It gets my vote for their best album.

It's my personal favorite of theirs.

But objectively their best is Paranoid. No other metal album is beginning-to-end all-time classics of the genre. Literally every single song is a staple of the genre and has been covered countless times.

And while this is only tangentially related, I'll post it here because it's easier than starting a new thread: Master of Reality is the Sabbath album with the worst influence. There are SO MANY shitty bands that ripped it off.

>>127136516 (OP)
yeah

>>127136516 (OP)
it was ozzy-sabbath's magnum opus. not even up for debate
>heavy
>experimental
>prog
>weird
>groovy
>soulful

>>127137003
It has their fullest range musically. No metal album before... I'm tempted to say maybe as late as the 90s... ever showed off how much could be done in the genre.

>>127136516 (OP)
The Gentleman's choice.

>>127136516 (OP)
Best cover too, reminds me of death note. hm to self titled

Sabotage

>>127137721
wasn't until STP's Core or Corrosion Of Conformity's Deliverance that their SBS sound was even TOUCHED

>>127136516 (OP)
Based pick. For me, it's Spiral Architect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBLkEWr314A

>>127139269
OG Sabbath was more prog than Rush sometimes

>>127139269
Probably the best song on there. Got the first five albums on CD.
What a legend, may he rest.

>>127137003
>it was ozzy-sabbath's magnum opus
couldn't have said it better. everything before is fucking classic but SBS was art

>>127139418
>doesn't own Sabotage
Please remedy this oversight

>>127136516 (OP)
That's not Paranoid

>>127136516 (OP)
The Wizard is the best Black Sabbath Song, so It's the Black Sabbath album

I thought Planet Caravan was a Pantera song, but it's a Black Sabbath cover.

>>127139436
Is my collection incomplete without it? I will listen to it tonight irradisregardlessly anyway, man.
I suppose finding a real CD of it could be a challenge with millions of fans now doing the same thing....

>>127139460
Did Ozzy ever play harmonica in another song after this?

>>127139526
and you crank that shit too, full blast

>>127139526
Symptom of the Universe is their best song

>>127139485
i oughta kick your ass, zoomer

Vol. 4
Every Day Comes and Goes is the greatest closing song to a metal album ever.

>>127139646
Aye Aye.
>>127139667
They always had good song titles.

>>127139269
The lyrics on Spiral Architect are amazing. Butler doesn't get his due, and he made a good team with Ozzy. Of course, Iommi was the riffmaster. Amazing band.

>>127139873
prime sabbath were comprable to prime beatles in terms of pushing boundaries, heaviness, melody, harmonies, experimentation, etc

>>127139707
100% this. even better than Into the Void

>>127139707
it's by far the most underrated album they did, probably because the title and album cover art were forgettable compared to the other albums, but Wheels of Confusion, Changes, Supernaut, and Snowblind are all absolutely amazing tracks and probably some of the best vocal work Ozzy ever did

Blasting it right now. It and Sabotage are godly mixes of hard rock, prog, and heavy metal.

>>127136516 (OP)
Headless Cross is their best.

>>127139526
>>127139667
Megalomania

>>127140557
it personally resonates with me because it was literally my first Sabbath album. my mom owned a copy on vinyl. i was basically hooked from the first note of Wheels of Confusion

>>127140685
...with Tony Martin, sure

>>127140685
...on planet retard, sure

>>127139682
I'm 40, only here to pay respects while you fags fag out like you always do.

>>127141152
under 45? ahhh babies first flame war....

>>127136590

>>127136590
Every stoner metal band for the rest of time

>>127140685
...if you're a piece of shit that got molested by your dad, sure

>>127141257
I was born on the internet, heh some called me Zero Cool

>>127141349
Shit, I am going to be just like you when I can't get a rod

>>127141384
take care of the ol' ticker, you gotta be able to exhaust a young woman without dying.

>>127140685
...if you're based and tonymartinpilled sure

>>127136516 (OP)
>Fluff
>Who Are You
>second half of Sabra Cadabra

Definitely not

>>127142141
>second half of Sabra Cadabra
get out