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Review In Review: Black Sabbath
Following the commercial success of Paranoid, Black Sabbath sired another kind of animal. They had more time to work in the studio on what would be the genesis of doom and sludge metal. Iommi and Butler began downtuning their guitars for an even more oppressive sound, thick as a brick. Unlike...- Z-Man
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Review In Review: Black Sabbath
PARANOID Having recovered from the critical scorn of their debut, Black Sabbath reemerged as a powerhouse to rock people’s socks off, and they scared critics again. They revamped their sound to exclude blues-rock platitudes and emphasize thrusting riffage. Paranoid was the pinnacle of their...- Z-Man
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- Forum: Album Reviews
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Review In Review: Black Sabbath
I think they should have just nixed the album and released a single with "Black Sabbath" on the A-side and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" on the flip. Maybe then critics probably wouldn't have been so harsh.- Z-Man
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Review In Review: Black Sabbath
The debut does have one of their best album covers, though the winner would have to go to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, which has among the best album art of all time.- Z-Man
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Greetings
I could write an exposition about the issues of that forum...though there's like already like a dozen on the internet...LOL. Not to mention long threads on various audio forums trashing his site. My problems were with censorship...the mods there don't like debates or any kind of dissension, and...- Z-Man
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Review In Review: Black Sabbath
I'll be reviewing their albums up until Never Say Die! BLACK SABBATH The album that opened the floodgates to heavy metal. Sure, there was heavy guitar-driven music before, albeit unseen hand in hand with malignant tuning, deathly tempos, and morbid themes. Their style was inimical enough to...- Z-Man
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One of the cringiest things I've ever seen
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Greetings
Hi everyone. I came here after being fed up with the stickler Steve Hoffman Forums. Is this site in any way associated with them? I noticed the forum layout/system is very similar. Anyhow...I love '60s-'80s music for the most part, a little before, a little after. I plan on starting an ongoing...- Z-Man
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