RJ45's Metal #2: Classic Sabbath's "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath"

I decided for this week's "RJ45's Metal" to go with some classic old school Black Sabbath!

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath from the album of the same name, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,

For a music video produced in the 1970s, it isn't bad. I think I would have cut out the bane of Ozzy's existence, aka dogs. Other than that, I really dug the random trippy effects with each of the band members. Them getting shot with arrows is random and doesn't really have anything to do with anything. Gotta love old music videos sometimes.

Of course, this is a powerful song with powerful lyrics, one of their greats. At the time, Black Sabbath was coming down with a bad case of writer's block. However, Mr. Iommi came up with the riff for this particular track, and refers it to as "The riff that saved Black Sabbath."

It was apart of a time when Sabbath was expanding their sound to including synths and an overall more progressive sound. Totally under appreciated by the masses, but Sabbath fans know differently.

Video Rating (of 5 stars): ***
Song Rating (of 5 stars): *****