Black Sabbath (album)

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Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 13 February 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album is widely regarded as the first true heavy metal album. The opening title track, "Black Sabbath", was named the greatest heavy metal song of all time by Rolling Stone and has been referred to as the first doom metal song.The Guardian describes the cultural impact of the title track in the following terms: “a tolling bell, the sound of pouring rain, then the riff that changed everything: Black Sabbath invented an entire worldview within the first 60 seconds of their debut.” After recording the single "Evil Woman" and its B-side "Wicked World" on 10 November 1969 at Trident Studios, the remainder of the album was recorded in a single 12-hour session on 17 November at Regent Sounds Studios, using songs from their live set to construct the album. The album's sound...

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