Black Sabbath

epic ground breaker

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Black Sabbath! I'm so torn, this is a 4.5 if I'm honest. The quandary is whether we round up or down. This album is unparalleled in many ways. Black Sabbath invented a whole genre with this very album. Metal music didn't really exist before this record was released. The Beatles and the Stones and some others experimented with some fucked sounds but this is THE album. Black Sabbath isn't only the defining album of the whole genre, but Black Sabbath is also among the best opening songs ever. It's not followed by tripe either, it keeps pushing the boundaries of Rock & Roll and Blues music. This should be a 4.5, but it's so delightful that I'm choosing to round up on this occasion. Ozzy Osbourne shouldn't expect to be called delightful often, but it's an extraordinary enough occasion that I feel safe in my justification

Most of the music I listen to goes back to this in some way.

The first 5* review for me. This was fantastic.

My first Black Sabbath album! Loved it!

The album that launched the band catalogue that launched an entire genre, safe to say this one does not disappoint. Super heavy but retaining many blues-rock influences, this is a perfect album from start to finish as it clearly illustrates how unique these 4 men were in their field. Iommi lost fingers and melted bottle caps onto his fingers, detuning his strings to accomodate for his lessened ability to push them down. This resulted in an even lower tonality to his playing. Not one to hang in the back, Butler's basslines are prominent and carry a ton of the melody, further relying on low end. Bill Ward's interweaving drums are impossible to ignore while least forgettable of all are Ozzy's vocals. Name another vocalist like him, especially one that pulls it. off so well. Then you have the lyrics about Wizardry and Witches and such... really you got lyricism rallying against dark forces alongside heavy sounds. It surprises me how many people associate Sabbath with Satanism when really they were acknowledging a belief in a Judeo Christian God while denouncing evil and Satan figures.. seems pretty clear to me. Kind of like Motley Crüe's "Shout at the Devil".. it's not "Shout WITH the Devil" they're shouting AT the dude.

This album is an easy 5.

i've never listened to black sabbath in full, and am really only familiar with the staples they play on classic rock radio. i am pretty blown away by this one! i was a led zeppelin kid and listening to this, it is shocking how i never got into this. all the stuff i love about early led zeppelin is here and is even bigger and darker. the attitude and the sinister feel is great, mixed with the rock production of an era that i adore. this is one i will definitely come back to. i sort of always wrote off black sabbath as something i would never be into, and i was sorely wrong!

I don't even need to listen to this to know it gets 5 stars. Black Sabbath are legends. Not my favorite of their albums, though I love it. Definitely more bluesy than later stuff. I do wish they separated songs into individual tracks. There are two versions of this album on Spotify. The one this site links to is missing a couple songs but the other version lumps multiple songs together into single tracks. I believe this is how the album was originally released though, so... whatever, it fucking rocks 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Black sabbath.

Absolutely love this one. My favorite from Black Sabbath, just ahead of 'Paranoid'. 'The Wizard' was the song I enjoyed most here.

Are Black Sabbath the best band? Where it all started, this is obviously flawless again. Give me the rest of the first 6 please!

Absolutely insane guitar with the last song. Amazing album. Young ozzy is amazing

One of the greats!

I waited for over ONE HUNDRED DAYS to get another metal album. My last one was Black Sabbath's Vol.4 which I got back in April. Now, I finally got another metal album! And of course, IT'S THE SAME BAND. I can't help but be a bit miffed that I went this long without any metal albums only for me to finally get one that happens to be the same band as the last one. But that negativity didn't last long, as I love Black Sabbath. The band, the album, and the song, are all incredibly important. This album, Black Sabbath's 1970 self-titled debut is, for all intents and purposes, the first metal album ever released. That is huge. This album changed music forever. And I say that that's for the better. Imagine being the average music listener in 1970 and you play this album. When the first song, "Black Sabbath" plays, you're just shocked at what you're hearing because it's unlike anything you've ever heard before. It's very dark and sinister in a way. While that song and, to an extent, this whole album may seem very tame today, this was shocking in 1970. However, unlike other bands that were shocking when they started (cough cough, Marilyn Manson), Black Sabbath is actually good, like really good. Everything I said about Vol. 4 applies here with the added knowledge that this is the one that started it all. Ozzy Osbourne's harrowing vocals, Tony Iommi's fascinating guitar playing, Geezer Butler's flawless bass playing, and Bill Ward's respectable drumming come together to form something truly special. The title track is amazing and dark, but later songs like "The Wizard" and "N.I.B." manage to be slightly lighter and bluesier yet still heavy. Overall, this is an album that changed music for the better by marking the birth of metal. On top of that, the album itself has managed to age remarkably well despite coming before conventions of the metal genre were established. While there are certainly better albums than this, both inside and outside of metal, there's no denying that Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath is a truly magnificent album that deserves all the respect it can get. 5/5. Here's hoping I can get more metal albums pretty soon.

Das ist ja mal eine positive Überraschung! Hätte nicht gedacht, dass mir das so gut gefallen könnte!

Brutal, excellent

The Original, The One and Only. These guys put out the template and opened the door for all that came after and this is one hell of a first outing.

Greatness. I loved that it wasn’t so far removed from root rock or jazz, you can feel those influences in this album. This is the font from which all metal flows, and it is awesome.

Omfg

This is a God tier record! Marks the beginnings of the heavy metal genre of music, and has influenced everything that has come since then!! Black Sabbath (the song) has a way of scaring the shit out of you. The way they focus on that tri-tone, Ozzy's haunting vocals, and the church bell/rain in the background..... It gives off such a vibe. I love it!! I love the way the tri-tone was seen as bad juju (a way of summoning Satan), so everyone steered clear of it. Sabbath said "What if we just keep playing it" lol. Tony Iommi gave 0 fucks about bad juju! Gonna be hard to pick a favourite song off of this record. The whole thing is gold!! This is one of those albums that needs to be listened to cover to cover. There are literally no misses on it. Such a strong debut! Even the cover of this one is creepy as fuck. N.I.B. is such a strong song! Geezer Butler puts in work!! Such an underrated song! Favourite songs: Black Sabbath, N.I.B., The Wizard, Evil Woman Least favourite songs: Behind the Wall of Sleep 5/5

Gnarly

Let's go Planet Sabbath! Bill Ward is a swampy motherfucker

It’s just so🤘🏼

As someone who's not a big fan of metal, It's difficult to explain logically why I find early Sabbath so pleasing & comfortable. Maybe b/c it's still closely connected to roots rock & blues? Hard to justify but anyway, this rocks.

Many consider this to be the first Heavy Metal album. It's hard to argue against that.

One of the best debut albums of all time and it doesn't even scratch the surface of how good they would get

Top

Masterpiece self entitled.

BLACK MOTHERFUCKING SABBATH

I'm biased. I love Black Sabbath, I was raised by someone who loved Black Sabbath. There's only 5 tracks on this album, but two of them are 3 or 4-in-ones and "The Wizard" is a metal song with heavy harmonica use. I love this album and you will too.

Classique.

One of the most important albums of my life. If it weren't for this, most of the music I love also wouldn't exist.

Even knowing the whole evolution of doom, stoner, and heavy metal and how hard and harsh it can get at its peak, Black Sabbath's debut still sounds gnarly and filthy in the most guttural way possible. (didn't even need guttural vocals to achieve that)

Imagine hearing this album when it first came out. Nothing like this existed before. The dawn of a whole new genre. I’ve never cared for Ozzy’s voice much, but the power behind this album and what it did to music is undeniable.

This album is incredible. I forgot how cool NIB was. Ozzy's voice is unreal. The harmonica in this sounds evil! The solos are great, drums are great... And what's black sabbath without tasty riffs. I wish the album was a few songs longer... But it doesn't take away from this masterpiece.

Sounds like the soundtrack to a horror movie you can't stop watching. Scared the crap outta me when I first listened to it.

Estreia não só do Black Sabbath mas também de um dos gêneros mais influentes dos últimos 50 anos, o Heavy Metal. É bom por isso em contexto já que, ao ouvir esse colosso de álbum, fica claro suas raízes no blues e no rock psicodélico da época, mas com os sons mais encorpados e graves, o que, esteticamente, viria a casar perfeitamente com o seu tempo, já com uma derrocada do movimento Hippie, do Summer of Love e com as pessoas cada vez mais cientes dos horrores que os governos imperialistas do mundo, principalmente os Estados Unidos, estavam fazendo, em especial na Guerra do Vietnam. Era um mundo mais sombrio, nada mais representativo que uma banda chegando e colocando, na primeira música de seu primeiro álbum, uma imagética tão forte que causasse medo a um mundo abandonado por seu deus. Embora desde 1970, ano de seu lançamento, a música e os gêneros mais agressivos do rock já tenham evoluído muito além do que se podia imaginar naquela época, o S/T do Black Sabbath é, além de objeto histórico de importância incalculável, um álbum que, assim como um filme de terror clássico, ainda encanta em suas revisitas e surpreende no seu pioneirismo.

4.8 Not a bad song on the Album, still holds up today. Hard to belive it was recorded in 12 hours on a 4 track.

Obviously classic but can’t help but wonder what it would sound like with modern amps and recording.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Is in my top 5.

An incredible, sinister work of art—an easy 5.

So heavy, so, so good. Never realized how much of their sound was taken and recycled by other bands.

The first ever heavy metal album. It’s surprising how well this thing holds up after fifty years of metal music. A fun listen as well. Very cool!

It was great! First track started playing as I backed out of the garage, raining. It was super cool.

God I love Black Sabbath. That has been the main revelation for me from the 3+ years of doing this project. Whether that makes up for completely losing track of new music over that period, I'm not sure.

CLASSIC

classic

I’ve always felt Black Sabbath was a Zeplin wannabe But this album is about as classic as it gets Started a new genre of Satanic Rock

The original metal album, an absolute masterpiece. Top tracks: NIB, Black Sabbath, Evil Woman, The Wizard

black sabbath a classic

Great riffs from top to bottom.

Great album

Incredible album. I just learned, that they played the whole thing live with minimal overdubs (just some additional vocals and guitar tracks). One day recording, one day mixing. The result was one of the most influential albums of modern (at that time) rock music.

Paved the way for metal

This is a tough one. I want to give it 5 stars - foundation for metal, so iconic, great songs, etc. But quite frankly the record is under a half hour long and there are three duds. This deserves a 4. Fuck it giving it a 5.

Really solid, great guitar

Their first album 🤝🏽 My first album from them

This album deserves 5 stars just for its place in history, but just listen to that bass and those drums, they're incredible. When you add in heavy guitar it creates a sound like no other back when it was released. It's a bonafide classic

I must have in your collection

One of the best ever.

The A-side is 6/5 and the B-side 4/5 so it evens out to 5/5. Dark and gloomy riffs accompanied by phenomenal vocals. Still incredibly heavy and the foundation for heavy metal. This is something everyone should listen to at least ones in their lifetime. It's simply outstanding.

Best metal album ever still the original which started metal. Simply a masterpiece from begining to end. The begining is still scary to hear. Its like if you are sneaking into a satanic sacrifice ritual. There are not many albums still today after 55 years that are this powerful. New generes have emerged and still nothing can surpass this debut album for a band or for a genere. Its a blueprint that will never be equaled and even thou there are a few who have given it a run for the top spot like van halen and guns debut they still lacked something. Ozzy’s crazy pitch and tony’s dark heavy riffs along with geezers baseline and bill’s off-tempo tempo drumming makes this a top 20 album ever. I can only imagine buying this album and listening to that first song my mind would have melted if I were 13 and heard that in 1970. I envy those kids who got to experience that moment first hand. Maybe its a little short but the lable had no clue what thos was and how it would change the music scene and history so probabaly recorded just seven songs cause it was too much too soon to have it been a 10-11 song album.

Great album from beginning to end

4.7. Ozzie in his prime.

I forgot how much blues/southern rock influence there is in early BS

50 years later it’s still the one of the heaviest albums ever. And I appreciate Geezer Butler’s playing more and more as the years go by as well as the bluesiness of Ozzy’s vocals. The eponymous track is actually quite a bit faster than I’d remembered it being.

It is hard to imagine how disruptive and shocking this must have been in 1970

Classic

Is there anything else that needs to be said or written?

A great album that started one of the best genres of music

Perhaps the first heavy metal album albeit bluesier then what came after by them.

The first heavy metal album of all time! Excellent first outing by incredible musicians. 4.5/5

This record wastes no time. The opening notes and the entire first song is based on the nastiest musical interval, the tritone, which has been (appropriately) known as the "Devil's interval" since the Middle Ages because it sounds so ungodly. Perfect. The power of this music cannot be denied. Their goal may have been somewhat juvenile - basically a treatise on raising hell in all its forms - but they nail it so completely you have to respect the accomplishment. No work will be getting done by me for the next half hour and it's taking everything I have to not put on a jean jacket and skip school to have a bad trip down by the river. See you in hell!🤘

Love, I can see this becoming one of my car cds where I just listen to it obsessively for a year or two. Much better than I'd thought it would be.

Makes me want to light something on fire. Love the wizard

Badass

One of the great early metal albums

So heavy, so riffy, so cool. It's amazing that Black Sabbath started a whole genre of music with this one album. I've heard this album before, but the only track I was familiar was The Wizard, which was head and shoulders above the others IMO. They're all great, and the uniqueness and novelty of the sound Black Sabbath created can't be overstated. Five stars.

The cowbell on “The Wizard” at 2:11.

Amazing album from the godfather of metal.

incredible from start to finish.

This takes me back to when the album came out and my older uncles listened to it over and over forcing me to listen over and over. Thankfully it is a great album.

I didn’t get Black Sabbath until I looked at the billboard charts and saw what was popular when they started. That’s when I really understood how new they were. The miss albums like this. A collection of songs that flow and tell a story.

HAIL SATAN!!!!!

Arguably the birth of heavy metal. Definitely a motherfucking beast of an album.

A lot of people recognize Blue Cheer as the first metal band but I think Black Sabbath really pioneered the metal sound that we recognize today. Even the lyrical content is much more dark on this record especially. This was definitely one that kids had to hide from their parents.

Had never really appreciated this as a full album before, had only really listened to the hits off it. Amazing separation of the individual instruments and vocals.

Feel like I'm handing out 5s left right and centre at the moment. Love Black Sabbath, though I've mostly just listened to their Best Of album. The majority of these tracks feature on that album. The ones that didn't weren't quite as good, though that could just be because I'm so familiar with the others. Strong contender for my favourite album so far.

Where it all began!!

It's a very solid debut but it's not as good as Paranoid, released later that year. Granted, the title track is just a perfect reflection of the album cover and their whole dark, occult motif especially with it's gloomy, rainy start and downtuned guitar. It is a true gem. So is the Wizard, although it is completely different - uptempo, frenzied, and with a variety of tempos and sounds (even Ozzy harmonica) from the get go (not just toward the end). I wish it was easier to find the original European release because the bandmates praise the sheer simplicity of the original recording. I found it on Youtube, though I'm still not sure if it's any different from the North American pressing other than swapping out Evil Woman (a remake) for Wicked World (its B-side and Sabbath original). One thing I noticed is there's dead air between some of the tracks (maybe that was just the way the contributor uploaded it) so you more distinctly know the end of Behind the Wall of Sleep (Wasp is still a tiny intro medley) and start of N.I.B. (Bassically is again still a tiny intro medley but it is awesome - all Geezer Butler on those bass licks). N.I.B. is a super clever song - kudos to Geezer for the lyrics (the devil falls in love) and Ozzy for vocals that set the mood, and of course Tony Iommi for some kickass power chords and plucking. While I like that the North American version went with Sabbath originals only, Wicked World is so-so and maybe feels like not quite the right fit. Evil Woman had bass lines that fit better given the preceding Bassically/N.I.B. The final medley of Sleeping Village to Warning is cool (with A Little Bit of Finger being the 53 second plucking and slight vocals intro to the former). All in all, it was really only Wicked World that was a minor letdown, and I welcome the reason for it. Plus, this album is probably the first heavy metal album - completely different than anything before it and influencing so many albums and artists after it. For that, I'll overlook its weaknesses and rate it as high as Paranoid.

Never really listened to BS before and it’s not my type of music, but I think it’s a really good album of its type. The first song alone had my heart pounding in a good , creepy way.

What an opening track: the eponymous track "Black Sabbath" on the album of the same name, sets the scene perfectly, created a new musical genre, and changed music forever. It's a shame I can only give this 5 stars.

The ultimate in a debut album. Gods of heavy metal.

Raw, rough & melodic rock. Great voice of Ozzy ... a masterpiece

A brilliant and beautiful album. The beginning of so much that I love and a true example of how Black Sabbath and other early pioneers of heavy music were very much making "real music" that matched what else was coming out at the time, both in quality of the musicianship and of the songwriting. While they would continue down a path to establish their style with bigger "hits," this album feels so real and raw, as it was just coming from a very honest place as they wore their inspirations on their sleeve but did it all in their own way.

9/10

Dark heavy metal/hard rock. Man there's so much to say about this album. Black Sabbath created one of the most influential albums of all time with their first album. The roots of doom metal can be traced to this very album. I've heard this many times before but the riffs never get old. The production is just perfect, not too clean and not too messy. Bits of weird psychedlic sprinkled in here and there. It's just an incredible album. Without a doubt, timeless classic. Not even a question, of course I'll keep revisiting.

It’s amazing what this album accomplishes in a little under forty minutes.

amazing how punchy & fresh this still feels despite hearing it & infinite clones over the years perfectly themed down to the album art. lyrics are over the top spooky, sick bluesy tone, the SHREDDING! love the song length/structure as well.

Outstanding!!! Groundbreaking!!

Quite simply one of the best albums ever made. End of.

Funky heavy riffs, no better opening song for feeling of dread and doom. Enjoyed it.

5 stars. Precursor of so many metal genres. It’s a staple of how to write great riffs and of how doom metal should be made.

Gema

Tony Iommi's guitar work on this album is incredible. I like how there is some blues fused with this birth of metal. Stellar album with nice arrangements.

An absolute classic, kind of hard to listen to as an entire album in the modern world. But I played this album to death as a teenager in the 80s

Didnt know this one. Its great

Amazing!

Awesome

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is better

Great concept album

The birth of Heavy Metal and their greatest recording

Loved!!!

This is my second Black Sabbath album to review, the first being Paranoid. I thought Paranoid was fantastic (I was familiar with a few songs going into it), so I had high hopes for this album too. Thankfully, my expectations were exceeded listening to this album. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to hear this for the first time when it came out. I’d wager a guess that Black Sabbath was the leading cause of shit-fits in 1970. The first track does a fantastic job of setting the tone for the rest of the album. The mood is dark, brooding, and Ozzy’s wails and pleas for help create a really unsettling sound. The guitar work on the opening track is fantastic too, and I loved how the slow and deep tone shifted to a faster pace towards the end of the song. That might be one of the best lead-off tracks of all time. “The Wizard” was fantastic too, and I loved how it showed the shared sound of blues and early hard rock. The harmonica playing really caught me off guard, but it never felt out of place. However, my favorite song on this album was “N.I.B.” I used to hear this song on the local hard rock station back in the early aughts (rest in peace, KLOL), and I loved it so much back then. I hadn’t thought about this song in almost two decades, so I was delighted when it came up on this album. I love Ozzy’s singing on this song, especially during the chorus. He's not a great vocalist, but man, his voice is perfect on “N.I.B.” The repeating guitar riff is my favorite part of the song though, and I love how it combines with the drum as the song build towards the chorus. The guitar solo(s?) is fantastic too. The rest of the album is fantastic too, especially the guitar playing, but I’ve run out of steam gushing about the opening track and “N.I.B.” to comment much further. Overall, this is a great album from start to finish. This album is dark and brooding, but also an absolute joy to listen to. Black Sabbath knocked it out of the park with this one.

Spooky, heavy, amazing. 5 stars

dobili me na prvoj, drzali me do kraja👀

brutalno mi je ovo bilo, uopce nisam ocekivao

dost dobro

Black Sabbath is FIRE-the dark Beatles-Ozzy has a great voice-crazy you can’t really understand him today 4/5

I do love me a bit of Sabbath. These Brummie lads done good. Just the album cover alone send me into raptures. Not their best but this is the begining, it's like honey to my ears- so good it's beyond hearing, a resonance that permeates my soul. From the very first track with bell and ominous portent guitars paving the way for Ozzy's voice........

Seminal and fantastic. the tuning on the guitar to make it work. the use of the tritones to create a sense of malice in the sound. the lyrics having a darker theme. all around fantastic work that changed the world

Soo much goodness!

12/10! Excellent!

Amazing album. I want more 10/10

WTF this is just a blatant rip-off of Tenacious D's sound. Pretty sick tbh.

I would love to time travel back to 1970 and be around for this album's release. Seeing the creepy LP cover on the shelves, putting this on your turntable and hearing the birth of heavy metal. The first track on this record must have blown many minds - it's just so dark and evil for its time. This record is immensely influencial, and timeless. The songwriting and performances are incredible across the whole album.

The birth of metal itself. And what a way to introduce itself. Great opening song, and it keeps the energy up the whole way. Fucking awesome record

Oh, to be a teenager in February 1970 experiencing 05:15 on the opening track for the first time! There are some remnants of the former 'Polka Tulk Blues Band' in here, which makes this album drag a bit, now and then, and it's a debut after all, like, they have not fully arrived at what they're really doing aka inventing here, but I was stingy with my stars yesterday, so today I'll be generous and not wait for 'Paranoid' to put a Black Sabbath album into my favourites, where it belongs.

Always happy to hear some black sabbath

No notes. Fucking magnificent

Nice album.

Classic

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath I was so happy to see this as my song for the day. I just got into Sabbath over the past year. Started to pick up the vinyl when I'd see it. But didn't know more than the hits and Ozzy. One thing I like about this challenge is that I take time to look up the album and to get a bit of context of what was going on during the recording. It's the digital version of sitting on your couch with the vinyl sleeve and reading the liner notes (god I wish artist would get back to doing that). With this album I learned that this album was played live, no overdubs. And they did it in 12 hours.That's just crazy. I also learned that Tommy Iommi had to Macgyver fingertips for a couple of fingers he lost in a sheet metal factory accident out of the plastic of a dish detergent bottle and had to tune the strings down to make it easier to bend the strings. And I got to listen to this amazing album! I sometimes think about what I've missed out on by not listening to things earlier in life, but I realize that I might not have been as open minded to different genres at that stage in my life. So I've been truly enjoying this experience. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath is a 5/5 star album.

Another winner. Im sure they were a big influence on yesterday’s artist - Iron Maiden. Sabbath was a key player on in the first British heavy metal invasion. They are icons

From the opening of the first song, I lamented that the album (version that I found) was only 5 songs. But they made up for it by being long. I found this album incredibly enjoyable, although I didn't love the lead vocals. It felt cutting edge. What can I say?? It rocks!

Oho. Warning ab 6:40 min WIE GUET BITTE?! tingles my brain. De Ahfang vo N.I.B au suuuuper lääss! Macht eif spass zum lose. Finds funny hend sies am friitig em 13. veröffentlicht. Ich muss sege d düstere gitarreriffs allgemein im ganze album findi cool, chunnt au 50 jahr spöter iwiie guet ah (de fakt dass de typ 2 Fingerspitze ned gha hett? Insane) hey allgemein machts mega spass das album z lose

ja also was sölli sege

Easy 5. Birth of metal. Iommi is a riff master.

I fully intended to go into this review saying ‘I was intending to give it a four because it’s not quite as good as later albums.’ While I do think that it’s a valid criticism, it isn’t as good as Paranoid, it’s also a pointless comparison. So what if it isn’t as good as Paranoid, it is still a fantastic album full to the brim of riffs, twisted and knotty as the roots of ancient trees. It is a masterclass in guitar drums and bass, to the extent that I cannot decide who performs best. And this isn’t to downplay Ozzy’s contribution. I love Ozzy’s voice, but it’s not the most important thing he brought to the band. That was his fantastic harmonica playing of course. Oh, and the fact that he’s one of the most charismatic performers to have ever existed. Outside of the influence context, I think that this is just a damn good Hard Rock album, of the sort that Britain did so well in the 60’s and 70’s. And because of it’s influence in birthing a whole new genre of music, this album deserves all the praise it gets

In the late 90s I borrowed an all black, ominous looking CD from a friend who told me I had to hear this. The first song left me speechless and somewhere between scared and excited. That was my introduction to metal music, for better or worse, with Slipknot. I imagine that same feeling for the kids in 1970 who put this record on and heard something they hadn’t heard before, it was taboo and forbidden but oh so cool. Legends for a reason, still a solid album today. 5/5 devil horns.

The Wizard... more harmonica than I was expecting. Tremendous album! Listened twice! 5/5

this album is simply perfection

The opening track still got me shitting

Good

The album that influenced 50+ years of metal

They really came out of the chute firing

This is heavier than I realized. Like, the sound feels weighty, and everything contributes to that broader mood of despair. I like it, but damn, is it surprising. Honestly, I haven't heard of this album in full and it surprises me how cohesive but varied it is. Like, it's very blues and very rock and very jazzy and there's a synthesis to all of these discordant sounds that does actually show how rock music was going to evolve in the future. Also, everything is so distinctive, it's so weird how in sync the sound is while each of the instruments are so *distinct*. Terrific stuff.

אלבום מצוין! לדעתי האלבום השני יותר טוב אבל זה גם אלבום מדהים.

Wow, I can't believe this came out in 1970. I wonder what it was like hearing it then. I'm definitely not a metal fan but I can appreciate this. I even kinda liked it.

Solid hits although the album wasn’t on Spotify in full. Mandatory vinyl to own.

yes

Cover to cover bangers NIB is a classic Black Sabbath is so heavy

The birth of heavy metal as we know it.

Interesting, can hear the blues influence

Cool

The World wasn’t prepared for this album, I can imagine parents in the 70s being scared of Black Sabbath because it was so different compared to other music genres as it was the first Heavy Metal Album. And That’s why I love it.

Masterpiece of an album. It’s dark. It’s rough. It’s sludgy. It’s suffocating. I feel like I’m trapped and cannot escape. The music equivalent of Saw 1. This album is glorious.

Stone cold classic and my first straight up 5 star.

5*

An interesting debut. A lot more indulgent but not in a bad way. 5 longer style tracks that cover adjectives like droney, doomy and jammy. It's weird to me as this feels like something they would've done after their bigger hits like paranoid, iron man, sweet leaf and the like. It feels like a better album experience to me for some reason than paranoid which was always my go to.

BADASS guitar & drums, some of the best heavy metal riffs of all time. Love the structure/format of combining multiple songs on tracks 3 & 5.

Monster album. One of my all-time favorites

5/5

- Das Debütalbum von Black Sabbath und für viele die Begründung von Heavy Metal. Ich würde dagegenhalten und behaupten, das erst "Paranoid" das erste richtige Heavy Metal Album ist. Der Titeltrack "Black Sabbath" ist sicherlich düster und "schwer" aber es gibt durchaus Led Zeppelin Songs, die da mithalten können. Zumal das restliche Album m.M.n. ein klassisches Bluesrock und Hardrock Album ist. - Ist ja aber auch eigentlich egal was es ist, denn es ist unglaublich geil!! - Oft gehört und trotzdem keine Minute langweilig. - Sound in der Remastered Version ist echt fett - Ich liebe jeden Song, einfach genau meins Rating: 4,5-4,75/5

- Was soll man sagen; einfach ein "komplettes" Album - Tony und Ozzy performen meiner Meinung nach sogar besser als auf Paranoid. Auch "handwerklich" finde ich das Album in Teilen stärker als Paranoid, - Jedes Stück ein absoluter Klassiker und facettenreich. Von Blues-Rock über Southern Hard Rock und Progmetal bis hin zu den Doom-Wurzeln. 4,5/5

More pentatonic riffs than you could shake a stick at

A few years ago this album got me into Heavy Metal and Black Sabbath. I love this album!

First time listening to Black Sabbath and loved it! Really enjoyed it and I can hear a number of newer bands that I like who were clearly influenced by their sound.

Come on its great

Pretty great album. A couple songs not on Spotify?

Big fan of this one. Very good album.

YEEAAHHHH, ESTO ES MÚSICA

It’s the invention of heavy metal. Forget anyone who tells you it’s just a hard blues record. When you take the cover, the lyrics, the title track and the wailing banshee that would never again be called John… you have the invention of heavy metal.

Never would’ve expected to like this, but this album is incredible.

Some strong Led Zeppelin vibes. Would come back to it and listen again. Was a pretty quick 40 minutes.

The basslines in this album are straight up addicting. Everything about this album is heavy, all the way through to the blues riffs to close the album. This album becomes even more special when you realize that the influences that came before it are...pretty much nothing at all. Favorite track: Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning

The first heavy metal album, and still the best.

Album 240 of 1001 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Rating : 5 / 5 (Rounded Up) Giving it an extra little nudge in the rating due to its historical significance in being known as the 1st heavy metal album. Never was my go to genre, but I can appreciate it the influence it had on others. Could have sworn I heard a little Led Zeppelin in there. Starts and finishes strong.

Kæft det her er fed. Sindssyge riffs, "onde" sange men også bare sådan lidt bøvede på den helt fede måde, ikke rigtig så mange Black Sabbath sange jeg kendte på papiret før jeg hørte den men det er bare wall of bangers

Stadugvæk en sindssyg debut plade.

First album for me is this album. Yeay!

although this album is short, every song is so good. NIB is definitely my favorite on this album

Partly heard before Saved 4/5 Top track: N.I.B.

Crazy how the first metal album is also one of the best metal albums

89/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 While the first band to have been described as heavy metal by a journalist and while their song "Communication Breakdown" is arguably the first heavy metal song, I think most people can agree that Black Sabbath's debut was the very first heavy metal ALBUM ever. While Led Zeppelin were largely a heavy blues band, Sabbath's influence is far more obvious in most of today's metal. What a beginning it was. Iommi's iconic riffs, Ward's frenzied fills, Butler's unmistakable bass lines, with the eerie voice of music's most recognizable vocalist sprinkled on top, to create a proto-doom-metal experience that was just too much for people to handle in 1970. Absolutely brilliant.

If only a word could describe this whole album it would be: Dark. Sinister, dismal, loud, heavy and fancifull are very accurate to this album too. This album is often (and they are right) consider the first ever Heavy metal album, i mean how could you disagree with that after listenign to it. The first song that gave the band its name is the best exemple of that, a sinister, dark and heavy song. The album is also in the same batch as Led Zep and Deep purlple with some (always very heavy) blues inspired song like the Wizzard and the covers warning and evil woman. I think by far the best song is The Wizzard, an harmonia based riff, with lyrics that were inspired by gendalf and represent the black magic aura around the band that would always follow them through out their carrer. The song are very long in the album nearly 40 minutes with only 7 songs is another classic of that time. Not the mention the scary album cover with the spetralesque woman in a picuresque but still very dark ambiance. Anyway this album was so heaed of its time, him with the follow up album Paranoid would establish Black Sabbath as one of the most influencial and important band of all times, would create a legend with Ozzy Ousbourne and a whole new music style: Heavy Metal

Classic. Invented a new genre, which they later perfected. The very definition of a five star record and something that everyone should hear before they die.

I really enjoyed it. The first track is one of the best openers ever. The album is varied and enjoyable

This is awesome!! I feel like my reviews are turning into confessions, but I have to admit that I’ve never listened to a Black Sabbath record and not even a single song by choice. I always though Ozzy was playing a character and that people who claimed to like Black Sabbath were just in it for the fuck you value of the stance, but the first song was enough to convince me I’m an idiot. The first time I listened to doom metal was after I read a Henry Rollins review of an Om show or record that he said was only for people who were willing to ride the big waves of sonic destruction. I was willing and am glad I did, and now even more glad to have listened to the guys who got those waves rolling in the first place.

IMHO one of the greatest albums of all time. 6/5

Oh yeah!

First impressions: I bet this blew people's minds when it first came out. Long, slow opening builds the tension with the insistent bassline under these lonely guitar notes and vocals. Oh snap, tempo change. I like how hard the kick drum and the distorted guitar come in. Yeah, okay, this is pretty cool. Next song comes in with a harmonica and that's just rad. These songs are starting to remind me a lot of Coheed&Cambria with the super dramatic musical storytelling. I asked P and he says probably. That Black Sabbath pretty much invented this kind of sound/style. Cool!

A definite masterpiece

Sweet

Hahaha great start! I love this album. Damnnn it's so good you know they recorded it in like 3 hours?

Monumental

Ozzy ozzy ozzy

One of the best albums.

This is a great debut album from Sabbath. I won't pretend to be an aficionado but I have always really liked Black Sabbath's early albums. This is such a strong start, it's funny to read the initial criticism of this album and find out that it was kind of panned. In retrospect it feels so new and unique but that's probably because it stood out and has lasted the test of time better than some of the other bands that it was being compared to. Standout Tracks: Black Sabbath, The Wizard, Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B., Wicked World, A Bit of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning

dude....no words...SABATH!!!!!

Von vorne bis hinten geil.

This is my first time listening to Black Sabbath and I was surprised that this is Ozzy Osbourne's band. I like the album, very on brand for 1970s music. The vocals and instrumentals are experimental, in a way that I know it's from the 70s. I actually thought that Black Sabbath was the screamo kind but I'm pleasantly surprised!

Such a iconic album from black Sabbath. So cool riffs

bro. come on. the OG. fucking love this album. one of the GREATEST of all fucking time. fuck you if you rate less than five actually fucking kill yourself you self absorbed fucking christian ass pussy ass little bitch mother FUCKER fucking DIE i mean KILL YOUR god fearing boot licking self. so good.

So heavy and bluesy and dark. Also so much space in the mix. I love Sabbath.

This is far from Sabbath's best work, but there's a lot to enjoy here. Track's like The Wizard and N.I.B. helped shape an entire landscape of new music for decades. If it's not obvious, I'm a big fan of heavier music and in particular Doom. This album was a blast to revisit. Since it's clear the folks that put together this list have a frustrating affinity for late 60's / early 70's noodling, this was such a breath of fresh air for music of that era. Favorite tracks: The Wizard, N.I.B., Warning

Not as polished as some releases that would follow but that only adds to the charm of the debut release. They hammered this out in studio playing live as a group in a 12 hour session and the energy on it is palpable. Though it’s seen as metals first release, there’s some bluesy undertones to it, The Wizard has some epic haunting harmonica on it, this track is the standout of the 5. Sabbath simply works so well together, there’s a looseness to their debut as they comfortably maneuver their way thru these lengthy songs. I fucking love this. 5 stars

Magnificent.

Errug vet, intro nummer en warning

Fantastiskt album. Är det 5 av 5? Mycket möjligt. Den här musiken rör mig så djupt att jag inte kan göra annat än att säga att det är så nära perfektion man kan komma, spår efter spår.

Isäni on kuunnellut Black Sabbathia 70-luvulta lähtien, joten syntyessäni minulle ei annettu paljoa valinnan varaa. Ensimmäisen Ozzy-paitani muistaakseni sain jo kaksivuotiaana eli isäni vain kylmäverisesti päätti, että sinä kuuntelet Sabbathia. En edes uskalla ajatella mitä olisi käynyt, jos olisin murrosiässä alkanut glooryhuntata esimerkiksi Deep Purplea. Todellinen fanius alkoi minulla viisi kuusi vuotta sitten. Kuten sanoin niin Black Sabbath on ollut suosikkini jo pikkupojasta lähtien, mutta ei se ollut samanlaista kuin tänä päivänä. Kannattaminen on muuttunut rakkaudeksi ja intohimoksi. Nuoresta iästä huolimatta olen ehtinyt seurata bändiä kuitenkin jo aika kauan, mutta vuosi vuodelta mielenkiintoni ja rakkauteni yhtyettä kohtaan vain voimistuu. Kyllä voi sanoa, että Sabbath on iso osa elämääni, jota ilman en osaa, enkä halua elää.

The OG metal album. Even the cover was way creepier than other stuff at the time; it just conveys some kind of menace to me. The title track just portrays fear so aggressively, almost. It seems almost like a larger-than life fear, like something horrible, scarier than you can imagine. The instrumental gives us only a taste of this. The other songs are good, too; ‘N.I.B’ sounds like something off the next album, Paranoid, without having the disadvantage of every song next to it being in the same key. (Why did they do that? We’ll get to that album when we get to it, I guess.) Anyway, uhhhhhhhh the end I guess (I just said I guess twice in quick succession).

Very Very good album Best drum tracks in classic rock.

The beginning of a whole genre in an album, an absolute banger! Although I own other Black Sabbath records, this one is definitely missing and going on the list.

10/10 Heavy Metal 101

A classic, kickstarting a whole genre/movement. 5 out of 5

Undisputed milestone

Something tells me these guys will be around a while...

Pocos debuts de bandas son tan espectaculares como este increíble LP. Con una propuesta sumamente innovadora que básicamente decantó en un genero completo, las furiosas guitarras de Tommy Iommi derriten caras mientras la espectral voz de un joven Ozzy Osbourne destruyen cerebros, pintando paisajes surreales y apocalípticos. Un indispensable de la música y un infaltable para cualquiera que quiera iniciarse en el género del metal.

Excellent first groundbreaking album. One of the best beginnings to an album I know. And Ossie’s voice is great for someone of such tender years.

Absolutely haunting. As the album progresses it gets more manic and crazed, and seems desperate for the listener to be uncomfortable, Ozzy's vocals with the riffs and drum kicks in the back culminate a start to a remarkable career, and a new type of Metal. 11/10

Awesome

Zang en muziek (gitaar) zijn op dit album soms schijnbaar verschillende eilanden. Toch voel je een brug tussen die eilanden. Het klopt op de een of andere manier. Tegelijk hebben ze elkaar niet nodig. De instrumentale delen zijn soms ijzersterk.

Eigenlijk zijn alle riffjes al een keer gedaan door Black Sabbath. Ik zei het al bij een album dat we eerder kregen, enigszins gekscherend. Maar feit is wel dat Black Sabbath er vroeg bij was en aardig vernieuwend in hun sound. En ook op hun debuutalbum hoor je dat dus terug. Rock n roll, hardrock, heavy metal, zelfs doom bij het openingsnummer. Het is meer dan 50 jaar oud en het voelt amper gedateerd aan. Grote klasse

Amazing! Never listened before and was pleasantly surprised

A landmark album. I mean how many albums can be directly pointed to as the point of a major genre?

What a haunting, heavy, and masterful debut. I love this album so much and I don't think I'll ever tire of it even as I've heard so many various metal bands cover assorted songs from this album over the years. Something that gets lost at times for people when thinking about Sabbath is that they really respect the groove and do everything they can to make the groove stand out. "N.I.B." is such a hidden gem of a song- the bass intro is one of the best grooves ever in a metal song and the part where Ozzy sings "your love for me has got to be real" is immediately so beautiful as a counterpoint to the bass underneath it. "Evil Woman" again comes in with a wonderful groovin riff. It's not a huge song of theirs but it is another reminder that they don't ever have any weak songs. "Wicked World" might be my favorite on the album and one of my favorite Sabbath songs. (I love the cover of this song by a band called "Skinless". It's unrelenting and brutal and yet still funky and jazzy). 5/5.

I love Black Sabbath, it's rare that I listen to whole albums by them now, but this was excellent

"Pure scrumtrulessence."

Imagine being a 15 year old kid in 1970. You've just come back from the record shop with this dark, ominous looking record, and you have no idea what a Black Sabbath is. You get home, pop it on the player, make sure to plug in your headphones because if mom and dad catch you with this, you're going to catholic school, and hear the first track...but there's no music...just a soft thunderstorm and bells ringing. What could this be? What's happening? Then suddenly, the devil's tritone kicks in. Tony and co greet you with the DARKEST riff you've ever heard. Ozzy comes in whaling about meeting Satan in his dreams, pleading for help. FUCK MAN This was the very first album I ever fell in love with. As a church kid, this broke me. I was conflicted for loving it so much. I truly believed I bought a one-way ticket to hell just for being into this. Of course, 32 year old me laughs, and obviously there are thousands of more "evil" or "intense" albums out there. But the most intense band I was allowed to listen to then was Switchfoot...so it was real for me back then. But DOES this album hold up almost 20 years after I first fell in love with it? To be honest, yeah it really fucking does. It rips from start to finish. N.I.B. remains one of the greatest bass lines of all time. Ozzy's vocals are on point. Drums are wild yet tight. The jazz rhythms on Wicked World. Mmmmmm good. My name is Lucifer, please take my hand!

The sound of Black Sabbath opening Black Sabbath with the titular Black Sabbath is one of unholy creation—of a paradigm shifting as the flames of hell lick the anvil forging what we now hail as HEAVY METAL.

A remarkable record, their next is even better.

One of the most influential albums of all time for a reason. It’s kind of wild to hear a genre get created so abruptly. It would only take another 7 months for them to perfect the sound on Paranoid, but this album was the guidebook and it came out fully realized. The performances are amazing, the experimentation is exciting, and the wizard is an instant classic

Where it all started. Imperious album. Still vibrant. Love it

It's unfortunate that heavy metal peaked at its inception

The immature absurdity of Ozzy's lyrics combines with bang-on arrangements and the faintest whiff of stoner rock. Rare to find such a perfectly formed debut album.

4/5

classic

If anything, the album deserves its praise for influencing every single metal band. The Self-Titled debut is an amazing showcase of skill and balance. Every track was on point, but songs like N.I.B and Evil Woman really show the skill level of the bassist Geezer Butler, while songs like the Title track and Warning are showcases of the guitarist Toni Iommi’s excellent riff-writing abilities. Ozzy is also on point on every track on the album. There isn’t a single point in the album where the pacing is disturbed, but songs like Behind the Wall of Sleep and evil woman are more on the upbeat side. This album truly showcases the skill of the godfathers of metal. Fav tracks: Title track, The Wizard, Behind the Wall of Sleep, N.I.B, Evil Woman, Warning, Wicked world Least fave: Sleeping village (still amazing) 5/5

El nacimiento de todo.

Can I give this more than five stars? Please? A piece that played a pivotal part in the development of Hard Rock/Metal as genres, and goes as hard today as it did 53 years ago. Essential listening.

Tense, dark and menacing, slow burning start with a powerful payoff. This is an amazing first album by Black Sabbath without a bad song to be found. This album probably launched a hundred bands, as well as a few concerned parents' groups. I remember Ozzy saying in an interview that they hated the hippies and they just wanted to scare everyone. I think the band accomplishes that on levels, not just from the occult stuff, but how terrifying and apocalyptic this must have sounded against the post-Woodstock rock music landscape in 1970. It really changed the way music sounded. Masters all of them, and none over the age of 22 - Scorching riffs from Tony Iommi... bass lines straight out hell from Geezer Butler... propulsive, nuanced drumming from Bill Ward. And then there's Ozzy, one of the most compelling/ unnerving front men to ever pick up a mike. The lyrics are sometimes surprisingly eloquent, other times straight up scary. Really splendid, all the way. A little more noodling than I typically like to hear, but this is still a solid 5. Fave Songs: The Wizard, N.I.B., Black Sabbath

Heavy man! Great album. And amazing for their 1st

'Black Sabbath' & 'The Wizard' are epic tracks, solid album

Yeahhh!!! A million out of ten! This album holds such a special place in my heart <3 Early Black Sabbath inventing a new genre just like that. Hearing "Black sabbath" (the song) for the first time changed me forever. Such a raw and authentic feeling of doom, dread, horror. And that witch!!! That's what I call an iconic cover!

suena que mete mieu

I was captivated by this album from the first minute. Completely sold. It is literally the birth of a genre, but that beginning… absolutely sounds timeless, and there is nothing like it! It still sounds so out there and not generic to me, one of a kind! I love this kind of stuff. It still sounds progressive, perhaps from another planet. The bluesy stuff toward the middle was also interesting to hear, how that develops out. It’s also so well-recorded for supposedly being a live album, essentially. 5/5 will absolutely get on vinyl.

Love this album

I think I like Paranoid better, but man, there's really nothing bad about this album. It's a heavy, groovy time from beginning to end.

really enjoyed this

DOOOOMMMM!!! What a dark, gritty, cataclysmic album. Every track make you want to grow your hair out, bang your head, and yell at the world. So much dark energy. Fantastic

It's a really great thing when the first album of a particular genre still sounds absolutely amazing over 50 years later. This album absolutely rocks, and it must have been mental to hear this way back in 1970. Favourite: The Wizard

алкоальбом: кровавая мери, ударившая в голову

Incredibly ahead of its time and groundbreaking for the metal genre. Never overstays its dark, dark welcome. The Black Sabbath legend begins.

Pretty awesome debut album and one that I could not imagine hearing in 1970 when there was the term heavy metal did not exist yet. The guitar on "Warning" is fantastic and the whole album sounds like Led Zeppelin's evil half-twin ("The Wizard" in particular). It’s bluesy, mighty, and powerful rock and roll. It also contains the rare instance of a song name also being the name of the album AND the band. Would do a 4.5 if possible.

Fucking epic. Of 190 albums presented to me from this list so far, Black Sabbath is the third best imo. The top two so far are Dylan's Blood on the Tracks and Sabbath's Paranoid. They had their shit figured out right out the gate, did not give a fuck, just did their thing. Brilliant... taking the Devil's blues to the next level.

INCREDIBLE

It's hard to argue for another album that served as the seed that heavy metal was born form. Sure some heavy stuff was release before this but nothing wrapped up quite like this. I've listen to the for over 40 years and it never get's old.

Not sure which I prefer between this and Paranoid, but this kicked off the heavy. For me a four, but extra point for changing the course of heavy rock.

I think the first 4 songs are pretty much perfect, they sound like what I think of when I think Heavy Metal. Depending on version (I listened to the Uk version with the 10 min cover of Warning) the second half I think shows some cracks in the “perfectness”. It gets a little too bluesy (and I like blues) but Sabbath isn’t the best at that sound. This is a 4.5 album but I’ll bump it to 5 because of the significance of the start of a sound.

Fantastic

This is so good? I can hear it today.

First Metal Album of all time. What I think doesn't matter. 5

I would give this 5 stars just for The Wizard.

Raw metal goodness. Every component sounds just like it should. Not too many notes, fantastic riffs, good little solos throughout, harmonica fits in nicely, Ozzy vocals are perfect.

Impressive considering it was a new sound then. All the songs slap big.

A classic important album, although you can argue that by todays stanards its more a heavy rock album than a metal or even doom metal album.

The album that started all… Eerie, sharp, and macabre. Do we need to add more?

Own on Vinyl

One of the most important rock albums ever made. Heavy, dark, nihilistic, irresistible.

Awesome! 'The Wizard' is my favourite track from the album. Also liked 'N.I.B.', 'Evil Woman' and 'Warning'. 5/5

Starting with the wonderfully creepy cover, then getting to the rain, thunder, and clanging chimes of doom, I was very excited about this one. Then you get to the scary guitar, looming bass, and ominous drums of a real nightmare band before growly Ozzy comes in with sinister lyrics about a figure in black. What a debut! This is quite perfect as an album with its structure of suites and consistent, perfect mood all the way through. Who knew I'd love early Black Sabbath so much?

This is good! I mean WAY good!! I guess I love young Black Sabbath

Elvis never meant shit to me.

Just over 20 albums in and this is easily the best one I've had so far. Incredible album top to bottom. Feel people dont realise how good a musician Ozzy was considering he might be more known for reality tv now. But hes excellent here. Ended up spending my entire day listening to Black Sabbaths entire discography and it was great

4.5/5

10. First heavy metal album opens with the first doom metal song. The Wizard feels like everything everyone who hated Bob Dylan for going electric was afraid of first of two multiparty tracks breezes by even if the second track that closes the record slightly drags in the middle movement.

"Paranoid" was the first album we got when we started this, and I gave it a 5. I see no reason to give this album a lesser score. Metal doesn't get much better than this.

Such a bad ass metal album. The arrangements & Ozzy's voice just make this a spectacular listen. Long live Sabbath!

I mean, it's Black Sabbath. Not much more to say. Masters of the genre.

Puro pinche Satan

Pretty amazing that I’ve never listened to this album before, and only heard one or two of its tracks. Almost country at one point (yes, I know I’m likely to get murdered in my sleep now). The drums. So simple. So clear. So nice. N.I.B. And Warning are such classic metal tracks 🤘

Really looking forward to this! On last.fm Sabbath are #609 in my all time artists but really should be higher Thoroughly enjoyed!

Na ginástica, um adolescente de 15 anos consegue superar a performance de um medalhista de ouro olímpico de 1960. Na música, uma criança - não muito maior que a guitarra que ela segura - consegue tocar o riff de N.I.B sem grandes dificuldades. Porém, será que eles teriam a habilidade necessária para realizar esses feitos há meio século atrás, quando ninguém jamais havia feito ? É sempre uma questão interessante, a comparação entre a criação de algo versus o aperfeiçoamento do mesmo. Muitas vezes, é uma comparação do velho com o novo - de uma época revolucionária e experimental versus uma época de melhoria e perfeição. Na música, quantos artistas e bandas antigas são desmerecidas pela simplicidade apresentada em sua composição quando comparada com artistas recentes ? Quantas bandas desafiaram a norma, revolucionaram um estilo, apenas para serem ultrapassadas em habilidade logo em seguida e terem o seu nome jogado no vazio do esquecimento ? É necessário um certo brilhantismo para ser o pioneiro de algo e continuar não só relevante, como servindo de referência e inspiração por mais de 50 anos. Black Sabbath foi, é e continuará sendo essencial para todo artista que decidir se aventurar no heavy metal.

53 years later and this classic still holds up. Who would have imagined that one of the best things to happen to rock music, and created an entire genre, all came about because the Tony Iommi lost the tips of two of his fingers. He down-tuned to allow him to play the guitar. And the rest is history.

It's Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. Possibly the greatest album opener of all time. Also has NIB. Also way more jazzy than you'd expect. Classic.

Classic

The birth of metal and an amazing album.

Wizard

Yeah this is a fucking banger. You try singlehandedly creating an entire genre of rock

Through cultural osmosis I had an opinion about Black Sabbath well before I heard a song from them, let alone a full album. I eventually got into Sabbath through Paranoid (a route I still recommend). I can't imagine the impact of Black Sabbath when it came out in 1970, but if I have my Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Coven dates correct, it feels both revolutionary and totally expected. So I try to set aside all the baggage and just listen. Opening with church bells and rain signals that things are supposed to be ominous. Black Sabbath and The Wizard are the standout tracks for me. They're the two I'd always put on a Sabbath mix. And let's not let it pass unremarked that Black Sabbath open Black Sabbath with Black Sabbath. There is a statement there. When things settle into mostly medium-paced rock with the occasional psychedelic blues-jam vibe — de rigueur for the day — the album no longer feels special as the debut of such an influential band. But there's enough heaviness that it isn't something you'd feel a need to renounce artistically either. All in all, it starts impressively strong — making a case that this is a band to pay attention to — and but settles into heavy jam-blandness at the end. Had it finished with a metal wallop as strong as it opened, this would be a full 5-star release. But surely each of these 4 stars is drawn upside down and in a circle with wax from the candles dripping on the wooden floor of some ritual listening room...okay I get it, this album haunts me some...let's say it's 4.5 rounding up to 5.

Ja echte klassieker, lekker hoor

What is this …. The Devil’s interval …

Hell yeah

Very strong debut from Black Sabbath - a fan

He didn’t accidentally chop his fingers off. Satan took them as payment. 1 soul plus 2 fingers equals iconic heavy metal success.

classic

Fantastic. Entry level Metal but so pivotal.

Black Sabbath!!!!!!!!