One word to describe Black Sabbath is EVIL. It is no secret that during the late 60's early 70's this band was the most evil group in popular music. Paranoid proves this point. The album kicks off with war pigs, a protest to the Vietnam war that attacks the subject in a different way by predicting the end of the world due to the war. The next song and probably the most evil song on the album is electric funeral. This song takes the listener through a journey of the world after nuclear war. The album does have some lighter points however, fairies wear boots is a humorous look into psychedelic drugs and the hallucinations that they cause. In conclusion if it weren't for paranoid modern heavy metal would not exist! death metal in particular probably would not even be a genre if it wasn't for this album paving the trail for more controversial lyrics which death metal bands today thrive on.
Master of Reality is allot different than paranoid lyrically, but it made a bigger impact in my opinion. This album single handily created "stoner metal" and "doom metal". The songs are long and revolve around strong guitar riffs. Something that the band started in paranoid but did not perfect until this album. The first song on this banger is sweet leaf, one of the bands most popular songs. The next song worth bringing up is into the void. It closes the album and is epic.From start to finish this song is just plain cool!
Anyway, I love Black Sabbath and I see them as being responsible for so many things in hard rock and sometimes I don't feel like they get the credit they truly deserve, but anyway check out both these albums.You wont be disappointed!
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