![]() And, having downtuned as far as was possible before it messed with Ozzy’s singing, a new door of heaviness was opened. The rhythmic tennis between Geezer Butler and Bill Ward is musical butter, able to swing and turn a corner as smoothly as a finely-sanded Tom Jones, as Iommi’s leads melt through them in a manner that’s almost calmingly satisfying. Truthfully, not since the early ‘70s has anyone been able to spin and toy with a riff quite so fluidly and powerfully as Sabbath do here. And when it goes fully blissed out on Solitude, it’s mellow perfection.īut there’s more to it than that. Even the album’s angriest moments, like the nuclear war warning Children Of The Grave, have a red-eyed vibe. It wasn’t just that Sweet Leaf with all its loving lyrics to getting stoned opened with Tony Iommi coughing after a bong rip, either. Weed music just doesn’t come any juicier than Master Of Reality. ![]() Rock would be here without them, but it would look very different indeed.Īs we continue to celebrate their big birthday year, and with their epic Paranoid recently having its own big five-oh, what better time to look back at five decades of riffs, heaviness, and wondering 'What is this that stands before me?' ![]() "When you're sitting around in the practice room and someone breaks in on a Sabbath riff, everyone joins in – they're just classic riffs." You know who said that? Dave Grohl, who was spotted energetically fanboying around Tony Iommi at the Kerrang! Awards in 2018. But where would any of these bands be without them? What Sabbath did wasn't just be very good, there was a line between what them and Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Hendrix and their other contemporaries were doing that only strengthened with time – they first made a virtue of that sinister heaviness that would turn into heavy metal, and from there, everything else. Sure, Metallica, alright Maiden, fine Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. Here, Back Sabbath recall making the landmark album, which was recorded in a single day at Regent Sound Studios in London in 1969.True facts: even half a century after they first emerged with their self-titled debut, Black Sabbath are still the best band. When I got the album, I gave it a listen and moved on.”Īnd while Black Sabbath aren’t quite her cup of tea, electronic music is, with Livingstone recording under the name of Indreba. I feel awful for saying it, because it’s probably not what people want to hear, but it isn’t particularly my kind of music. She says: “Black Sabbath is just not my kind of music. I’m sure I could remember if it was a cat.”Īnd, despite going down in rock and metal history, Livingstone admits she’s not exactly the world's biggest Black Sabbath fan. The mysterious object clutched in Livingstone’s hands has always been the source of debate – and it’s no nearer being resolved as Macmillan insists it was a black cat, but Livingstone says: “I think it might just be the way my hands are there. The undergrowth was quite thick and quite tangled, and it just had a kind of eerie feel to it.” Then, it was quite a run-down and quite a spooky place. But it was just one of those very cold English mornings.”Īs for the location at at Mapledurham Watermill in Oxfordshire, Macmillan says: “Nowadays it’s very much more modernised, beautified, and touristed. ![]() “I remember Keith rushing around with dry ice, throwing that into the pond nearby, and that didn’t seem to be working very well, so he was using a smoke machine. ![]()
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