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The Original Masters Of Metal
81ack Sabbath are often seen as being the irst true
metal band and are cited as being a major influence by
the likes of Soundgarden, Metallica and Pantera. The
band was formed in 1967 in Birmingham, England, by
Ozzy Osbourne (vocais), Tony lommi (guitar), Terry
'Geezer' Butler Ibass) and Bill Ward drurns). originally
starting life as Earth, a jazz/blues band, but later
changing their na me and adopted a heavy sound. The
band stormed into the charts in
1970
with their self-
titled debut album, and from the
start
they were thrust
into the rock super league, alongside Deep Purple and
Led Zeppelin.
Throughout the
7 05,
Sabbath produced
hit
after hit
following lhe release of
Paranoidin
1970, which included
the hit single of the same title, a track that, along with
Deep Purple's 'Smoke On The Water' , has to feature as
one of the most famous and most copied guitar riffs of
ali time, The album also included the live-crowd pleaser
'War Piqs'. which was later covered by die-hard Sabbath
fans Faith No More. Ozzv's stage antics SOOI1 became
legendary, along with his alcohol and drug excesses. He
even bit the head off a bat while onstage, and lhe whole
band had to be treated for rabies
Wilile
Paranoidwas
seen as Sabbath's peak, they
followed its release with
Masters Of Reality
in 1971
and
Volume IVin
1972, the tatter containing tne baneo
'Chanqes. which showcased Ozzy's vocal abilities
bnlliantlv.
1973
saw the release of
Sabbath B oody
Sabbath
which was hailed as a metal masterpiece
and the title traek of which is possibly one of the best
Sabbath tracks ever written.
Sabbath also took the US by storm and in 1975 they
released
Sabotage.
Although Ozzy left briefly in 1977,
he was back in the driving seat for the 1978 release
Never Say Die. However, the band became unstable,
as did Ozzy himselt. and soon after this he let the band,
going on to have a turbulent yet incredibly successful
solo career, especially in the US, leaving Sabbath the
job of trying to relive their former glory with a string of
new frontmen.
The first in the hot seat was Ronnie James Dio.
Originally with Ritchie 81ackmore's Rainbow, Dio had
a style of
his
OWI1
and studiously avoided copying Ozzy.
With him
at
the mie, Sabbath released just two studio
alburns.
Heaven And HeI
in 1980 and
Mob Rules
in
1981, although Dio also appeared on the classic live
album
Live Evit
reeased in 1983, He later returned for
the
1992
alburn
Dehumanizer.
The other notable frontman to join Sabbath was
Deep Purple's lan Gillan, although Gillan's vocais
weren't real y suited to Sabbath's style and this musical
relationship was short-Iived.
More reeently, Ozzy has reunited with his old
bandmates and has embarked on a string of successful
tours. Sabbath have also joined Ozzy for a double-
headline gig with Ozzy's solo band on the incredibly
successfulOzzfests.
Although some periods of Sabbath's career could,
have sliqht tinges of Spinal Tap about them, for the
most part Black Sabbath have remained at the forefront
of lhe heavy metal scene. This band is possibly the
biggest influence within the heavy metal genre, and
with an ever-growing fan base their influence is
unrivalled to this day.
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Giants Of Metal
Suggested Listening
Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Masters Of Reeiitv
Sound Advice
One of the most important things to remember about
Tony lommi's style is his fairly straightforward approach
to writing riffs. For a r iff to be great. it doesnt have to
be complicated:
it
has to grab the iistener's attention
and be memorable. lornrni's riff technique is very
heavy, and his playing is powerful, yet simple. whiie
his lead technique is also fairly basic. (He ost the tips
of two of his fingers in an accident and had to make
new fingertips himself ) His style rel ies mainly on the
minor pentatonic and blues scales.
In terms of equipment. Tony favours Gibson SGs,
which he used to run through Orange amps, often
aided with a fuzz pedal, although these days he
prefers to use Laney amos. For the track on the CD,
I used an Emie Ball/Musieman Axis Sport run into a
Cornford MK50 head. This went into the desk via a
Palmer Speaker Simulator and a Joe Meek mie pre-
amp. I also used a Line 6 distortion modeller to add
some fuzz to the solo, plus a toueh of eeho from a
Line 6 Echo
PO.
The thing to remember is that this is vintage metal,
so the sound is 00t as distorted as vou miht think. A
lot of the sound will come from how hard vou pick, so
remember to play quite hard.
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Performance Notes
For this track, I tried to look at as many facets of Tonv's
playing as possible. The whole tune uses drop-D tuning.
The opening riff is very slow and powerful and is inspired
by the classic Sabbath track 'Into The Void'. The tempo
jumps
up to 145bpm for the seeond
riff.
After a short
intro, Tony launehes into a power-chord riff that is similar
to lhe riff from
'P arano id ',
and when
p laying m eta l th e
power ehord (first. fifth. first) is a very important tool.
The chord here is ambguous and can work over major
or rninor tonaiities, as it has no third. (The third often
sounds muddy vvhen payed with distortion, and a power
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chard without one has a elearer, crisper sound.)
The solo here includes many of Tonv's signature
licks and is based pretty much around the D minor
pentatonic scale. The solo itself is fairly straiqhtforward
and uses some of Tonv's classie pentatonic sequenees.
Tryto study lhe string bends closely, as in some plaees
I have played them slightly flat in arder to add a little
tension. Also, take care with the pre-bend phrases.
The track ends with some arpeggios based around
Dm7 and Cm7. This section is inspired by the outro of
'VVar Pigs' and is pretty simple - just make sure the
notes of the chords are left to sustain and aren't ehoked.
Style Notes
Main scale used: D minor pentatonic - D F G A C D
Don't use too much distortion: try to rely instead on
a powerful pieking hand
Piteh some of the bends slightly flat
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