Paranoid
Black Sabbath, released in 1970 (UK), heavy metal.
- Artist: Black Sabbath
- Year: 1970
- Genre: Heavy Metal
- Country: UK
Overview
The album that codified heavy metal: doom tempos, tritone riffs, Ozzy Osbourne wail and Tony Iommi shortened fingers guitar tone. War Pigs, Iron Man and the title track built the vocabulary that every metal band since has drawn from.
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