Black Sabbath Sabotage
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SmashIsTheWay94
June 14th 2025


2345 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I really like that song, but I get it. Hole in the Sky, Symptom, and Megalomania are the top shelf Sabbath tracks here

This might be my fave Sabbath actually. I know it's been said a bunch, but Ozzy kills it here

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 14th 2025


17200 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

that song is just so fucking repetitive man lol. the writ is also top tier sabbath. and yeah this is the best ozzy vocal performance by a fair amount.

veninblazer
June 14th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Vol. 4 is definitely fantastic, it's a tell that Iommi even when reportedly uninspired can still lap many other songwriters on their best day, I just felt it was a bit behind all the other prime 6 Ozzy albums

DaveyMonsoon
June 14th 2025


1660 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Vol. 4 is the weakest of their first six albums imo but it's still quite good.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
June 14th 2025


115255 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

I'm an idiot. Said I never heard Mob Rules on the previous page. That was a friggin lie lmao.

veninblazer
June 14th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i'm going through the last 2 ozzy albums before 13 and wow the dropoff is crazy. still listenable but this whips both those albums asses. i hope i like heaven & hell more whenever i get around to it but I've always been iffy on Dio for a strange reason so who knowz

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 15th 2025


17200 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

never say die is kinda underrated, it's way better than technical ecstasy. junior's eyes, t/t, air dance and johnny blade all kind of rule. rest is whatever though.

veninblazer
June 15th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think both kinda occupy around the same level of "listenable, but not overly memorable" sabbath. not much to write home about but i'm not gonna be remembering most of these hooks very well like I would an Iron Man or Changes lol

hard to really complain too much when it's this group of talented musicians and I'll always love hearing the sound of the Prince of Darkness even if it's kind of a weaker project, but i think I'd just sooner turn on Paranoid or SBS in a more casual setting

budgie
June 15th 2025


42279 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

SOOOON THE DAAYS WERE PAAASSSIING IINTOO YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARS

veninblazer
June 15th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ok the sax solo near the end of breakout was randomly dope WTF

Wildcardbitchesss
June 15th 2025


19561 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath honestly might be my second fav Ozzy behind Master of Reality.



Hot take tho, s/t is the worst of that debut-sabotage run, then prob vol 4

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 15th 2025


17200 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

s/t is easily my least of the first 6. i do not like the bluesy songs, the wizard doesn't do it for me. some obvious all timers though in t/t and nib. still a really great album.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
June 15th 2025


115255 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Futures and Wildcard stop breaking my heart. :[

veninblazer
June 15th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i kind of went into this first-6 run hoping to say S/T is the best because it's not the "easy" choice of just saying Paranoid, but i ended up saying Paranoid anyway. oh well, classic's a classic and it's undeniable even if it isn't the most interesting take

budgie
June 15th 2025


42279 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

vol 4 and s/t are realistically tied for my favs sabby

Wildcardbitchesss
June 15th 2025


19561 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

bold strategy cotton let’s see if it pays off for him



I say Vol 4 and S/T are the worst but they’re still 4/5 in my book. Prob should up paranoid to a 4.5. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath also a 4.5 with Master of Reality being an easy 5 for me.



Agreed with the title track and nib being all timers. Imagine hearing that first song in fucking 1969.

Wildcardbitchesss
June 15th 2025


19561 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again, I really don’t see too many people mentioning how influential Iommi’s guitar playing heavily influenced Jerry Cantrell even if you don’t hear Sabbath as much in Alice In Chains as a whole.



Those are my two riff gods. They’re just a tier above everyone else imo

SmashIsTheWay94
June 15th 2025


2345 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"Imagine hearing that first song in fucking 1969"

Surely a pants-shitting experience I'd imagine

Vol 4 is easily my least fav of the first 6, but Snowblind is a classic. You could rank the other 5 albums in pretty much any order and not get much argument from me



trickert
June 15th 2025


625 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Am I Going Insane>>Who Are You

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 15th 2025


17200 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

who are you at least has that great part in the middle.



am i going insane is just irritating.



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