... Black Sabbath was credited with instrumentally and lyrically bringing forth some of the quintessential elements. According to Steve Huey, who reviewed the album on behalf of the online music database AllMusic, "Sabbath's genius was finding the hidden malevolence in the blues, and then bludgeoning the listener over the head with it. Take the legendary album-opening title cut. The standard pentatonic ... ...

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