As with their first record, Sabbath spent very little time in the studio, recording the entire album in a matter of days as a result, the record has an energy to it, evocative of the excitement of a live gig. Together, they wrote the album’s title track and most fondly remembered in song in a short period, an afterthought to complete the album (Butler wrote the lyrics while Iommi constructed the riff Osbourne reading the lyrics as he sang). The best musician in the band, Iommi oversaw the band’s musical contributions, while Geezer Butler, with Osbourne’s complete blessing, wrote the lion’s share of the lyrics. Guitarist Tony Iommi, primary composer for the band, varied his playing from hard-hitting power chords ( Hand of Doom sounds ominous musically alone) to playful jazz stylings on Planet Caravan. Black Sabbath meant business, attacking the Vietnamese War, insensate parts of British society and the ill-fated seductiveness of heroin addiction on only their second record it, however, defined their career, Osbourne led or otherwise. A blurred image of sword-wielding soldiers had never graced the covers of Herman’s Hermits, nor would bassist Geezer Butler nor frontman Ozzy Osbourne have associated themselves with faded buoyant pop. Their riffs were heavy, their drums were heavy, their lyrics were heavy and their album work was heavy. Where Led Zeppelin barely escaped the label, Black Sabbath were the very emblem of heavy metal. “On their second album, Black Sabbath meant business… recording the entire album in a matter of days, the record has an energy to it, evocative of the excitement of a live gig.” ❉ Saluting the Sabs’ heavy metal halfnelson’s half-century.
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