Master of Reality by Black Sabbath
Overall, An Excellent Album.
Paranoid may have been a tough album to follow, but the style that Black
Sabbath honed on that release is improved upon here on this excellent
album. Tony Iommis guitar work is even darker and deeper, right from the
beginning riffs of Sweet Leaf (with a cough sound for added effect) through
to the epic closer, Into The Void. In between, its also clear that the writing
is more inspired. The spiritual debate of After Forever alternates between
two striking musical ideas and the middle 8 section of Into The Void is just
amazing it sends shivers down my spine, thats how good it is. Iommi and
Butler had mastered the Heavy Metal Beast that they had single handedly
created. They took the best moments from their previous releases, and
came up with the most amazing riff filled album ever. Sweatleaf, After
Forever, Children Of The Grave, Lord Of This World and Into The Void - 5
of the finest Heavy Metal songs ever written. Sure, they had to fill it out
with some instrumental interludes and a decent ballad but if you want a
place to start with Black Sabbath because youve heard the stories and
youre not convinced with Paranoid, Master of Reality is for you. Osbournes
vocals are a huge improvement, the lyrics are great and well, its just
perfect. The band went on to make the excellent Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody
Sabbath, Sabotage and the under rated Technical Ecstasy which are all
worth 5 stars in my opinion. This is a wonderful album, better than
Paranoid because its harder, meaner, has better tunes and doesnt have
the embarrasing bits of Paranoid or other of their classic albums. There are
some truly sublime moments on this album (great riffs, drumming and
vocals), and if you like some introspection and melody as well as their
strangely upbeat dirty chuggathons then youll love this. The sheer quality
is sustained throughout from beginning to end. If you dont have this album
yet then what are you waiting for!?, buy this now. Its brilliant!!!.
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