the band: slowly emerging from a raging storm and a tolling bell, Iommi's iconic guitar seeps through until the song is brimming with a deadly atmosphere. Yes, it may seem a little quaint now (was the tritone interval really the mark of the devil, or was that just a myth started by middle-grade music teachers?). But it's a stunning build-up, even with Ozzy Osbourne's hammer horror performance over the top (climaxing with a laughable, "Oh God, no!"). Although he was undoubtedly a magnetic presence in live performance, Ozzy Osbourne actually comes across as the weakest link for me on record. The interplay between Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward is worth the price of admission alone as they tear up some blistering riffs, constantly shifting grooves and accomplished basslines. "The Wizard"'s riff is the best one on the album, punctuated by splendid use of harmonica. The band aren't afraid to switch up to keep things fresh, and there's a lot more musical innovation and variation going on here than I'd expected. The drums cycle between different grooves with glee- the moment we suddenly launch into a swung beat in the last minute of "Black Sabbath"! The veering between a lilting 3/4 in "Behind the Wall of Sleep"! The band even turn "Sleeping Village"- the album's only instrumental - into one of its highlights. Despite taking a lot of twists and turns, this track remains interesting, even captivating. And crucially, when it counts, the guitar, bass and vocal line all lock into unison to underscore the menace behind a song's central riff (see the propulsive power of "NIB"). Things take a disappointing turn away from their unique (by 1970's standards) doom metal in the second half of the album. Aside from the excellent "Sleeping Village", the album's second half offers up the straight-lace, a-bit-too-ordinary-blues-rock "Evil Woman", and the meandering "Warning". The ten minute track has its moments, but feels much more like a live piece given full indulgence in the studio without being clipped down. Again though, they are saved by the instrumental performances. I enjoyed this one much more than I thought, on account of the power of the instrumental performances and appreciating how bracingly out-of-step Sabbath were with the rest of the music scene in 1970. They have stood the test of time by practically launching a new genre, and for me still stand as one of the very best examples of it being done well.

The birth of a new genre is always something that should be celebrated and listened to. 4.5/5

5.5…. A classic among classics….16, grade 9, long hair ,army jacket, work boots…teenage angst….what’s not to love…absolutely cherished this album.

Ich kann sehen, dass das ein Meilenstein war, bzw. auch immer noch ist, der Fakt dass das 52 Jahre alt ist, ist ziemlich unvorstellbar. Es fällt mir verdammt schwer, mich auf den Ton und die Langlebigkeit der ganzen Sache einzulassen, obwohl das gerade mal so über 40 Minuten geht. Das ist leider einer der langweiligsten Arten von Musik, die ich mir vorstellen kann, das hier ist noch die bessere Seite. Es ist denke ich mal einfach nichts für mich. 6/10

zuerst muss ich sagen, dass ich vielleicht zwei black sabbath tracks kenne und mich mit heavy metal überhaupt nicht auskenne, bzw. das nie bewusst gehört habe. dieses album fand ich dann aber ...ok? es sind echt gute songs und starke riffs dabei, aber besonders auf längeren tracks haben die gitarrensoli nichts besonderes mehr und es fühlt an, als ob sie nur auch auf ihren instrumenten herumnudeln. das klingt dann immer gleich.

Richtig geil hätte nicht erwartet dass ich das gut finde aber die Songs bangen extrem und diese langen Riffs die sich anfühlen wie zäher Teer der auseinander gezogen wird sind extrem gut. Dazu die melodiösen Passagen und der goofy Gesang von Ozzy harmonieren richtig gut und kreieren einfach ein starkes Gesamtbild. Schön auch noch so 60s Rock Einflüsse zwischen drin zu hören (psych rock? Hippies Rock? Ka wie man das nennt), was ja Sinn macht wenn es quasi das erste Album seiner sparte war, aber das gibt dem ganzen einen besonderes Vibe. Hat Spaß gemacht!

Ein Meisterwerk, das muss so absolut mindblowing gewesen sein damals, den härtesten Song den davor jemals jemand gehört hat war Helter Skelter von den Beatles und dann kommen Black Sabbath einfach mit dieser Teufelsmusik um die Ecke. Ozzys Vocals absolut on Point und bis heute einige der besten Riffs ever auf dem Album. Hat zwar nicht so ikonische Tracks wie Paranoid aber insgesamt als Album einfach von vorne bis hinten perfekt. Funfact Tony Iommi hat irgendwann zwei Finger halb verloren und hatte dann so Plastikprothesen mit denen er die Gitarrensaiten viel krasser ziehen drücken spannen whatever konnte was maßgeblich zu diesem Sound beigetragen hat

Super Album, super gealtert, find vor allem die basslines geil. Ohne Black Sabbath gäbs das Doom Genre nicht also put some respecc on em

Hätte nicht erwartet dass ich einem Metal album hier die erste 4-Sterne Bewertung geben würde, da das Genre eigentlich zu großen Teilen gar nicht mein Fall ist. Black Sabbaths Debut hat mich aber sehr positiv überrascht und ist wohl deutlich besser gealtert als andere Metal alben die weit später rauskamen. Besonders krass fand ich den Opener mit seinem doom metal sound, etwas was ich als jemand der nichts mit Metal am Hut hat gar nicht in der Zeit verortet hätte. Ein möglicher Grund, warum mir dieses Album entgegen aller Erwartungen so gefällt, mag sein, dass sich der ganze "Schockfaktor" des Genres sowohl in Sound als auch Ästhetik im Laufe der Jahre zu einem für mich persönlich teilweise unerträglichen Maße verstärkt hat. Ein frühes Metal Album wie dieses erhält dadurch den selben Charme wie alte Horror Filme: aus heutiger nicht mehr wirklich gruselig oder schockierend, aber gerade dadurch unterhaltsam als eine fast schon cartoonhaftige Vorstellung des Bösen, sie lässt einen die Ästhetik des Schauderns genießen ohne selbst in die eigentlich unwohlsame Lage des Schaudern zu geraten.

"ich hör alles ausser rap und metal" hab tbh erwartet das deutlich lahmer zu finden aber war ganz groovy (evil woman banger beat) und auch abwechslungsreich von der sound kulisse. Unterm strich hats mich dann doch irgendwie kalt gelassen über weite strecken aber war auch nicht so krass in der mood mir was neues anzueignen von daher kann man dem das auch nicht wirklich ankreiden

Scheinbar sind auf dem Album nur 5 Wörter die mehr als 2 Silben haben lmao. „Black Sabbath“ ist schon ein krasses Statement für ein Debüt, ahead of its time wird zwar imo ein bisschen inflationär gebraucht, aber hier ist es sicherlich angebracht. Der Opener hat halt quasi Doom Metal begründet, wenn nicht Heavy Metal überhaupt. Man hört noch die Nachklänge von Blues Rock, aber das hier ist definitiv was neues. Mega geil durch und durch wird abgeliefert, die Produktion bringt auch jedes Instrument zum scheinen (Sogar den Bass!). Ich kann gar nichts schlechtes darüber sagen… Außerdem eins der geilsten Covers überhaupt.

Fragen: - Wie kann das Album an einem Tag recordet worden sein und so geil klingen? - Wie kann man Heavy Metal so geil in einem Album ausbauen und manifestieren dass so vieles danach alt aussieht? - Wie kann man gleichzeitig entspannt Doom Metal miterfinden dass dann aber trotzdem wieder 10 Jahre ignoriert wurde? - Wieso wurde die Mundharmonika danach im Metal nicht weiter gebraucht? - Wieso wurde Hair Metal danach so corny? - Wie kann man aus den nichts so mystische (gute) Texte schreiben? Kurz: Safe eins der 10 wichtigsten Alben aller Zeiten. Mit Paranoid dann nochnmal wichtiger und großer. Ich liebe das düstere drückende und die psychdelischen vibes die aus den späten 60ern noch mitschwingen. Einziger Kritikpunkt ist dass das riffing etwas wiederholend ist, gehört aber auch iwie zu dem Trance Zustand dazu. Für meinen persönlichen Geschmack eine 4, hier gebe ich eine 5 (also gebe ich nicht kann ich ja nicht mehr aber ich tu so als wäre das nicht passiert)

Ich habe wirklich praktisch kein Metal gehört bisher, aber nichts auf dem Album war für mich sonically ungewohnt oder überraschend — was wohl zeigen dürfte, wie einflussreich das Genre war. Ehrlich gesagt hätte ich das Album wohl als Redneck Rock oder ähnlich beschrieben, hätte ich es bloß gehört und nicht Genre, Artist etc. gekannt. Inhaltlich habe ich mich nicht groß mit dem Album auseinandergesetzt, musikalisch fand ich wenig auszusetzen, aber auch wenig, was mir wirklich gefällt. The Wizard ist ein cooler Track, der Rest ist so ziemlich an mir vorübergezogen.

The opener Black Sabbath is the most evil this band has ever sounded and is the first doom song ever written. After that incredible opener we have a few great songs (like N.I.B.) and one or two lesser ones (like the cover "Evil Woman") On a seven song album it's just a little too much up and down to be a 5* album, but the dark blues-rock combined with the major influence this has had in retrospect makes this highly enjoyable. 4 1/2*

That new seventies sound...

Such a powerful opening, screams of terror that genuinely chill the blood, that slowly fades into fairly typical bluesy solo nothingness as the covers enter and Ozzy gets less and less moment to shine. Still finding those metal feet. Highlights: Black Sabbath, The Wizard.

Muito bom.

I got to photograph Tony Iommi (and Geezer Butler) when they toured as Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio doing that era of Sabbath songs. Standing in right in front of Iommi for a few songs and watching him play really close-up and seeing how much the crowd absolutely adored him was one of life's great moments. Dio was pretty great too I saw Sabbath with Ozzy on their last tour (as ever via a last minute ticket fire sale for a seat towards the very back of the Entertainment Centre because I'm such a cheapskate), and it was so much better than I ever expected it could be (the reason why I left it so late on deciding whether to go). There's good stuff on most of the Sabbath albums, irrespective of who's singing, but those first two albums are really all you need.

The wonderfully dumb alpha and omega.

First song was pretty epic but couldn't keep my attention after that.

13 de fevereiro 1970

Pure metal gold

Couldn’t get into it at the time of listening. Perhaps needs a different mood to enkoy

Vibes

First heavy metal album Aside from a few distinctive traits, you wouldn't consider it a metal album Still solid

Kind of dull surprisingly.

Holy shit, I forgot that this is one hell of an album

One of the most influential albums ever made. An explosive rhythm section, fuzzy guitar riffing and ozzys oddball vocal performance all made for something very distinct in the early 70s, but even thought it's been ripped off a million times and not novel sounding any more the strength of the songwriting still is better than most albums in its genre. The opener is the standout with it's tritone based riff and eerie atmosphere but the groove heavy blues rock of NIB also is incredible. Basically every riff is catchy.

this is the first time i listen to this album and band. album sure looks spooky. it is from those days people thought the magic card art style was a cute look for an allbum i think. makes it look pretty indie and low budget. black sabbath from black sabbath by black sabbath: i like the syncopated drums in the opening track, the part wheere he said 'o no!' was abit feelsweirdman. not sure about the title because the song or bells or lyrics does not remind me of shabbos? I get the point is to use tritones bc it sounds spooky but the three notes get very boring after a minute or so. I like the outro alot, especially the triplets on the cymbals (i think?). also final guitar section is neat but it does not sound very special (but it might have been for its time!). second track sounds abit gimmicky to me, the harmonica tires fast. not a fan. I love triple time songs and particularly 6/8 so i liked the intro and outro alot, but when the time changed back to 4/4 it didn't do much for me. I think that 6/8 meter could serve as a great basis for some nice solos. Fourth song got a curious intro. I like the zills one or two minutes in. The riff sounds a bit boring, and not played very tightly. I think the guitarists do a pretty good job soloing on this track. i found evil woman not interesting. i think Sleeping Village is one of the most interesting tracks on the album. it seems like guitarists have some freedom here. change past the halfway point is where it gets fun. dissonant outro is also nice, but I could do without the repeating guitar riffs. to this point it is clear these people are good musicians technically. i really like these solos. it could also jusst be the studio quality was poor which may be why it doesnt sound very tight. it is a common issue with records from that time. warning is another song where guitars (and drummer) get to flex. it sounds llike a blues, but again 3 minutes in, when the vocalist is done it gets pretty curious! i guess it is shredding which is cool, but the harmonies are quite simple and the solo guitar sounds like absolute ass in my headset (might be feedback issue or maybe too much reverb wasnt a thing back then). tempo changes are cool, i like that. in the last track i got the feeling the drummer may be a jazz drummer? For second i thought i was about to listen to a bebop song, but it is not. to me alot of the guitar riffs feel alike. Halfway the guitars start playing arpeggios which always sounds cool and good but harmony stays quite similar. then theres another nice solo. not a fan of the vocalist overall, but instrumentalists are good if they are not just playing riffs all over. i can only imagin this was just popular at the time. i mean deep purple built a career on just riffs. i must admit i zone out pretty quickly when i hear another riff permutation, especially with all the distortion. i do not typically listen to this type of music, but i think i see why people might like it, but dont think it aged well bc of production. it was probably quite revolutionary for its time. i hear serious blues and rock influences. i also read up some factoids and read someone killed themself listening to this bands music? i dont think the music is that bad but ok.

Black sabbath 1st track kinda... Boring. Wizard slaps sooo hard Rythm and intro of behind a wall is awesome!!! NIB feels kinda classic metalley. But very groove!! Evil woman is alright... It exists? Sleeping village pog good placement Great transition into warning

Aside from the first track, not very memorable for me...

The album that melted my mind as a child and set me on a path that 40 years later has not disappointed. One of the true GOATS.

Ground breaking. Hard to believe it was recorded in the 60s. Changed metal fo sho.

I Enjoy Sabbath a lot, This isn't my favorite by them. But there is something innately classic to me about it. So influenctial and man, the fucking riffs. Ozzys voice is absolutely iconic as they come. Mix that with some very early on vague Satanism and a badass album cover and you really got something cool as fuck.

The Beginning ....

Reminded me of the sound/looseness of the Stooges second album. Standouts were the longer medley tracks, really groovy/heavy listen

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, I expected it to be one of those 'influential but not great on its own' albums but was pleasantly surprised. Sounds a lot like early led zeppelin

Not my cup of tea, a bit dull

Oh hells yes.

Not a big fan of Sabbath and I am still not.

(Frühe) Black Sabbath halt.

A true classic

A few good songs, but hard for me to enjoy casually. Really need to be in the mood for it :/

I can see why people think it’s good, but it’s repetitive wailing and pretty boring

Not very fun.

Really dug this vibe, very good album all around

It was hard and heavy and dark, and it was great. This one felt a bit more cohesive than the last one, and seemed like it had more of a consistent theme to it. Favourite Tracks: The Wizard, A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning

What terrifying cover art. N.I.B. is a standout favourite. Great melodic arrangements throughout, while also making me want to... Rock out?

Love

I really enjoyed this. And it's actually pretty blues-based.

5/5

I was expecting more...

Not a bad album, not so great either

easy 5

Insert Beavis and Butthead head banging here

I was honestly surprised by this. Not yet metal and the most coherent Ozzy will ever be

The dawn of heavy metal, ozzy, and all the rest. An interesting album as you can feel the blues and jazz elements, and they are starting to transition into something HEAVIER. Awesome piece of musical history.

Better and bluesier than expected.

Some good guitar stuff, sounds a bit derivative but only because it inspired so many. Ozzys voice is fine, not amazing. Curious to hear their later albums.

Amazing guitar playing but okay in general

Pretty good

Meh

Honestly eh. I thought I'd like it more but it just did not hit as hard as Rush, Iron Maiden, or other prog/hard rock bands. Some parts were really good but others just yelled about the wizard that will kill you with his magic (Rush would talk about the nuances and intricacies of the magic and how it's a microcosm for the entire human race, but this didn't really elaborate AT ALL). It just didn't really do it for me

Black Sabbath? more like Black Midbbath, cause this album was mid. Its fine, pretty standard stuff, nothing jumped out at me

Good stuff

It's alright, great guitar playing.

Good album. Would rate it 8/10.

Classic down tempo metal!

It was not bad per se, but I would not listen to it again. A bit boring

Classic album. Loved it, as always.

Hätte es in Mono hören sollen. Teilweise Surround eher unangenehm.

Not bad. Can see how it was revolutionary for its time.

Great instrumentals, not a fan of the singing

High quality early metal. As with most Sabbath, there are a few modern covers that are more compelling, but this still stands up.

Classique! J'adore et ça me rememore plein de souvenirs 5*

Lots of throwback sounds and visuals of young Black Sabbath evolving the precedent sound established by blues and rock pioneers before them.

Not the best of Early Sabbath here, I prefer "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" Myself. "Evil Woman" and "Wicked World" OK tracks but not a favourite

ok, could be better

I didn't listen to this on the Thursday it was planned for, because essentially I was too tired to handle it. So glad I saved it for a day I was less tired and could appreciate it better. Actually really enjoyed it - obvs not something I would listen to on the regs but cannot appreciate that this was v good music

Not bad at all

Pioneros del heavy-metal. Rock con mayúsculas. Inconfundible voz, acordes y estilo.

Legendary guitar riffs

This album has one of my favorite songs of all time.

6/10 I can see how influential this is but I found the songs a little long winded and also the vocals are just. Not nice

6/10. Sounded a lot like their other album. Pleasant enough to listen to, but not in love

I liked parts of it. 7/10

Heavy metal has never been a key genre for me, though I had a cheap double length cassette copy of We Sold Our Soul etc. as a teen that I played literally to death. The first album is clearly groundbreaking, and there’s a charm (if one isn’t too steeped in humorless religiosity) to the “just literally satan,” completely unsubtle, occult angles.

Люблю их, но под настроение

I am somewhat familiar with the band, but "The Wizard" might be the only track I've heard from this album and that was earlier this year. I really like Tommy Iommi's guitar wark on tracks such as "The Wizard", "Sleeping Village" and "Warning". I did not enjoy the title track, and some of the vocals to other tracks. The album was okay, but I don't see myself tempted to listen again.

Yes, \_ _/

The advent of doom metal. Black Sabbath adds minor scale melodics to a blues rock structure to create something new and ominous in this 1970 release. It's interesting to think about his album in context with other releases around that time. Truly nothing sounded like this. The longer experimental pieces (there are only five songs) are surprising digestible and must have been mind blowing at the time.

Now here's one I've heard often enough to give it a straight 5 without re-listening, even though it's been quite a while that I last heard it. Of course, I still re-listened and it was a pleasure to do so. Not only was this the album that originated metal music as we know it today, but it has also stood the test of time really well and is still a great album when listened to today. Favorite tracks N.I.B. and Warning

OK, I was expecting the worst, but actually I liked this. A lot. More Led Zeppelin / Blues Rock than I was expecting, catchy tunes - and out less than a year Abbey Road which i'd just finished - amazing comparison of the era. Solid.

Wow this fucking slapped hard. MASTAPIECE!

One of the most important musical albums in people's history! The first "heavy metal" album at all! The sound of the album has got the roots in rock, hard rock, jazz, blues and psychedelia with adding of heavy distortion and creating completely a new genre. It was a starting point of separation heavy metal from "rock and roll" and also a prototype to a lot of future rock musical genres. This album was also credited as the first record in sludge / stoner rock and goth genres. Long guitar solos reminds of progressive metal sound. Also Kurt Cobain wanted Nevermind to sound more like Black Sabbath so this albums also has got an influence to alternative rock and grunge sounds. Completely must listen and must have in collection if you re a fan of hard rock / heavy metal / alternative music!

Classic! Första heavy metal-albumet. En genre jag annars inte är bevandrad i, och inte känner någon större dragning till, men det går inte att inte älska Black Sabbath. Första låten, Black Sabbath, är så skrämmande och ondskefullt-låtande det blir i musikväg. Resten av albumet håller högre tempo, men behåller de TUNGA riffen, TUNGA basslingorna. Ozzys lätta, genomborrande sång. Briljant. Gillar speciellt N.I.B., både basintrot och gitarrsolot. Och resten. Allt är bra. Bästa låt: Black Sabbath från albumet Black Sabbath av Black Sabbath.

Ozzy Ozborne was in Black Sabbath?? very good rock and roll album

Roots of metal

Not my thang

The origin of all things devil-horned \m/

It’s weird to think that this album came out just as the Beatles were breaking up because brit rock and heavy metal seem so far apart from each other but they were almost contemporary. This album isn’t bad but the title tracks sound is wildly different from the rest of the album. Plus each track is 3 songs lumped together which was annoying to find a fav song. Overall, not amazing but a very interesting look into the genesis of heavy metal. Fav song I think: the wizard

Much more blues forward than I'd expected which lent itself to the darker macabre spendidly.

Black Sabbath, right? Bats! Satan! Ozzzzzzy! Sharon, Kelly, Jack and that one who only ever appeared as a blur of pixels getting something out of the fridge! Never been much more than a joke band to me, which is unfair because this album is really pretty badass. Still sounds fresh, amazingly, and I am not the kind of rockist beard-stroker who says that about every piece of vinyl pressed before 1980.

Simply good rock (even if very familiar in this case).

This band was one of, or if not (I don't know much about them) the first to make music within the heavy metal genre, and for that I appreciate it. Other than that it really wasn't for me, some of it sounded cool though I guess. 2/5 stars.

Not the biggest fan of Ozzy's vocals.

Maybe it should sound like smoke on the water? Oddly, Ozzie's diction seems good here. "My name is Looo-cifer please take my hand". I feel this album was chosen because of Sabbath's influence, but because they had about 60 to choose from, they went with this because it was their first.

A great sound and ozzy's voice is absolutely perfect for this heavy sound. Though it struggles a bit when it hits Wicked World and the last track, the beginning of this album is amazing.

#5 Black Sabbath was awesome!!! 1st 5 stars!! Music was the kind of stuff I love!!!

muzika je epic ali ovi tekstovi se ne bi svidjeli mojoj baki.

Thought I would like it more, but it was pretty meh

The more I hear this one the more I like it. Second Listen. 4/5. Black Sabbath. Evil Woman. The Wizard. NI.B.

pretty good album I don’t really have strong feelings for it, positive or negative. it’s pretty groovy, I guess. it had an awkward start but by the end I thought it was pretty good. in terms of overall quality, I’d give it an 8/10 - it’s well written and composed and other than a few awkward parts, holds up really well. however when it comes to my own preference I think I’d give it a 6/10. it’s not bad, it’s just not something I’d feel like listening to again for a while. Most the stuff I liked from the album is easy to find in other albums (like Santanas debut) and most of the stuff that made it unique like the harmonica or the jaw harp, I didn’t really like. Again, not saying it’s bad. I believe it’s an objectively good album, but on my own preference, I just didn’t really like it a whole lot.

buen álbum

One of the classic great Metal albums, and I've heard it many times before. Though listening this time, several years after the first, I now see the blues influences better. The same kind of driving bass and simple melodies that would go on and become the basis for Funk and Disco. Neat stuff that.

I'm not sure, in all of the iconic rock riffs created in the wake of this record (by Sabbath and everyone that followed), if any are more iconic than on the opening track "Black Sabbath." Ozzy's vocal is perfect for the song. I can't imagine being a Beatles fan and thinking "Man, Helter Skelter really rocks" in 1968 and then having my mind blown by this less than two years later. I love Black Sabbath. The band, the record, and the song. But Black Sabbath, ultimately, sits middle of the pack among their other records. For me.

This was way bluesier than I expected it to be, but still very Sabbath. You can definitely hear the beginnings of the much “heavier” music they would start recording after this. To be honest, the worst part of BS for me was always Ozzys voice - it just kinda rakes on me. This album was much more about the music, and his vocals were less prominent. They sounded much more like an early-70s band. I dug it.

Black Sabbath is the bridge between hard rock and heavy metal, and you've got to say that most metal today as it currently exists wouldn't have been possible without this album. Even for something from 1970, this thing just goes so damn hard. The guitars are saturated, the drums crash like a mother, and Ozzy singing about Satan 'n' Shit™️ is just so much fun. You can hear all of the bluesy influences in this too which are sometimes less pronounced in their later stuff. With the tracks being as long as they are, some of them start to drag a touch for me and get a bit meandery ("Warning" springs to mind) - but overall, deadly album.

Grondlegger van de metal-scene. Nog heel wat rock 'n roll en blues invloeden in dit album, en dit wordt gesmaakt!

Black Sabbath & wasp/behind wall/bassically all really good. Album didn’t disappoint

Yes! This album starts so heavy with the devils chord and it commands your attention. This is a landmark hard rock album and a great one that still holds up. Favorite Tracks: "Black Sabbath" "The Wizard" "NIB"

Short and sweet with some well-crafted songs, but not as epic as I was epxecting.

Way too dark. I didn’t enjoy this album

Снова ситуация, когда нам дают альбом не за проверку временем, а за его инновативность на момент выхода. в целом я не против, но опять же, если уже есть параноид, который мелодичнее, тяжелее, более цепляющий и просто лучше - так ли важно знакомиться с зачатками всех этих качеств на дебютнике? ИМХО - нет. Для себя на данном альбоме ничего нового не услышал, эпохальныхриффов не завезли, те что есть - немного сырые и неубедительно сыгранные. звук отстроен странно - в первой песне почему-то гитара одна и отведена влево (хуевое решение, право всегда более тащит), но в остальных вполне себе присутствуют стереопара с двух сторон, ну то есть они знали, что так можно делать, че в первой-то забили. В песне N. I. B., вероятно, самый годный риффак и охуенное бассовое интро, но при этом когда оно заканчивается и начинается дисторшн-басс - он звучит просто отвратительно, как зубами по жестяному ведру. Тексты какой-то херковский дроч на гот-эстетику, ничего информативного и бесконечного-вечного не несут. Каверы - это отдельная тема. Evil Woman звучит, конечно, прикольно, но ощущается полнейшим рассинхроном с основным тоном пластинки, непонятно нахуя оно здесь вообще (на параноиде, кстати, больше бы зашло наверн, там и сама заглавная песня чем-то похожа). А Warning - это продолжание традиций ебучих Кинг Кримзон, которые были уверены, что имеют право на студийном альбоме останавливать песню и 5 минут вяло ковырять свои инструменты, издавая рандомные унылые ноты. Хронометраж в 10 минут абсолютно не оправдан, хотя где-то в ядре композиции находиться вполне себе годный песняк. ну я лично оцениваю такой экспириенс в 6/10, не думаю, что каждый человек обязательно должен это послушать

Pretty timeless, lyrics are a little wonky but the energy is infectious

Desde el momento en que de muy pequeño vi este LP en casa de mi abuela me fascinó e intrigó. Era una portada totalmente distinta a los demás como película de horro y... con un vampiro! Cuando por fín lo escuché probablemente entre 11-12 años no hubo marcha atrás. Fue un sonido exactamente como esperaba lúgubre, distinto a cualquier cosa que había escuchado hasta ese momento y que me atraía/asustaba enormemente. A pesar de la cantidad de nostalgia el disco tiene un mérito propio enorme que creo casi nadie puede disputar. Ese inicio y transición de el rock pesado a crear lo que va a ser el metal, la cantidad de influencia que tiene y la inventiva de la banda en toda esa época inicial son innegables. ¿Es un disco perfecto? Seguro hay peros que algunos le pueden poner; se sienten inicios de ese cambio pero también eso lleva a cierta inconsistencia, a ratos se siente demasiado blues, a ratos demasiado rock setentero que se puede sentir muy similar a otras bandas y a ratos se siente esa luz de innovación. Sleeping Village puede ser una canción no tan buena, Warning puede ser demasiado larga, The Wizard suena casi de un disco distinto con su harmónica característica. No importa, son minucias cuando se contraponen con el peso, relevancia y calidad del disco. Esos discos que a pesar de tener más de 50 años han envejecido con la mayor gracia posible. Hay un par de discos de Black Sabbath que se puede alegar son aun mejores pero no se le puede quitar mérito y, aunque pienso que la calificación está más que justificada, tampoco hay forma de quitar mi parte subjetiva en tanto al grado de importancia que tuvo esta banda y este disco en particular en cimentar las bases de todos mis gustos musicales posteriores. No había más que decir, era un 5 cuando vi la portada y después de escucharlo con gusto una vez más después de incontables ocasiones nada cambio.

Lo que más me impresiona de este disco es que aún sonando como lo que hoy conocemos como metal, no deja de sonar super setentero. Claramente es música de la época pero aún así suena distinta. Hasta dentro de los que piensan distinto, hay gente que piensa distinto y ellos son la prueba, guitarras más graves, temas oscuros y místicos y pese a ser criticado en la época la gente lo consumió. No todo podía ser amor y paz, también hay espacio para espantarnos y tener miedo y qué mejor que hacerlo con los solos de Iommi y la voz de Osbourne. 4.5 Songs: Evil Woman, The Wizard, NIB

Hay muchas razones para darle 5 estrellas a este disco: desde las letras, los efectos y overdubbing con la voz, el procesamiento y ensamble que hacen a las guitarras y el bajo que también tiene su buena distor y todo esto en un contexto que en su momento era novedoso y motivo de temor para la gente que los oía por primera vez. Encima, las rolas musicalmente hablando son muy buenas, con esa base de blues pero acelerado y con el volumen alto. En definitiva disfruté tenerlo que oír completo y en orden, porque hace años no lo hacía.

It’s just so good. Not as many “hits” on their debut as say something like Paranoid but still an awesome Moody albums that blends blues rock and psychedelic into something dark, beautiful and new- Heavy Metal. An excellent debut that successfully established the feel of the band with catchy riffs, low growling guitars, and satanic lyricism. Yay!

Only thing to really say is, "Sabbath fucking rules." A record that, even over 50 years ago, everyone is trying to clone and improve upon. Delightfully occult, heavy, and just makes you want to headbang. Contains my favorite Sabbath song: "N.I.B.", once described as "the raucous defiling of Cream", a better description I cannot supply. Favorite tracks: "Black Sabbath", "Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B."

It was alright, but not as good as i had expected

Solid. classic

not their best work

It was great; Sure at times it may be nothing to write home about, but all songs were still interesting in their own right. Their sound was pretty unique at the time, and I feel like this albums captures it well. Although their next album would become their hit, this one is worth a listen as well. Favorite track: Wicked World

The most influential album of all time. It's almost undeniable. Every single metal band can be tracked back to this singular album. The title track is a harrowing descent into occultism, The Wizard is an amazing piece, and the bass throughout the album is incredible. There will never be an album that will change the landscape of music like this one did ever again. Highlights: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

grande ozzy

Better than paranoid, but way more chill. They've sorted out their echo based recording method too, still not a 5 though

Regarded as the first heavy metal album, this is a shredder. The lyrics focus on the dark, storytelling perspective that would be a theme with metal. Iommi and Butler are the standouts here, Ozzy's voice never gained traction with me, but this iteration seems less 'Ozzy Inc™' than in his later years.

The album that started heavy metal. Love the rain on the opening track, followed by the haunting riffs.

I guess none of the songs are terrible and there were some cool guitar riffs here and there. No good songs either though.

Good Riffs. I really like Ozzys voice. This album is the start of a great band and a new music era. (7/10) Favorite Tracks: Black Sabbat, N.I.B, The Wizzard

Metal del bueno. Aquí empezó el metal

I listened to about half…just meh.

The first albums of legendary bands tend to be either disappointing or incredible. Pleasantly surprised to Sabbath falls in the latter camp.

Yeah, ok Sabbath you can have loads of stars.

I was on tumblr and the album finished and I didn't notice until the first song had already played again

I think the album can get a bit samey, and not all tracks hit. But the tracks that do well are great.

Not quite the same heights as Paranoid, but still a metal classic that was way ahead of its time.

This is the Devil's music. Won't somebody please think of the children??????

good