BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID

ANOTHER MASTERPIECE

Just a few months after their legendary self-titled debut Black Sabbath sophomore studio album Paranoid was released and oh man what a record this was.

Overall I would say that this is a heavier record. Paranoid was a blistering fast song at the time. Iron Man with the robotic 'I'm Iron Man' was huge, Electric Funeral, Hand of Doom, Fairies Wear Boots. It don't get much better than that. This is one of the most iconic albums of all time.

Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward are legends because of records like this. This is the beginning of not only doom metal but heavy metal in general. So Iconic so damn good. Swinging drums, the heaviest riffs you'll ever hear and Ozzy's somewhat nasal and weird singing. It all just goes so well together and I just can't think of what life would have been without a record like this and their debut album. They more or less are twin albums since they both came out the same year and they both had a HUUUUGE impact on music even if it commercially didn't do as well as some pop and rock artists of the same era. But over time it's clear that records like these were more important than yeah pretty much all music that ever existed. It's impactful on a historic level.

This is part of the 'Heavy Metal Starter pack' and you simply should know this album because without it your full music collection wouldn't have existed.

As essential as breathing.

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