I always liked their first album a lot personally

Why was it called nib?

>>511134374 (OP)
It was a masterpiece of british blues metal. There are only a few albums that rise to this level.

>>511134558
Nativity In Black

>>511134675
This explanation came later. The real story is more silly, like many song title stories.

>>511134558
It wasn't the satanism you're hoping for, so you can go on some righteous rant.

>>511134640
> There are only a few albums that rise to this level.
Such as?

>>511134558
Because Butler had a little nib finger and the boys thought it was hilarious

>>511134934
Crimson King In the Court of the Crimson King is one.

>>511134934
I'd say Led Zeppelin 1 if Good Times, Bad Times wasn't so poppy. Itt's a great song, but it pollutes the rest of the album, which is otherwise perfect.

>>511134923
The song is about Satan falling in love and wanting to be a better person as a result iirc. The original bandmates were Catholic, weren’t they?

>>511135172
>The original bandmates were Catholic, weren’t they?
I believe they were protestant, but I'm not certain. Christian, though.

>>511134934
Boston's first album is nearly perfect.

>>511134640
I noticed that too, Black Sabbath the first three albums are awesome and a notch above the rest of their later albums

Same with Led Zeppelin their first three albums are awesome, like a notch above the rest of their later albums

Ozzy was a one off legend. Pity he couldn't keep his shit together without that tiny hat Sharon as his very well paid handler.

>>511134934
Dave Brubeck's Time Out is an amazing album, though not metal at all.

>>511135372
I usually include Vol4 in the canon Sabbath as well. Snowblind is one of my favorite Sabbath songs ever, SBS and Sabotage get honorable mentions for the few songs I grew to love as a kid in the 80s on my We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll cassette.

>>511134934
A bit more contemporary and slipping genres more, GWAR Scumdogs of the Universe has spectacular musical qualities and continuity.

>>511134934
Anything made by Cheap Trick

>>511135832
GWAR was always an interesting one, of not for the music itself than for the shenanigans

>>511134558
The bass player had a beard that looked like the nib of a felt tip pen.

>>511136339
You wouldn't expect to hear catchy tunes and excellent musicianship, or such tight performances if you judged them from the costumes. The normies assume they're satanists or trying to do something to corrupt the youth, but they were just college music and theatre kids who decided to see what they could get away with, and they made a career of it.