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Draven |
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2002-05-16 |
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heavy metal
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| Official Site: | Black Sabbath
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Description, by Draven
Black Sabbath started life out as two separate outfits: The Rare Breed (featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler) and the blues-based Mythology (Tony Iommi and Bill Ward). Neither of these bands were successful and fell apart, when in late '67 they joined up with two other musicians. Again, this project didn't work and Ozzy (vocals), Geezer (bass), Tony (guitar) and Bill (drums) went on to form the Earth Blues Company, then simply Earth. The second track they ever wrote together gave the band its name: Black Sabbath.
The early days of Black Sabbath were difficult - they were accused of being in league with the devil and Ozzy was even disowned by his fammily. Over the years the band grew and grew until Ozzy quit in '78 to pursue a solo career, then return and leave again. Sabbath has been fronted by Dave Walker (ex-Savoy Brown) and Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Dio) to name but a few.
Today Sabbath have split and reformed numerous times and each return sees them bigger and better than ever before, and remain one of the most influential rock bands in history. |
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Featured comment (1/2) by Blackmetalbaz on 2002-09-04
Around these 'ere parts, people talk in hushed tones of The First Six Sabbath Albums. I've heard lots of suggestions for the band that started heavy metal, including Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, Vanilla Fudge, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles ('Helter Skelter'), even Little Richard, but for my money it all began with Black Sabbath. I've also heard the theory that every metal riff ever was originally written by Sabbath - I wouldn't go that far, but they are without a doubt the most important band in the genre's history. Ozzy, Tony, Bill and Geezer ne'er put a foot wrong whilst together, and whilst some (heathens) might criticise the quality control on 'Technical Ecstasy' and 'Never Say Die' (OK, that last one has some ropey moments), those first six albums are simply beyond criticism, creating as they did not just heavy metal itself, but hugely influencing its attendant sub-genres, black and doom metal.
It would also be doing the band a disservice not to mention their post-Ozzy output. I've been accused of being sick, but I own every single album Sabbath ever put out, and there isn't a single one that I dislike (yes, even 'Born Again'). The Dio-era stuff is excellent fantasy metal, with a dark, even gothic edge to it, and I'd strongly recommend at least two of the Tony Martin albums, namely 'Tyr' and 'Headless Cross'. The recent reunion tours were stunning, but perhaps it is for the best that the band have decided to call it a day, refusing to record any more albums without the original line-up, thus leaving their legend untarnished.
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Featured comment (1/2) by Blackmetalbaz on 2002-09-06
The track-list says it all really: 1/ Black Sabbath, 2/ The Wizard, 3/ N.I.B.,4/ Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me),
5/ Wicked World, 6/ War Pigs, 7/ Paranoid, 8/ Planet Caravan, 9/ Iron Man, 10/ Electric Funeral, 11/ Fairies Wear Boots, 12/ Sweet Leaf, 13/ Embryo, 14/ Children Of The Grave, 15/ Lord Of This World, 16/ Into The Void, 17/ Tomorrow's Dream,
18/ Supernaut, 19/ Snowblind, 20/ Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 21/ Killing Yourself To Live, 22/ Spiral Architect, 23/ Hole In The Sky, 24/ Don't Start (Too Late), 25/ Sympton Of The Universe, 26/ Am I Going Insane?, 27/ Dirty Women, 28/ Never Say Die, 29/ A Hard Road, 30/ Heaven And Hell, 31/ Turn Up The Night, 32/ The Dark / Zero The Hero. Pretty much all classic tunes, but bear in mind that this is not the whole story, particularly given the paltry three songs from the post-Ozzy era Sabbath. Go and buy the originals instead.
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