The thought gives me Goosebumps.Įven before the record starts spinning, the hopelessness of the cover art, depicting women in black in front of an Oxfordshire watermill puts you in an uneasy place before the needle even drops. I have wondered many times over the years, whilst playing this album, how it would have felt to have listened to this LP for the first time without any prior knowledge, or experiencing all that had come afterwards. The music has the perfect tempo and evokes what Black Sabbath are now infamous for: strong emotion. It tells the tale of sorrow and fallen angels. Inspired by Cream’s Sunshine of your Love, Nativity in Black is the polar opposite of the blues supergroup hit. That bass solo and the distorted bass intro is just the start as the drums and distorted guitar kick in. It may seem like a mainstay in this day and age, but back in 1970, it was vertically unheard of. It takes a lot of the guile and balls for a bassist to play a bass solo on a record, especially your first. The track opens with a Wah Bass solo nicknamed ‘ BASSically’. Within the verse the fearless four-piece lay down a heavy rhythm, building on the opener. In The Wizard the band harken back to their blues days with a harmonica taking centre stage with guitar licks in the intro and chorus. In track two, Sabbath break the rules that have not even been set yet. The slow groove ends up turning into a gallop as the song comes to an end. His haunting tone fits the Geezer Butler written words perfectly. When Ozzy’s voice joins the fray, all hell breaks loose. A riff that is simply and effectively based around a G bar chord. As the sound of rain, thunder and church bells tolling in the distance fills your mind with impending dread, the musicians launch into the song with a slow, eerie riff. Formally a blues band named Earth, Sabbath rose to power by mixing overdriven riffs from Tony Iommi with unmistakable vocals from Ozzy Osbourne all held up on the giant shoulders of the rhythm section Geezer Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums.īlack Sabbath – Black Sabbath opens with the title track Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath’s self-titled album was a new beginning, not just for the band but for the music industry. Vinyl Chapters looks back at one of the greatest paradigm shifts in rock history.įrom the darkest corners of Birmingham, England, four men emerged bringing heavy guitars and their bleak view on the world with them. This February, the debut release by Black Sabbath turns half a century old.
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