Description
LABEL: Rhino
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 1/22/2016
ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 7/21/1971
VARIANT: 180 Gram Black Vinyl 2LP
Master of Reality continued Sabbath’s revolutionarily heavy hot streak, being the band’s third album in just 19 months. This part of the prolific period yielded the group another mind-bending eight songs, “Sweet Leaf” starting things off extra strong with its supremely stoned-out, gloom-psyche studio trickery. Masters of their domain, the Birmingham greats also deliver the monstrously chuggy but peace-seeking “Children of the Grave,” mediaeval sojourns and apocalyptic stomps. Mandatory metal listening, the deluxe double vinyl edition adds alternate takes, instrumental oddities and bonus choogle “Weevil Woman ‘71.”