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Blast From The Past: Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath is possibly the most influential band ever in Heavy Metal, often cited as creating the best God damn genre of music ever.  Although the band have now reached legendary status, the band were often received criticism in their time for their dark sound.

Despite the early critics, Sabbath were undoubtedly ahead of their time, making use of dark lyrical themes and down-tuned guitars, taking the blues inspired rock of the late 60s into much darker and heavier territory.

One of my favourite Black Sabbath albums is easily Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and this is where the band really stepped things up to try and prove that the critics were wrong.  Read on after the jump to see my review of the album.