Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 13 February 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album is widely regarded as the first true heavy metal album. The opening title track, "Black Sabbath", was named the greatest heavy metal song of all time by Rolling Stone and has been referred to as the first doom metal song. After recording the single "Evil Woman" and its B-side "Wicked World" on 10 November 1969 at Trident Studios, the remainder of the album was recorded in a single 12-hour session on 17 November at Regent Sounds Studios, using songs from their live set to construct the album. The album's sound was largely informed by Iommi's playing style in the wake of a sheet metal accident that cut off two of his fingertips years prior. Black Sabbath received generally negative reviews from critics upon its release but was a commercial success, reaching number eight on the UK Albums Charts and number 23 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_S...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)