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Points: 4596 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2017 at 13:58
Sabbath were always more interesting than "plain heavy metal", at least during the Ozzy years...after that they got very formulaic and boring to my ears.  I love the 1st 5 albums pretty equally and of those I'd say SBS was the most inventive...but historically it's the album Iommi & Ozzy say was the hardest to complete and that they ran out of ideas so go figure Wink
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Points: 3627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2017 at 13:47
Sabbath always had a level of sophistication and inventive edge (all the lps with Ozzy at least) which made them more than just a heavy metal band. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was, IMO, their intentionally most sophisticated record, along with (the arguably less successful) 'Sabotage'.

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Points: 19 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2017 at 11:17
In a way, the fist two records were just as sophisticated, you have blues, folk, jazz, big band inspired music (like the main beat to Faeries Wear Boots), what was then known as pop, etc. In fact, I'd say SBS is more straightforward than ST and Paranoid.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2017 at 05:08
It is heavy metal, in the same way that Maiden is heavy metal. Just because there's more going on than you may find on a Saxon or Judas Priest album, doesn't mean it's not HM. It is heavy metal, regardless of how PA chooses to define it.
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Points: 4776 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2017 at 17:11
Yes - but doesn't mean to say it is not without depth, complexity, light and shade. However, as the title track has more distinct classic guitar riffs in it than most metal bands show in a whole album - it is metal for the discerning!
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Points: 20623 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2017 at 16:53
Well...they are listed here as Prog Related not as heavy metal....so my guess is that most don't consider them just a metal band.
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Points: 577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2017 at 14:24
For me SBS is too unique, sophisticated and musically diverse album to be considered plain heavy metal.
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