The 1001 albums book is surprisingly critical of the musical quality of Black Sabbath's debut. Surprising because (a) why put it in the book if you're going to slate it and (b) it's actually quite a technically accomplished album. Every member gets a workout, with Geezer Butler's bass outlining "N.I.B" and the preceding bass jam "Bassically". The intro to the eponymous track features some drumming that could almost seem to sound sloppy on first listen, but is actually quite technically complex, and drummer Bill Ward just continues to impress throughout.
Iommi is the riff-master and throws down some solid guitar work throughout. Even Ozzy was in fine voice back here.
Sabbath create some dark, heavy tracks. Partly that gloom and doom probably comes from living in Birmingham, and partly it's because they recorded it in 12 hours for next to no money.
Dark album cover, heavy dark music that apparently was supposed to more saying "look out for the devil, beware because evil is gonna get you, but once their fans started going "Devil? Evil? Yeah boi!" Sabbath switched to biting the heads off of bats etc.
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