Paranoid. Vol.4 close second.
There was an guy online a ways back with the username "The First Four Black Sabbath Albums". He was cool 
Paranoid. Vol.4 close second.
There was an guy online a ways back with the username "The First Four Black Sabbath Albums". He was cool
Vol. 4 is another great one. Often gets overlooked IMHO. It's got such a raw sound and the band tunes ultra low on a few of the tracks for the doomeist riffs. I have fond memories of jamming with friends back in middle school attempting to play Supernaut and Snowblind when we were learning to play music.
I think they are a little overlooked but Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage get my vote. I know they are a little keyboard heavy but Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabbra Cadabra, Hole in the Sky and Symptom of the Universe are all awesome crunchy ear candy.
In reply to 92dxman :
A National Acrobat off of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is one of the most overlooked songs in their catalog. The song does suffer from that weird thing that Sabbath tended to do where the end of the song would have some strange, out-of-place hippy-dippy part to finish it out (another example: Symptom of the Universe), but that main riff more than makes up for it.
Man, I just love Sabbath.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (the song) seems to have that same wander off effect at the end of the song.
On a side tangent, one of the best Sabbath cover songs is Pantera doing Hole in the Sky or them doing Planet Caravan.
92dxman said:Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (the song) seems to have that same wander off effect at the end of the song.
On a side tangent, one of the best Sabbath cover songs is Pantera doing Hole in the Sky or them doing Planet Caravan.
That ending riff that starts with " where can you run to" is a GREAT riff though, one of my favorites
I'm a really big fan of Bullring Brummies doing The Wizard (even though it's half of Sabbath) and Godspeed doing Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Dickinson doing Sabbath Bloody Sabbath makes a great song better. Both are on Nativity In Black
In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :
That Nativity In Black compilation (the first one) is legendary. So many great covers, including my favorite cover ever: Lord of This World by Corrosion of Conformity. They NAIL it. It sounds like they recorded it in 1971! The whole thing is seriously great, front to back.
There's another Sabbath comp on Earache Records called Masters of Misery that's just ok, but there's a standout cover of Snowblind by the band Sleep that also nails that 70's sound. They slow it down slightly and that makes it magical.
In reply to Tony Sestito :
Sleep doing Sabbath? I'm looking that up
I liked it, slowing it down helps it and I really like the original.
Also helps to see that Matt Pike struggles at one part of Iommi's tone that a lot have trouble with, his vibrato. He uses vibrato a lot more than most people realize and unless you really listen you don't notice
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