So what makes this metal?
wikipedia said so
its more like proto-metal (if that exists)
Downtuned guitars? Check. Excessive distortion? Check. Long and technical solos? Yup
It's metal all right
i mean just look at it
how is that not a metal album
>>63202835
>mfw Metalfags are saying their founding album isn't real metal.
>>63202835
Context. Metal is heavier than rock, and at the time this was heavier than anything else.
If it came out now it would be heavy psych, stoner rock or hard rock. But historically Black Sabbath gave birth to metal.
>>63202835
Well before this, the closest thing to metal was the who
It's too heavy to be rock
>>63202835
you're wearing your fedora upside down
So what makes this shoegaze?
>>63203121
journalists
>>63203121
vacuums
>>63202835
Ebin....
>>63202868
this
wtf oc
>>63203111
Well, i'm right. This is where it would have came from.
>>63202835
WHAT IS THIS
THAT STANDS BEFORE ME?
>>63202845
None of the songs on their first two albums use alternate tunings actually, fun fact.
The other ones, sure
>>63202845
>Downtuned guitars
Where?
>>63203460
everywhere
iommi lost the tips of two fingers on his right hand so he would detune his guitar down a minor third to make it easier to play
>>63203125
best post itt
>>63203459
>>63203460
Do you not know the history of the band or something?
Tony lost his fingertips in a factory accident so he downtuned his guitar strings to relieve tension. This was way before Sabbath was even a band
>>63203460
>>63203459
everything sabbath did was in c# niggs
>>63203121
The artwork
>>63203564
>>63203485
S/T and Paranoid Tony plays in standard
(A little sharp on Paranoid)
>>63203564
wrong, tony didnt start that untill Master of Reality
>>63203502
Not on this album, he started down tuning on Master of Reality
>>63203564
The latest album was only tuned down a half step
