Black Sabbath - self-titled Debut album - 180g Rhino Hi-Fi Series

Artist: Black Sabbath |  Label: Warner Records | Format: LP |  Genre: Rock | Vinyl Condition: New |  Cover Condition: SEALED  Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Warner Records RHF1 1871 - re-issue LP in a thick gatefold jacket from Rhino's Hi-Fi Series Debut album from Black Sabbath from 1970  The archetypal heavy metal band, Black Sabbath unleashed a debut album marked by ponderous, sludgy rhythms, heavily distorted riffs and chords, and more than a whiff of darkness and Black Magic. Its crushing atmosphere of doom proved intense and relentless; the cumulative effect was dubbed "downer rock," but it proved immediately popular with a disaffected audience. Though no one could have predicted it at the time, Sabbath was laying the groundwork for a genre that would continue to grow in popularity through the '70s, '80s, '90s, and beyond. BLACK SABBATH announces the arrival of both the band and the style in no uncertain terms. Though given more to extended jams and "suites" than later Sabba