The one hundred seventy-ninth album: #179 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

The other side of rock in the seventies feels like it really emerges here, as heavy metal comes to the foreground. The drawn out, bassy blues tones of the opening number set the scene for a gothic, intense album that indulges in the theatrical, including its dark lyrics, but also has some good, rocking tunes that sound good on their own - the choice is yours on whether you dig deeper, but it works on both lev