Master Of Reality

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Embryo” is kind of weird because it seems very unpracticed. It is a clean guitar solo piece written by Tony Iommi, but he messes up and stuff. But it’s only 28 seconds long, so I’ll give him a break. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. Levy, Joe, ed. (2005). Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (firsted.). Wenner Books. p.180. ISBN 978-1-932958-61-4. Some versions of the album report Embryo as a 5 minute song. This is incorrect. Embryo is a short instrumental right before the start of Children of the Grave. Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass) - With the mentality "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," Geezer continues in his trademark fashion. His detuned bass (relatively matching Iommi's tuning) lends a heaviness to the album not seen in other bands around the time. Highlights include Sweet Leaf, in particular in the under the guitar solo (more like band solo)

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Not all of this, incidentally, was rendered in La Brea sinks of lugubrious bass blasts — several of the songs had high wailing solos and interesting changes of tempo, and “Paranoid” really moved. If you took the trouble to listen to the album all the way through. Moving on, every musician sounds pretty inspired here. The guitar is obviously the most important instrument of this album; Tony Iommi dominates everything here with his amazing riffs really shining. Almost every riff is, indeed, very catchy and heavier than the ones featured on the band's past records. So, we can find here Iommi's riffs in their heaviest form, that's for sure, even though “Volume 4” also has a couple of interesting heavy ones. He doesn't solo as frequently as on “Paranoid” but the solos still play an important role on the majority of the songs. Ozzy Osbourne delivers a competent performance, with his unique voice, even though he isn't, technically speaking, the best singer out there. The remainder of these pictures are various cover variants for Master of Reality. Several of which are referenced from Hugh Gilmour’s story on cover art above. Christgau, Robert (12 December 1971). "Consumer Guide (21)". The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013 . Retrieved 22 October 2012.

Master of Reality is a 34 minute journey that ebbs and flows. The slower songs contrast with the heavy songs and the darker songs contrast with the lighter ones. It's that perfect balance that makes this one of the most metal and heavy albums Sabbath ever did. Solitude is a slow and solemn song that takes the listener down into a deep abyss. All of a sudden the song is over and the closer Into The Void just crushes you with the buzz saw intro. I feel like without Solitude, Into the Void wouldn't be as heavy. They both work with each other and they both need each other to be successful. Huey, Steve. "Review Master of Reality". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019 . Retrieved 17 December 2019. Another key factor of “Master of Reality” is its lyrical theme and overall mood. Well, as usually for Sabbath, this preaches of struggle, drugs, and sci-fi. Also, while “Hand of Doom” may have given the genre of Doom Metal its title, “Master of Reality” contributes much more to the genres sound. Orchid” suffers from the same plight as “Embryo,” except it is a little more developed. The bowed bass is pretty cool. Meh.

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Tony Iommi – guitar, synthesizer on "After Forever" and "Children of the Grave", flute and piano on "Solitude", acoustic guitar on "Orchid", cough on "Sweet Leaf" The truth is that you can fast forward through most of this album and not miss anything spectacular, ninety percent of it is totally dispensable and the other ten percent just doesn't matter. The phrase “nothing happened” can never be more literally stated about an Ozzy era release than this. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins talks about the records that changed his life". starla.org. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015 . Retrieved 20 January 2014. We had proved against all odds that we were a viable band, much to the annoyance of our critics,” bassist Geezer Butler reflects, a half-century later. “We were full of confidence with our first two releases [which ultimately went gold and platinum], our tours were selling out everywhere, so we knew our instincts were right about our music. It felt like we were an unstoppable juggernaut.”This verse is about being open-minded about a god existing, which the band written to prove that they weren't Satanists. However, the subtlety is what makes this work extremely well, with the questions leading to multiple answers, and suggesting that it can be good or bad should there be a god or not. While the lyrics are simple on paper, their subtle tone enhances the themes, and they would be further executed by the instruments and vocals. Master of Reality peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and number eight on the US Billboard 200. [ citation needed] Though negatively received by critics on release, the album is now considered one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time. It was certified double platinum after having sold over two million copies. [6] Recording [ edit ] Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi are more than competent, they have proven to be reliable on two previous albums. The three of them begin Lord Of this World with a bit of tense anticipation and the entire song can be pointed to for the claim that it redefined the word heavy, in a musical context. No one in 1971 sounded like this. But like all of the compositions here, it fails to have any imagination, the opening musical stanza is tense but plummets immediately. Returning to that snails pace and going absolutely nowhere musically, then Ozzy assaults your eardrums. This performance is one of the absolute worst in Ozzy’s career, which is saying something considering the majority of his solo output. Into The Void - Starting with the slowest and heaviest of riffs (heavily accented by Geezer's bass), it later morphs into a slightly faster section featuring Geezer's bass prominently. This chugs on nicely until about 3 minutes in until a triple-time section drops in to shake things up a little. After this we return to the heavy chug previously established. There's also a nice patented Iommi 'dual guitar' solo in here as well.