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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath


    Since this is my first blog post, I thought it would be appropriate to start with the album that started the genre of metal, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. This album is possibly one of the most influential albums ever made, not only because it was the first metal album ever made, but also because it kick-started several other related genres of music such as doom metal, stoner metal, and psychedelic metal.
    Although in my opinion this isn't the best Black Sabbath, it is definitely one of my favorites. The album starts out strong with one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs, and the first ever doom metal song, "Black Sabbath" (on the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath Cubed if you will). This song does a great job of creating a heavy sense of dread and impending doom, which puts shivers down my back whenever I listen to it. This song also set the seeds of occultism and satanism which are now common themes in modern metal.
    Sadly the other songs on the album aren't quite as heavy and foreboding as the first, but there are still several other stand out songs on the album. Some of these songs are "The Wizard," "N.I.B.," and "Wicked World." "The Wizard" is kind of a fun song which has a cool harmonica part and tells a story of a friendly wizard, "N.I.B." is a song with cool guitar riffs, which according to Geezer Butler, the bassist and lyricist, is "about the devil becoming a good person," and "Wicked World," my second favorite track on the album, is a song that has very catchy guitars and lyrics. The meaning of that one you can basically get from the title.  The other songs on the album are also pretty good and it's worth listening to the whole thing strait through.

     

               1.)  Black Sabbath
               2.)  The Wizard
               3.)  Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B.
               4.)  Wicked World
               5.)  A Bit of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning
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