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Inspired by an H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name, this track is a proto-thrasher. It accelerates from a bass drone into a galloping riff. The lyrics are abstract, psychedelic, and paranoid. It showcases Bill Ward’s frantic, jazzy drum fills and Iommi’s first truly blazing guitar solo on the album.

The masterwork. The song opens with the sound of rain, a tolling church bell (a cowbell struck with a drumstick), and then that riff. It’s a tritone interval—historically called the “Devil’s Interval”—banned in medieval church music. The song describes a Satanic figure, a crisis of faith, and a soul trapped in hell. It doesn’t rock; it crushes . It ends not with a solo, but with the sound of rain fading back into silence. Metal was born. black sabbath black sabbath full album

Produced by Rodger Bain at Regent Sound Studios in London, the album features almost no overdubs. Ozzy Osbourne sang in a separate booth while the band played together in the main room, capturing the raw energy of their live performances. Inspired by an H