Album chart immediately going gold.
Master of reality black sabbath vinyl.
The group s third album master of reality arrived in 1971 and introduced fans to essential sabbath tracks like sweet leaf and into the void the 2 lp deluxe edition builds on that legendary album with versions of children of the grave and sweet leaf that have different lyrics.
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Master of reality was black sabbath s most polished album at the time of it s release.
It was black sabbath s first album to debut in the top 10.
Master of reality is the third album by the british heavy metal band black sabbath originally released in 1971 and now available on 180 gram vinyl.
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But it was the band s third album master of reality that cemented the group as blackened wizards of doom and gloom.
Hard rock heavy metal.
Released on a swirl vertigo label inverted black white for side b with a large folded six panel color poster and vertigo poly lined inner sleeve in a fully laminated box type cover opening both from the top and bottom.
Reached 8 on the u s.
Master of reality is the third studio album by english rock band black sabbath released on 21 july 1971 by vertigo records.
Third black sabbathalbum released on july 21 1971.
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2x vinyl lp album deluxe edition reissue remastered 180 gram country.
Usa canada genre.
With swirl on the inner sleeve.
Master of reality was certified double platinum after having sold over 2 million copies.
From the residual cough that opens sweet leaf a tongue in cheek love song to a certain medicinal herb to the last screaming echo of into the void master of reality broke new ground for the band while helping to further refine their unique sound.
Both title and band name are embossed.
It is regarded by some critics as the foundation of doom metal stoner rock and sludge metal.
Some early german us and canadian pressings had the title incorrectly printed on the record labels as masters of reality.
It peaked at number five on the uk albums chart and number eight on the us billboard 200.
Black sabbath s first two releases black sabbath and paranoid were more than groundbreaking they were earth shattering exposing the public to a brutal new form of noise pollution termed heavy metal.
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