Black Sabbath-Master Of Reality (1971)

In 1971, Black Sabbath released their third album, "Master of Reality". Despite its refined production, it continued down the path of gloomy and hypnotic heavy metal, albeit with a more elegant tone and much more accomplished and mature compositions. Recorded during a tumultuous period for the band, with hard drugs taking their toll on all its members, this new release continued to showcase their dark and satanic side, their constant allusions to drug use, and their anti-establishment messages a theme that, on the other hand, attracted thousands of fans to all their concerts, including the controversial Hell's Angels. In fact, they open this album with one of the anthems of cannabis, "Sweat Leaf", followed by the dark "After Forever", the grandiose and sinister "Children of the Grave", the instrumental interludes "Embryo" and "Orchid" (the latter a pleasant acoustic piece), the heavy "Lord of This World", and the powerful heavy rock tracks "Solitude" and "Into the Void". Tony Iommi's legendary and raw guitar riffs drive each and every song included here, which, supported by the excellent bass and drum lines and Ozzy's omnipresent vocals, would once again create, as had already happened with their first two releases, another classic masterpiece of the metal genre.