Black Sabbath

Litt tamt og litt teit.

89/100.

It's early Black Sabbath!

I really liked it!

Classic rock album. Great atmosphere, nothing quite as catchy as stuff to come after, but can imagine listening to this and there not being anything else like it at the time (or at least thinking that)

This album is the genesis point for the entire metal genre. It gets a 5 on influence alone. But it also gets a 5 for its iconic songs, basically ALL of which(except for "Warning") are all-time classics. Evocative lyrics, virtuosic guitar and drum playing, and the iconic voice of Ozzy, all in one album. What more could you possibly ask for?! This album is absolutely brilliant and one of my all-time favorites. And I know I'm far from the only one. This album is ranked #5 of 29 albums for 1970. Other 1970 albums rated by me: Bridge Over Troubled Water(2/29)-5 Led Zeppelin III(3/29)-4 Cosmo's Factory(4/29)-5 All Things Must Pass(6/29)-3 Tea for the Tillerman(10/29)-4 After The Gold Rush(11/29)-5 Morrison Hotel(12/29)-3 Deep Purple In Rock(14/29)-5 Fun House(17/29)-5 Ananda Shankar(27/29)-4

Overall Rating - 4.34/5 (8.68/10). Incredible guitar work, interesting melodic compositions, simple but not simplistic.

A classic debut of the heavy metal pioneers.

album bom, black sabbath é uma banda incrivel que sinceramente nao tem um album verdadeiramente ruim RIP ozzy osbourne

Great album, 7/10

Great sound, great music, lyrics are not my type, not too fan.

Decent! Definitely not my favourite sabbath record, but a good one for sure. 4/5 ⭐️ 249/1089

probably a five in terms of importance but a three in terms of I kept getting distracted away from the album

Gran disco

amazing guitar work and fun to hear early Ozzy.

Where it all began 😈🤘🏼🔥

Никогда раньше я не слушал Black Sabbath, предполагая, что их звучание будет для меня слишком тяжелым. На самом же деле этот альбом мне понравился, а звучание оказалось очень даже подъемным

Classic album so many good tracks and such a good vibe

Speaking of hearing it at the time… There's a lot of argument as to where Heavy Metal starts. Some people try to pretend a zygote is a child even here, and go with some loud psych or heavy blues. Others will wait until they get to their preferred metal. This isn't brvtal enovgh! But it's a hard argument to make that this isn't it. It can't possibly be as impactful now, 50+ years later, but I think it comes close. That riff is so simple, but it's a masterclass in tension with that flat 5th and occasional trill. It creates a mood that metal has been inhabiting for its entire life, the terror of just being frozen in a moment, the figure in black. And then that more galloping riff at the end, building up a different tension. It's simplicity itself and yet it does exactly what it needs to do to birth a genre. It's still an unsettling track, even in our time, but it must have sounded like an apocalypse when it first dropped. Not only does it have the big dark Satan imagery here, but it follows it with The Wizard, which in essence is a goofy harmonica blues, but with Ozzy's haunted delivery and Iommi's extra crunch, it goes a step farther than the Zeppelin stuff it's clearly building off, and also makes sure that metal will also always have a home for nerdy fantasy stories. Satan and wizards and fairies. You can't go a year where that's not the vibe of at least a few of the most respected metal albums. In modern releases, apparently, most of this album is apparently made up of medleys, which is sort of a moot point but does make it hard to separate N.I.B., which I think is just as much a milestone as the title track. Maybe more so: NIB is the mission statement for most of what Black Sabbath means musically, those big riffs, Ozzy's unique sense of melody, the breakdown and soloing style, and of course the more overtly occult lyrics. If nothing else, it's my fave of the tracks. Now, it does show its age. The band is clearly young and also clearly doing a lot of feeling around (take all that Jazz drumming in Wicked World). It also loses a little shine. I remember Black Sabbath being glacial and eternal, but while it is certainly not a brisk song, it feels about double-time from how I remember it. NIB similarly feels much more roughly produced from how it crystallized in my head. Indeed, while you'd hardly want this too polished, it could have done with a little extra spit and shine. And of course, it is a first album. Everyone improves on the next outing (not that anyone but maybe Ozzy isn't already good), and while Sabbath never really sticks to one concept, the whole metal act cements by then. But the weird exploratory aspects here do make it interesting. I'm glad the band went the direction it did, but it's cool to realize they could have gone a lot of directions. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

for the time this came out this is INSANE and it still holds up really well

Solid. Some of the instrumentation in the songs is a bit repetitive.

Still my favorite Sabbath. One of those records I’m always in the mood for. Everything about this is perfect, even by today’s standards; cannot fathom how mind-blowing this would have been back in 1970. Easy to see how influential this was, but I honestly wish we had more music coming out today that sounds closer to this particular album.

Blues but do it a little louder

Great album

Wonderful

9.7

Lyssnat igenom flera gånger. Världens mest solklara femma!

Enjoyable listen, not that memorable for me but didn't hate it. Great guitar and instrumentation. Lyrics not that memorable, which is probably why it's not my cup of tea. favourite song- wicked world

deec

Album bellissimo. Pensare che è stato inciso quasi tutto in un unica sessione e folle. Geniale

Pretty boring and not as good as their other stuff.

Bangin. Love the tone on all instruments. Epic riffs. Great horrory atmosphere without going too stupid

4/5. Though not the first “heavy” album, Black Sabbath’s self titled debut is still the foundation on which most metal music would grow on. And it is a damn good foundation too. The opening title track has this slow, distorted riff that looms over you like a giant beast. The a few tracks later you get the massive multi-phase “Wasp/Behind the Wall of sleep/Basically/N.I.B” which is straight up one of the bands best songs, especially when it gets into that iconic NIB section which has one of the best rock riffs of all time. Like most debuts, it’s a bit rougher and looser than their future material, but that roughness also lends itself very well to this heavier style of rock. They would go on to make a few even better albums, but as a debut this thing is amazing.

Listening session: september 2nd, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: my second Black Sabbath album in one week. Again this has some fun guitar work and bass riffs and I’m sure it was revolutionary when it came out in the early 70s, but now this is not my cup of tea Favourite tracks: N.I.B. & Wicked World

8.5 / 10

Where it all began! So much more than their “Heavy Metal” tag implied. Their music had subtleties and twists and turns which elevated simple riffs to something much greater. 5

The birth of my favorite music genre of all time and one of the greatest debut album of all time. A great mix of blues rock and metal with iconic catchy riffs. And Ozzy even play harmonica on "The Wizard". No skips on this album. Critics at the time hated them but today Black Sabbath is considered a top 3 metal band MINIMUM. Tonny Iommi is a god/5

There's something about Ozzy, man. He has the exact voice I wanna hear on an ominous rock ballad. Black Sabbath does not disappoint ever. Also love the transitions between melodies on the longer songs. Very well put together album. Highlight: Wasp/Behind The Wall of Sleep/Bassically/NIV

Another one of the best debuts ever....title track, "NIB", and "The Fairy" are THE sound of heavy metal, and Sabbath did it first and they did it best. I want to go 5 stars but the last track is just too long, but I know when we get to "Paranoid", it'll be a a 5 star

Just a great album isn't it.

Short but sweet, pleasantly surprised by this. Also, the guitar riffs in this are sick.

Great album, the first metal album where all the songs were really heavy (other photo metal songs were around but not in a cohesive album), the riffs are great, the sense of dread throughout, the musicianship throughout is amazing and ozzy is a great singer. Very accessible too for non-metal heads looking to get into the genre due to the heavy blues influences in the playing.

A goth essential

classic and perfect

Sorrí, Aron. Fannst þessi ekkert spes.

I enjoy this a lot!

Track By Track Black Sabbath - atmospheric intro with the rain. Sounds very cinematic, gothic, almost horror but more palatable than that actually. There is a lot of melody here rather than noise. The Wizard - apparently inspired by Gandalf. Very folkloric. Ozzy’s screaming harmonica in the opening is very effective and evokes the theme really brilliantly. Seems to be a bit of Led Zeppelin influence as well, especially with the subject matter. Behind The Wall of Sleep - Great guitar work on this one. N.I.B - a creative concept. Builds well. Evil Woman (Don’t Play Your Game) - not bad, good playing but not a standout for me. Sleeping Village - I like when a track goes multiple places. Great musicianship here. Nice form Warning - a long one! Good showcasing of their musical chops though. Wicked World - This one definitely reminds me of Led Zeppelin. Kind of a modern (for then) commentary. Almost protest-like song. Quite dig it. Overall review: I liked a lot of the playing in this. More than I thought I would. I am very impressed by the musicianship. They’re a tight band. It gets four stars for originality and what it was of the time, but three from me personally simply because it’s not usually my cup of tea genre wise. Although I want to thank Alexander, as this has reminded me about ‘Fluff’ (not on this album) is one of my favourite songs of all time. 3.5/5 Favourite Songs: The Wizard, Sleeping Village

Solid metal album that is not noise pollution.

4 out of 5. First time listen and what a great debut album. Probably my new favorite of theirs. I liked Vol. 4 when it came up but this ties it I think.

Enjoyed. Nice instrumentals.

Я никогда не был большим поклонником Black Sabbath, но они заслуживают моего глубочайшего уважения за то, что практически создали хэви-метал в том виде, в каком мы его знаем. Не могу представить, каково было слышать это в 1970 году. Заглавная композиция просто безумная, особенно если учесть время её записи.

They are still a fairly conventional 60s British blues rock band at this point. They become full-blown Sabbath on their subsequent albums.

I prefer them later but you can tell they're good. I don't care for the long jams.

1000 gånger bättre än jag trodde. Känns som metal innan metal typ. Innan det blev too much och helt performative. Det här köper jag att man kan lyssna på och inte känna sig som världens största tönt utan lite badass på riktigt. RESPEKT. 7/10

Loved it... Again another album before the band's peak. Big fan of them so I really enjoyed this.

OG Ozzy. It was cool. Not too heavy for me

Dark, moody and heavy. Great intro record and I read recorded in a one 12-hour session. Can AI even move that fast and do this well? Nope. This won't get full marks from me but dang it's good. Wish I hadn't been afraid of this band when I was a wee lad. Good stuff

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bara det här albumets roll i musikhistorien berättigar till en 5a men att det dessutom är ett galet bra album med no skips gör det till en solklar 5a. Att ett album släppt 1970, inspelat 1969 inte känns daterat är imponerande. Det mörka ikoniska introt med kyrkklockor och regn till Black Sabbath, hur man omvandlade grunden i bluesen till något så mörkt, alarmerande och doomigt (som också återspeglas på det ikoniska omslaget). Samtidigt är det lättillgängligt och groovigt. Måste varit en upplevelse att för första gången höra detta album 1970 som då inte liknade något annat. Ett tidsdokument där lyckliga omständigheter sätter samman 4 personer som var för sig tillför styrkor som sammantaget skapar något revolutionerande. Bäst är Black Sabbath, The wizzard, Behind the wall of sleep, N.I.B, Sleeping village, Warning, Wicked world

very raw sabbath, but you can still hear their geniality.

Spooky cover, spooky sound, spooky lyrics. Opens with Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on the album Black Sabbath? Yeah that’s a classic. Shit goes hard for sure, what a debut. Love the crazy bass throughout the album.

tremendo, fuerte.. no es de mi preferencia .. pero realmente es un discaso y es pura musica original en tiempo y forma !! La rompen toda

Was aight but not in the mood. Prefer master of reality much softer

1970 Hard rock, Heavy metal Entiendo que ha sido uno de los álbumes que ha definido el género, pero el género no es mi cosa.

Hard to avoid getting hyped up listening to this stuff.

Never heard it before, pretty solid.

Very cool. Will listen again.

I enjoyed this more than I anticipated. He sounds good here!

The album that gave the world heavy metal.

This was a fun listen. I think the first track is the strongest and it loses a little steam from there. But it's so raw and original for the time that I never really got bored. In the context of music today it sounds like a much more stripped down version of metal, where some parts of the album actually feel pretty sparse. It's cool.

there's this feeling of pure and distilled metal to it that makes it seem simultaneously so accessible but still so hardcore and sick. the metal aesthetic has never appealed to me outside of the music but with this album i kinda get it. it doesn't pull as many tricks as Paranoid but the fundamentals on display are pretty nuts. Black Sabbath (title track to the band i guess) is my favorite, also love Bassically into N.I.B. rock solid 4

Rating: 10/10 The start of not just a legendary run but of heavy metal music as a whole. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath, the literal introduction of this band, feels like a warning call, that you're entering this world of darkness as seen on the very album cover, some ominous foresty place that feels ritualistic and terrifying, like the character in the scene is about to boil you in a cauldron. Its ability to convey this 56 years after its release, when I have listened to music influenced by Sabbath that has become far more infernal than the heavy doom metal the band pioneered, is beyond impressive. In the review for Paranoid I already mentioned how every member of the legendary original four piece is essential and prominent in their own way, making music that no one was prepared for. Here they are on their debut already feeling like masters of their craft, grooving away with a melodic rhythm that manages to make their Evil Blues sound so fun.

gnarly 9/10 best song - the wizard

It’s raining, church bells are tolling, and thunder rumbles in the background. A storm is about to break. The album’s opening fits the cover art perfectly—a stroke of genius. People often claim this was the first true heavy metal album. I completely disagree; after all, what so-called heavy metal band features a blues harmonica? The band—centered around Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi—clearly draws inspiration from Deep Purple. Psychedelic influences are undeniable, too. But regardless, it was an incredibly exciting time for these musicians' development. In places, "Behind the Wall of Sleep" sounds unmistakably like Led Zeppelin. They recorded the entire album in a single day, essentially playing live in the studio. And that’s exactly how it sounds: like a concert—intensely focused, yet with the occasional vocal slip-up. The guitar solos are top-notch. The song themes are very dark, dealing with occultism, paganism, Lucifer, and the nature of evil itself. Perhaps all of this stemmed from their gritty, ugly industrial hometown of Birmingham. This innovative debut laid the groundwork for many 70s bands that cite Black Sabbath as an influence. Even with my aging ears, I can still crank up the volume on this record today; it features some of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. The penultimate track, "Warning," with its psychedelic atmosphere, completely draws you into the music's vortex. The album is so intense! For me—a blues fan—this record was and remains an absolute milestone; it definitely belongs on the list of "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die."

first dedicated listen through. great album. RIP Ozzy

Inte lika heavy metal som jag trodde vilket jag uppskattar, gav typ lite Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin vibes. Mörk och mystisk stämning som jag gillade, jag sparade fler låtar än jag trodde att jag skulle göra. Bra gitarr, trummor och sång, kanske stundtals lite tråkiga melodier.

I had my epiphany with this album about a year ago when I listened to it for the first time, but the impact it had has not been lost. This album essentially unlocked the genre of metal for me (as well as essentially being the birth of the metal genre as a whole). This album really connected the genre of metal to the genre of the blues to me. The pentatonic riffing, the stabby vocal stanzas, the swing in the beat; it feels like a natural continuation of the blues that has since become a gateway between genres ever since. Incredibly important album. 4/5

A few seconds into this project, I sensed that I was in for something great. By the time I got to the third track, I could envision myself listening to this album countless times throughout my life. There was a particular itch I’ve been feeling while listening to more extreme metal albums such as <You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To>, <Maze Envy>, and <A Distant, Violent Shudder>. This album scratched that spot. I suppose I’m being presented with the somewhat conventional ancestor of the metal albums of this decade, and I’m all for it. <Black Sabbath> has a way of overwhelming the listener without compromising its simplicity. The sound palette is organized and consistent. There is no point in which too many instruments are being played at once, and vocals are used only when necessary. Furthermore, the project alternates between dark and bright atmospheres effectively, keeping the progression interesting. Great listen.

Another great Sabbath album. They really hit the ground running right from the first album. I listened to two other Sabbath albums after finishing this one today. They're such an important group with a great style. They might be one of the few groups with multiple albums on the list where I would say they should add more of their stuff. A lot of those early albums are worth a listen and I'm not even much into metal.

Sometimes the English taketh, sometimes they giveth. These album has shaped so much of what metal is and it still sounds amazing. This shit would have put some people into a coma in the 70s, straight up menacing.

Not bad, got a bit bored Still not a big fan of Ozzy's voice

I think Black Sabbath is everything that I want from Led Zeppelin. Opening track is amazing. 4.5

Not for me, but I do appreciate the music they were making, especially in the context of their time.

Chalk this up the Brits obsession with the blues in the 60/70s. They were not the only ones doing it. However the genius move was Tony Iommi tune his guitar really low to convey that somber and dark mood from the blues even stronger bringing it to a different direction called heavy metal. The rest is history.

Not my favorite of Black Sabbath, but good album overall

Im biased

Amé

I'm tired of all this shit

favorite song: N.I.B

It’s classic metal in the way it should. The lyrics utilize religious or fantastical imagery, Ozzy’s performance is really infectious, and the music itself is great to listen to. It’s overall pretty entertaining and a good introduction to Sabbath.

good

Never heard anything from Black Sabbath. The cover is so cool I like all the sounds I'm listening to, The Wizard is so fun

Way more theatrical than I was anticipating!

My gateway to metal as an innocent, easily frightened young kid. Hearing the title track for the first time was like an aural horror film, and yet it had me hooked like a drug. That solo at the very end of the song is still one of the greatest musical passages I've ever heard. Sabbath might've peaked here in all honesty.

Solid all around.

an incredible album - the start of a new genre. Feels quite old, but still some amazing writing

I actually liked the two starting tracks, but then after that the rest of the album was not as interesting to me. I would like to know the purpose if cramming multiple songs into one rather than just releasing them as their own because the last track being 14 minutes long was actually insane.

• Annabel’s favourite band • killer intro • vocals on point • is that a harmonica??

Musically, this album kicks ass. Amazing guitar and bass interplay. Easy to see how this influenced so much down the line. I don’t think Ozzy had completely found his place yet. Felt like some of the songwriting and melodies were lacking in places. Still an amazing record, but I’m going with 4/5, because it’s not quite as great as the next few sabbath records.

The second album is just so much better

"Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath is a strong debut album. This album is the rise of the Prince of Darkness and birth of the metal genre. There is nothing negative about this album. The production level, songwriting, songs, heavy and hard sounds instruments, vocals everything is just perfect. There are no questions about Ozzy singing and vocal delivery as well as guitar and bass solo performance. The metal songs on this album are just great. All the tracks delivered perfectly from start to end. For me standout tracks are "Black Sabbath", "The Wizard", and "N.I.B". But "Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games with Me" and "Sleeping Village" may feel downgrade compared to other tracks . I don't meant to say it is bad compared to them but they are good song, just not as great as the others. Overall wonderful album by Black Sabbath. This album just created the new genre "metal". This album feels like I'm on a journey to hell to meet Satan.

It’s giving autumnal graveyard at dusk. I liked this album. It was my first Black Sabbath album and I enjoyed the darker tones, the opening track with the rain storm, the fear and storytelling within the lyrics. I would listen to this again to feel like im in some kind of halloween movie.

Fun stuff! I liked the rain opening and the guitars.

Oi Oi Oi!

Not sure why I didn’t expect to really like this, I’ve never been a metal person, idk my older brother was a big Black Sabbath guy growing up so I heard a lot of it and it did Not hit for me at the time, I was the softest tenderest little daisy and startled easily. But yeah from the very first bells of the opening track I was totally on board, maybe I was just in the right mood. That eponymous opener shreds, Ozzy’s voice is so immediately iconic and arresting, the guitar licks grab you by the guts, the tempo changes get the whole circulatory system churning. It’s great stuff. Second act montage needle drop in my biopic: “Wicked World”

This album felt like one song or piece of art. I really liked the use of tempo changes to give you that sense of going on a journey. Its almost like this rock song was a ballad.... guys I think I'm on to something ;) Also shouldn't we all panic about this satanic music?

i was determined not to like this album but i still liked it, i feel like that means something

There are a lot of things about this album that put me outside of my usual realm of listening - I don't really listen to metal, their voices didn't really do it for me at first, but the absolute atmosphere that this album creates is spectacular. I'm an absolute sucker for rain noises so I was immediately vibing with this album until the vocalist came in, but by the time I was a quarter of the way through the album I started to feel like his voice became something that I could expect and appreciate. I love the lyrics, they make me wish I was some small town punk kid in the 70s who was freaking out their parents with devil worshipping music, I know that would have felt incredible. This makes me also see why the satanic panic was a thing, if I was a parent and I found my kid listening to this I would probably overreact like it was my government job to do so. Wicked world is surprisingly jazzy, that's gotta be my favorite, love the stripped down guitar solo in the middle Overall: I feel like this album is exactly what I wanted from this website, I don't think I would have listened to it otherwise and I liked it quite a bit, you can hear its influence in other musicians. Even though its still not really my style I can see myself reaching for it again some day, it rocks. Likelihood that the member of this band lezzed out IMO: 4/5 have you seen the picture of them on spotify with the cunty little scarves and shags? i think they were doing experiments in witchcraft Using each others bodies. Two hard boiled jammy eggs no seasoning no plate eaten out of my palm

Some cool riffs, I’m sure this was revolutionary when it came out but it just felt a little bland and tired to me. Like if KISS was on heroin. Maybe I’m just more of a Judas Priest guy

god i wish i still liked smoking weed. perfect album to put on when you’re wizard high and get so scared lost me a bit in the b side, good blues rock but i wish it were as heavy and spooky as the first 3 tracks fav: the wizard . who gave ozzy that harmonica egg rice with @chilifrog chili crisp from 2024

I can’t lie, I don’t really get the hype behind this project…. I totally understand the influences this Black Sabbath album had on Rock, Metal, a Blues music all together for the time, but man is this project a bit of a doozie. I think the part of this I enjoyed the most was easily the guitar elements, they still rock over 50 years later, but the songwriting and tone of this project is a bit lacking in my opinion. It is a nice time if you are in the mood for something heavy but not on the level of some modern day metal, while also being a pretty cool throwback. This project doesn’t quite know what it wants fully and I completely sympathize with that, but I don’t get how some people can just pave over that fact because of the influence this project holds. Maybe I am just not seeing something everyone else here sees but I think with some more time and depth into Black Sabbath’s discography it may all start to click a bit better. Sadly their debut just doesn’t make the cut, hopefully Paranoid and everything after will work a lot more in my favor…

It was okay, not really my music taste but appreciate that they made changes with their music. Was easy having on in the background whilst I tidied my kitchen.

The most remarkable thing about Black Sabbath isn’t that it sounds heavy. It’s that nothing sounded like this before it. Plenty of albums are technically better. Plenty are more sophisticated. Plenty are better produced. But almost no albums in rock history have the sensation of watching an entirely new musical language being invented in front of you.

After a few misses lately it's good to be back with a hit. This album is a masterpiece. The guitar work is phenomenal, I loved the influence from funk and blues. There isn't one bad track on this album. 5*

I cannot state enough how much this album has influenced my life. It represents my introduction to harder music from my Dad, and it's tied to a very core memory with my family at Christmas when I was a teen. I love this album, and it continues to delight me.

Это хорошая работа для своего времени, здесь есть очень хороший инструментал и хорошие вокальные решения. Ещё мне нравится обложка альбома, но чтобы это всё прям запало мне в душу-увы нет, но это достойная работа!

Honestly don't mind it, kind of interesting, but I just can't listen without thinking of a bunch of animals getting tortured, so I would never in a million years listen to this on my own and it completely ruins the sound for me

This album is outstanding. It had a lot of Led Zeppelin feel but Ozzy's voice takes it over the top. 9/10 Top song... NIB

This album started all of metal didn’t it?! Seriously good from start to finish. 4.5

Very unremarkable, guitar solo very long with not much happening.

Chingón aunque no es tan bueno como Paranoid

iconic. important. cool album. not only it's a fundamental album for metal music, but to this day it still is such a good and engaging album. nothing bad to say

Pretty good. Heard it years ago and was fun listening again

Quite enjoyed this. Not what I was expecting

Nice debut from Ozzy and crew. Blues elements plus drums made me think Zeppelin.

crazy to think this is their first release.

Pretty solid album. I liked the variety of rock. Some of the guitar solos were a little drawn out.

Started off... Eh 😐, but then I really fucked with the ending of black sabbath (song) and then immediately grooving on the wizard. Really liked the drums on wasp and behind the wall of sleep, you can hear the inspiration it leaves for later 90s era grunge rock, especially some of Nirvanas music (the smells like teen spirit drum fill intro kept coming to mind) so it's interesting that this album came out in 1970. Rest of the album was solid, would definitely be even more enjoyable if played on some loud speakers with a beer in my hand. Overall solid album, giving it a 3/5 stars.

I made the mistake of listening to the 2009 remaster with "evil woman" and not "sleeping village/warning" - once we adjusted for that this shit got way better. This album is a damn good album head to toe. If I could give decimal values it would be a 4.6, and now I’m faced with the choice of rounding up or truncating. And you know what fuck it i'm gonna do it. 4 of the songs have landed in my regular rotation, and I would say there's not even really a skipper on the album for me. The drums were so good and that deserves its own paragraph. Black Sabbath: 2 great grooves with a great transition. This one doesn’t quite make the regular rotation for me because the payoff is kind of late. The Wizard: I’d never heard this one before but it’s super fun. Here’s a metal song with a harmonica solo. Nails. My 2nd fav on the album Behind the Wall of Sleep: great intro, great rhythm. The verse melody kind of reminds me of War Pigs which is funny to me. NIB: the most popular song on the album for a reason. This song is classic Black Sabbath to me, heavy hitting riff with punchy lyrics following that rhythm. Wicked world: this was one of my fav sabbath songs before this album and it stays my favorite on the album. Tempo changes are awesome, every rhythm is also great Sleeping Village/Warning - actually the least impressive track to me, but was a very fun journey and I think that the jam was a good finale to the project.

On one hand while I was expecting heavy metal here, the density of the metal was actually quite nice, on the other; just because you can do a 20 minute instrumental bit doesn’t mean you should. I feel like a lot of genuine musical talent here is being overshadowed by the excessive length of the songs

First listen thru felt like I was listening to 40 minutes of Black Sabbath slop. Second go thru was definitely better, but still felt like it was a long way off from some of their hits I’m more familiar with (ie snowblind). The use of harmonica in heavy metal was awesome though. Liked the Wizard and Wicked World the best probably

Black Sabbath's debut feels like it lays the groundwork for so much of rock to follow in their footsteps. The (imo) painfully mid lyrics are countered by great instrumental skill with some inspired guitar and wicked bass playing. Unfortunately, when playing in unison they seem to fall back into a slower, plodding cadence that drags songs out beyond their welcome. Interested in how their later work compares and evolves. Favorite tracks: N.I.B., Wicked World

Note: I listened to the 2014 remaster, not the 2009 one split into 8 tracks + the Evil Woman cover. I absolutely adored this album. It was just plain old fun to listen to. I felt myself being whisked along from song to song, and I was transported somewhere new every time. Muddy, grimy, dark, and chock full of piss and vinegar; I don’t have enough good adjectives to describe the sound here. I’m uninitiated when it comes to metal, but by god if this doesn’t scratch an itch I didn’t know I had. 5 songs and a 39 minute runtime is what I’m gonna call Pink Floyd Chic — I’m a fan of songs that don’t start and end in the same place. This is an incredibly well-paced album, especially in contrast to Friday’s album. Geezer Butler is a wizard on the bass. Ozzy Osbourne’s voice is iconic and Tommy Iommi gets his fair share of (well-deserved) glazing for the immaculate riffing he lays down, but I think Geezer Butler’s bass work is the real hero of this album. Punchy and driving and self assured all at once. While the songwriting isn’t the strongest, and veers into corny at times, the sound and the pacing is so strong that you hardly even notice. Song Notes: - Black Sabbath slow rolls you from the pattering rain and the tolling church bell into a death march meditation. IMO, if Halloween had a theme song this would be it. - the Wizard is hard charging and snot-nosed. Writing a song about your drug dealer is awesome and the harmonica just RIPS. - Wasp/Behind The Wall of Sleep/Bassically is such a sexy track. Each portion rolls into the next, and the spotlight on Geezer’s basswork is wonderful. - Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning is an odyssey. You have no idea what’s waiting at each island and every time I listened to it, it felt like getting picked up and being chucked into a locker in the best way possible. 8/10 Favorites: - Wasp/Behind The Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B. - Wicked World - A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning

My first time listening to a full metal album and I thoroughly enjoyed this one. The title track sets such a deep, heavy and dark tone to the album that really hits like a wave when Ozzy howls “Oh no no, please God help me” as right before the riff hits” and I was hooked at that point. Unlike the Rolling Stones, I felt this album had more variety and Tommy Iommi’s performance throughout the entire album makes this a very solid album. Wicked World was the only track I wasn’t a fan of but the rest were great. Favorite tracks: - Black Sabbath -The Wizard -Behind the Wall of Sleep - N.I.B - Bit of Finger - Sleeping Village Rating: 8/10

La distorsione della chitarra, la voce graffiata, l'adrenalina e il suono grezzo di quello che viene considerato il primo album metal della storia.

I give it a low 4 stars. The guitar playing is insane and I liked it when two guitars played at the same time, one in my left ear and one in my right.

👍

I see why people enjoy it but heavy metal isn’t really my thing. I think I’ll warm up to it tho

Legendary. No notes.

relisten?

I can see why it's so influential; I just lost interest in it halfway through.

Its Sabbath. Fantastic debut album. I don't think they have found their voice here completely, it's not Paranoid, but what is?

8/10 I see why people say that black sabbath created heavy metal, even though they weren’t the first they were the best initially, really liked N.I.B and the opening to the song black sabbath was very cool.

6.5/10 = used to like ozzy osbourne's solo stuff quite a lot in high school but haven't really listened to black sabbath before this so was interesting to see how his voice changed, wish i could appreciate the heavy metal a bit more, liked the album cover

Obvious 5 stars

Since Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut was more groundbreaking than almost any other, the rating is actually clear from the outset. But it’s worth taking a closer look, because these eight songs were absurdly ahead of their time (we’re talking about 1970 here!), even if, for example, you can still hear the Hendrix influence fairly clearly in “Warning” and “Wicked World.” The dominant tritone riff right at the beginning of the title track must have been downright shocking back then (at least for anyone socialized in Europe or America). This is followed by another gem that would likely be unthinkable today: “The Wizard” - in my view, one of the most unique Sabbath songs. I’d also like to highlight “N.I.B.,” whose main riff has practically defined the sound of stoner rock to this day. Looking back, I find the album’s immediate success rather astonishing, but obviously the four guys were in the right place at the right time.

Not my fave genre - pretty heavy for me! But I did learn that War Pigs by Cake is actually a cover 😂

Real classic, gets you fired up for whatever you need to do

I mean it’s black sabbath come on

Really good! I'd rock if i needed to motivate my evening work session

I can't believe that this album is 56 years old. It was a trip listening to the birth of heavy metal. The highlight for me was NIB. I was struck by the bluesy feel of the album. Loved Ozzy's voice and the feel that the band created.

Unbelievably peak self titled. Title track hits harder than my dads belt, and it’s the birth of doom metal and black metal

It was good on the instruments but a little mopey for my taste.

5/5 masterpiece. No skips. No fat. 40 minutes of pure heat. Sabbath nailed it on the first try and i dont know if anyone will ever top it. The dark and gloomy atmosphere mixed with the jazzy elements of Bill Wards drumming are perfect. This whole album feels like being chased by wolves on a cold rainy day in Translyvania. The lead lines of the guitar being used like accents to the harmony rather than traditional riffs are so cool as well. If i was a teenager in 1970, this shit wouldve knocked me on my ass.

(finally got the website to work) I really enjoy this album, its significance within the metal world is insane, between the almost doom metal title track too the swingin wicked world this album is amazing - shoutout leo meyers for recommending me wicked world

SO gouda, swiss cheese. Best songs are Wicked World, NIB, and title track. Ozzy's voice is a lot better than I remember and omg Bill Ward marry me

3/5 Favorite Song: N.I.B

67/100

I was so sure that I was going to grade this album on a curve because it came out just a few months before paranoid. I thought for sure there’s no way they could put out two 5 star qua

Nice and groovy. Fine. More my style of music I suppose.

En klassiker. Inte den Black Sabbath skiva jag tycker är bäst men ändå en femma av fem.

Great! Also very good Friday Hype Music for work.

just kind of boring

album #104 this was before they had found their sound properly, and it shows. it's fine but a bit dull. ꩜ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 985 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 49 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 22 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 82

Nice

it's great

Ozzy the man you are

Dug the title track and N.I.B. The rest is a little indulgent for my tastes. Cool album cover.

Amazing. I had heard the title track "Black Sabbath" before, and knew it was great, but the rest of the songs blew me away.

This list has made me realize that I am secretly a Black Sabbath fan. I cannot imagine what it was like to hear this back in 1970. Obviously an incredible influence on (waves hands wildly) all the things yet still sounds great today.

Let’s not forget that the first heavy metal album was made by Beatles fans.

Um it was pretty camp and fun? I don't remember a whole lot from when I listened to it yesterday. It reminds me a bit of Yes' music. I liked the track "Warning" the most.

obnoxious guitar soloing in warning. drummer is pretty good ok this is just one of those guitarists i know too many guitarists whose egos do not need to be augmented by having solos like this in every song. that being said it’s kinda fun music i like the intro to wizard i’ve definitely heard this one before ugh spotify ads i have not listened to all of them but i think i’ve heard enough

Listening notes: Satan mention tally - 1 Omfg that bass tone is incredible Satan mention tally - 2 Does ozzy need help what's happening Heavy metal harmonica??? Satan mention tally - 3 Satan mention tally - 4 (same line repeated but I'm counting it) The two guitars shredding in stereo is so fucking good Goes hard with call to prayer from local mosque in the background I thought Satan would be mentioned more tbh very disappointed Great album, high quality metal with some very good riffs and solos. Probably my favourite of the albums that have come up so far. 4.2/5

It was good, I enjoyed the witch which has a thematic start to what i was doing by at the times. Felt very farmery and I was doing yardwork.

YES another banger. Idk if it should count when I know the album already tbh, but whatever. Always love a chance to listen back to this. It was NOT the mood of the time i listened to it today but I am a big fan of Black Sabbath in general (though this is definitely not their best album. Possibly even one of their worse. Paranoid and Master of Reality 🔛🔝) This one is getting in the zone during an exam and grinding out a banging essay with relatively little preparation. 4.6/5

I can't imagine how the first song hit when it first came out but it still feels great. Amazing first album.

What amazes me about the Sabbath debut is how fully formed it is. From the metal sub genres to the occult themes. I think I’m going the highest of 4s (and I would probably have gone 5 if they didn’t have two albums I slightly prefer)

The band play well and I like the guitar sound. Never that keen on their lyrics / locals. Not as good as BS4

Black Sabbath wrote the rulebook for heavy metal, envisioning it as a deeply atmospheric and foreboding form of rock music. Their debut sounds nothing like anything that came before it and remains impressive, even if they bettered this album a few times over with their follow up efforts.

Solid 4 for Sabbath for me, blows my mind that this came out in 1970

Perfect. No notes.

Vertigo VO 6 (UK) vinyl rip: The one that started it all...what else is there to say? "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" definitely has some Master Of Reality vibes already. "Warning" is kind of a filler track with the simple isolated blues guitar riffing around the 7 minute mark. Rhino Records RHF1 1871 (US reissue) vinyl rip: "Wicked World" is clearly the better choice over "Evil Woman" but marketing had to have their say back then for the UK release.

Black Sabbath They were my favorite band in middle school. So this record will always hold a special place for me. First metal album because of the title track but the rest is super jammy and bluesy. Such a good band and one where they all have a distinct voices on their instruments and have a unique thing together. Also a song about being haunted by satan followed by a song about a happy wizard- so cool! Young Ozzys voice is so different on this album. This my least favorite ozzy era sabbath record and got a little tired of the guitar solos by the end - I hope we get all the others! Still a classic and hugely influential record though. I’d give it a 5 for the title track alone.

Sabbath is awesome. I used to love the wizard when i was a kid. Kinda surprised to see this one i feel like well definitely get master of reality and paranoid too

It’s messy but they recorded it so quickly it makes sense. Cool.

Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album Not very How do I feel about this artist? My dad likes them a lot. I am not into this genre but I don't hate them. Pre-Listen Thoughts: I'm really not much of a metal fan and I don't think Black Sabbath's debut will change that, but I doubt I'll hate it. I predict 3 stars. Favorite track(s): Wicked World Post-Listen Thoughts: I actually liked this more than Vol 4, which surprised me. Especially liked the guitar on this one.

Скучная унылая шляпа Dull boring cliche of the rock n roll world. Every song is nothing different to others, Ozzy and Sabbath might be legends, but not in the modern world, unfortunately. This classic didn't pass the time test.

Never heard a full Sabbath album before and it was alright. The playing was a bit slower than I would have liked at times and the music wasn’t always hard-hitting enough for to make up for that slowness

paar ganz nice parts aber nicht so meins insgesamt just for me to keep track of my rating scale: 1 star > dislike / annoying to listen to 2 stars > didn't hate it, didn't like it 3 stars > I like it overall or maybe it has 1-2 songs I already have in / added to my playlist 4 stars > has several songs I added to my playlist 5 stars > has a special place in my heart (I NEVER liked all songs in any album so far so let's settle for this lol)

So fucking awesome I love you Black Sabbath

Already listened not the biggest metal guy but a classic 3

Jeg har hørt

Love evil woman

Oh yes, here we are: the album that supposedly started it all. The genre that would eventually inspire decades of headbanging, parental concern, and teenagers decorating their bedrooms with increasingly questionable imagery. Black Sabbath’s debut obviously sounds like a band still trying to find its voice, but that is also what makes it such a fascinating listen. You can hear them opening up entirely new pathways with this heavier, darker sound. I especially love the creepier tracks—the ones that make you feel like you are standing outside a dark church at midnight while something deeply unholy is happening just out of sight. Not everything feels completely formed yet. A few tracks still lean pretty heavily on the blues, and you can tell there was much more for the band to discover. Still, the music keeps pushing forward, with some excellent guitar work, memorable riffs, and Ozzy beginning to settle into the voice that would soon become legendary. I was honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It may sound like the beginning of something bigger, but even on its own, it is eerie, exciting, and unlike much of anything that came before it.

Its actually a really good one omg super repetitive liwkey but i put it in while vaccuming anf its almost motivational?

All a bit silly, but he's royalty isn't he?

Great stuff

yuh

Black Sabbath Vol. 4 > Black Sabbath > Paranoid I said it

Among the many (many) reasons this has been worthwhile: I always thought I hated metal, when it turns out what I actually hated was a certain subset of metal (hair-metal, glam-metal ... whatever you call Van Halen and Aerosmith) - this (and Iron Maiden) ruled.

My favorite of the Black Sabbath albums I’ve heard so far. Dark and just fun. It truly is wild how different this is to anything else that was coming out at the same time. It’s easy to see how this one album pretty much invented a whole genre

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. Hell yes. So as a whole, this isn't *quite* as good as a few of their other albums like Paranoid, and Volume 4...but seriously, any album that starts the whole genre of heavy metal going with that cover and the first track with one of the most evil chord progressions of all time is doing something right.

This is a blast from the past, Ozzy at his best before he became a circus clown

This album is a bit of a conundrum for me. While I'm not a huge Sabbath fan, Ozzy is undeniably talented and a pioneer of the genre. The opening track, Black Sabbath, sets the tone for the album, and The Wizard is a great song in my opinion. Beyond that, the rest of the album blends together into one long, drug and alcohol fuelled track much like a lot of 70’s rock. Putting my personal taste aside, it likely deserves a 5. That said, it's just not in my wheelhouse, so I'm going with a 4.

Not the biggest Sabbath fan. This was ok

Great album.

Felt like one insane 40 minute song.

It's sabbath! Not my favorite sabbath record though, 4.5

INCREDIBLE

Enjoyment: 10/10 Replayability: 9/10 Cohesion: 9/10 Flow/Pacing: 8/10 Artistic Merit: 9/10 Weighted Average: 9.25/10 Review: This will be my first album to reach 5 stars. I just listened to this three times in a row. I couldn't stop. I've heard some Black Sabbath in my time and I just figured I wasn't a heavy metal head. But I now realize that listening to the whole album is the format in which it's supposed to be enjoyed. The harsh dissonant riffs, the rich bass, the enchanting drums, Ozzy's voice... it's all composed and mixed so perfectly together. Now onto listen number four. Liked Song(s): Black Sabbath, Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / N.I.B., The Wizard, Wicked World, A Bit of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No

On first brush I thought. Good, but not amazing, but then I think this was the beginning. So much in this album was new. Of course you can hear the influences, but they made it their own. Ozzy's voice was at it's best and very very good. The guitar rifts aren't derivative, they are original. Any other album with this sound I'd likely give a 4, but this one deserves a 5.

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath

Its a great debut album. Recorded in a flash with a brilliant triple-threat-same-name band, album, first song. But not a five star for me. If i give this five, where to go for Paranoid or Sabbah Bloody Sabbath?

The quintessential recording that's more than the sum of its parts - which here might as well mean *less* than the sum of its parts, because so much of what this band is accomplishes is from their use of negative space. The lyrics are obvious enough to make clear that the lyrics aren't going to be the primary generator of meaning; instead it comes through Ozzy's haunted vocal tones, Bill Ward's jazz fills out of nowhere, Geezer's puttering bass, and especially Tony Iommi's otherworldly guitar tones. At times there are moments where nothing seems to be happening and then a musical jump-scare arrives with perfect timing. More than anything this band understands the power of *imagination* - that the scariest monsters aren't witches or demons but the ones you make for yourself, in your own mind, in your own darker moments. The extended solo on the closing suite is a little too extended for me, lapsing into Clapton worship at points - but everything else here works superbly.

It’s not as good as Paranoid but it’s still a solid album. Changed the music landscape, etc etc. that being said it just isn’t as enjoyable, they haven’t quite got the hooks yet. I enjoy it but wouldn’t ever listen to this over Paranoid.

Decadent, extravagant, everything I want in a Black Sabbath album. Need to relisten during spooky season.

Because Black Sabbath essentially invented heavy metal on this album, I feel extremely guilty for not giving it five stars, but the end of the day I think it is more important than it is good. This album will rightfully be remembered forever, but Sabbath's subsequent albums are far more refined and enjoyable.

Almost lost me with the never ending guitar solo on the last song

Without Black Sabbath, much of modern psych and garage rock and all of heavy metal would sound a lot different. This, their debut, is pretty one-note, but that note slays. This is another album I own physically, and it sounds incredible in the vinyl format. The Rhino reissue of this record is also quite nice.

The only acceptable metal band. If the entire genre had started and stopped with Sabbath, it would have saved my ears a lot of pain over the years.

solid 4.5.

The most 5* record there could be for me personally. A sacred relic of metal and the progenitors of one of my favourite genres: doom metal. The guitar tone is iconic, Ozzy's vocals equally so and the drums are funky yet powerful. This is blues taken to hell and back.

Always a classic and will always be a classic!

Black Sabbath - 6/10: The song as an intro didn't musically intrigue me enough to be interested in the whole album. Really like the lyrics and atmosphere but song dragged out and didn't warrant the 6 minutes The Wizzard - 7.5/10 - Very good and interesting instrumentals, song keeping up with witches and wizzards theme. Behind the Wall of Sleep 8/10 - Very interesting vocal effects and also like the choppy instrumentals at some parts. N.I.B 10/10 - BANGER, everything here clashes perfectly into a peak metal song. Love the instrumentals love the singing, lyrics mid but don't matter when everything else slaps. Deservedly their most popular song on this album. Evil Woman 4/10 - Very uninteresting, didn't even notice when it started and when it ended. Considering it is coming out of such a good song it's very bland. Sleeping Village 8/10 - To me, a more fitting continuation of N.I.B. Very good instrumentals, guitars doing what they do best, and generally very good song. Warning 9/10 - They managed to make a 10 minute song that didn't bore me to death, and was actually interesting and piqued my interest time and time again. Seriously good, but still could be juuuust a bit more bombastic in my eyes. The Wizzard - 6/10 - Doesn't really fit on the album in my opinion, a bit of a slog ending, but at parts very good, at some other uninteresting. Lyrics good and provoking Generally not fan of Ozzys singing, a bit soul sucking for the instrumental that is very good. On the other hand lyrically all the songs are interesting and theme following, in a sense that I could see this music in some rural town where occult things are happening. In that sense, cohesion wise, album is very good. I could listen to the instrumentals 24/7 and never get bored, they are just too good, the quality of each individual instrument player is just so high. Maybe doesn't fully fit the vision I would have for a self-titled album from a group called this good, but other than that, very decent album

As it's a debut album, I suspect this gets short shrift in comparison to rest of the band's catalog. This is quintessential Sabbath... Don't sleep on it.

This is widely regarded as the first Heavy Metal album of all time. To say it's an influential album is an understatement. To say the debut album of the first Heavy Metal band of all time which featured the late great frontman Ozzy Osbourne is influential is an even bigger understatement. Hell, the album opens up with not only the title track, but a track named after one of the most legendary bands of all time(oh, and an Italian film). Compounded with this, is an album with some of the sickest guitar riffs of all time, and bold lyrics, as well as banger after banger, we have arguably the greatest debut album of all time. Favorite Track: "N.I.B.".

No es mi estilo pero muy bueno

I don’t listen to these kind of music but I loved the vibe

Banger

YOUR LOVE FOR ME HAS JUST GOTTTT TO BE REAAL

insane BOMBO intro

good, heard two of the songs before, guitar totally sounds like cream but heavier

I know this is a classic and I probably should rate it higher, but I think it's a bit boring. Also, Ozzy. His voice is difficult for me. But, to be fair, as a metalhead, this is definitely one of the albums I needed to listen to, if only for historical reasons.

Nice to have on rotation.

actually pretty good, never heard any of those songs. what a guitarist!

Epic

So much fun, impressive in its simplicity while still driving the genre forward and breaking new ground. I love Ozzy’s voice.

A perfect album from start to finish, never a dull moment. Basically the album that invented heavy metal. One of the greatest debut albums out there. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 stars I enjoyed it more than I expected. I haven’t been huge on Sabbath, but this rocked. Probably my favorite record of theirs.

Неплохой альбом лично меня ничего не зацепило

Ground zero for heavy metal, Black Sabbath's debut sounds like nothing that came before it. They took their love for bluesy hard rock and slowed it down and birthed an entire genre. The riffs here still sound dirty and sinister over half a century later despite being in standard tuning! This was recorded in a single session and this adds grit to the already menacing music. Bill Ward hits the drums like they owe him money and Geezer Butler's bass work in phenomenal. Ozzy Osborne's pained wailing adds to horror the record conveys. I can understand why this record was received poorly initially, as it must have scared the listeners back in 1970 shitless! Although the follow up record may contain more of the hits from the band's catalogue, this record deserves credit for being first.

A lot of solos. Very iconic for the time. Feels dated now.

this is a little different from my typical dose of music, but geez it’s great since this is their first album. it’s this monumental experience that makes me feel elevated listening to N.I.B. at 2am😭🙏

So good

Not really my style, great instrumentals

🥞

Great album / maybe nostalgia but still love it

mejor que el anterior

Not very often music makes you really feel something, but I 100% got that with this.

What a great debut album marking the genesis of this band’s discography. For being the entryway of Sabbath and the birth of metal, it does excel. Would give it 4.5 stars if I could.

Great way to start off this project! I don't think I've ever actually listened to the full thing, but it's solid. Does kinda drag on a bit by the end.

eh, kinda zoned out for most of it.

The second greatest band of all time? This is probably the weakest of their first 6, but that’s no real criticism. It boogies here and there, which is a welcome reminder of their blues rock roots. The opening track is still one of the heaviest, bleakest tunes ever put to tape. 5/5

This is metal music I can get behind. Title track is so cool.

The album was ok i guess. Gonna have to give it a second listen due to my first time listening to that type of genre but nonetheless, I think I'm gonna like it if i give it a second chance, especially since my favorite instrument the guitar is on it.

Imagine inventing Metal

Unassailable metal supreme

Full of metal cliches but maybe they invented them. Very amateurish. Still properly atmospheric and menacing. .

I have confused death metal with other metal. This is amazing im glad i lsitened to it

A fantastic debut album from Ozzie and the band. Great musicianship well written songs and Ozzie is at his best as lead singer.

Is oval equivalent of hanging out. Lots of repetition and holding patterns. Develops significantly throughout it the album and gets really really good.

If you like thick fuzzed out guitar riffs this is the album for you! I felt like there wasn't quite as much variety as previous Sabbath albums on the generator but still a super fun listen.

I've nothing to add that hasn't already been said about Black Sabbath. This is an incredible album that birthed an entire genre.

No es mi estilo pero se nota lo influyente que es. Me suena más a rock que a metal.

Way proggier than I expected. This is not the radio hit that I associate with some of the later Sabbath work. I can definitely see how this inspired subsequent metal genres, as it sounds way ahead of its time.

More harmonica than expected. First two tracts are the musical embodiment of the time the son on Home Improvement was goth. While still pretty disjointed, the album picks up in listenability after the rough start. Still, when a full 1/3 of the album tracks are laughably cringe, it's hard to rate this album as a whole very high.

All done with Sabbath on the list now, uhh they might be the best band ever?

A groundbreaking debut. Not my favorite Sabbath album, but really solid. 3.75/5.

06/22 Classic and legendary album!

Me gustó más Paranoid, pero muy buen álbum Se dice que este fue el primer álbum de metal lo cual me parece interesante y tiene sentido con lo que escuché No resuena en mi ninguna canción en particular, pero como un todo es un excelente viaje al mundo que Black Sabbath comenzó construyendo a partir de aquí Instrumentalmente hablando, muy poderoso y contundente Es muy interesante ver los inicios de una propuesta tan interesante y fuerte como la de ellos Recomendada la escuchada, y así luego ver a lo que evolucionan con Paranoid

+ basy + Ozzy + krótki + bardzo ładne solówki na gitarze - monotonność

i generally enjoyed

Kiiillaaah

boring

Outstanding. Only Ozzie’s voice keeps it from being a 5. He can hit the notes, but the quality of his voice is hard to listen to for a whole album. Wish I had listened to this as a teenager. A 4.

Classic

They should call themselves Less Zeppelin

Un muy buen álbum, se logra ver lo que define a Black Sabbath, la voz característica de Ozzy y la guitarra. Aunque no diría que es el mejor álbum de la banda, sí puedo decir que es el que te puede enseñar la esencia de lo que es Black Sabbath.

Interesting. Listened to it a couple of times. But not for me.

I definitely liked the music and the heavy guitar sounds. I didn’t know this was the first real heavy metal album produced. I didn’t really dig the lyrics but the vibe was good.

Obviously I know Sabbath but didn't know this album! Seminal.

My appreciation for this album (and Black Sabbath in general) is a 4 or a 5, but my actual anjoyment of this album was closer to a 3. I'm not a huge doom metal expert/historian or anything, but I do dabble a bit in that genre, and I like it a lot heavier and riff-ier than this. It is crazy to imagine what this must have sounded like back in 1970 though.

Enjoyed this a lot more than the previous black sabbath album. Thought this had more depth and felt more blues inspired rather than ultra heavy. Some of the songs really gave me tenacious d vibes which tickled me

I might be being too generous here because I don't know why I'd ever pick this album up over others.

Great album! Love Black Sabbath. Not as strong as Paranoid though.

Not as good as paranoid, crazy they came out in the same year

I like it but not as strong as other Sabbath albums we've had

Taking nothing away from the pioneering significance of this record, Black Sabbath's first album never quite clicks beyond the first track. It would take just a handful of additional months for them to release Paranoid, which is several steps forward, and another year until Master of Reality would find them fully matured. Still, that first track is almost jaw-dropping in how complete and well-executed the vision is. From the tonally perfect stage setting of the opening SFX to Iommi's genre-defining riff to Ozzy's truly tormented vocal, it's no wonder that the public found it equal parts off-putting and intoxicating. Unfortunately, the band's instincts for atmosphere would fail them elsewhere, with an eyebrow-raising harmonica, a badly misplaced jaw harp and some pretty middling blues rock.

If this is not Satanic than what is lmao

Fucking. Classic.

5/5, perfect debut favs: literally everything least fav: wicked world i suppose

I liked half of the album. The other half wasn’t bad but very sluggish and brooding which isn’t really my vibe. The Wizzard, N.I.B. & Evil Woman were incredible. Warning really confused me. Some shredding guitar but felt a little disjointed. A bit mixed on this one

The first in a catalog of classics

Gritty, awesome and a great debut

yes, the king ozzy, could never be less than a 4, epic songs

Interesante, voy a seguir escuchandolo a ver si me empieza a gustar más.

Its a good album

A masterclass in heavy metal from the album that started it all. This was my introduction to music and I will listen to this album again and again as long as I have ears.

certainly an album!

I’m not sure why I never got into Black Sabbath. I was huge into Zeppelin circa 1995, you would have thunk Sabbath would be a natural next step. Well it wasn’t. So here we are.