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Volume 4 (Audio Cassette) [Import]

Black Sabbath Audio Cassette
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Vol 4 both consolidated Black Sabbath's massive transatlantic success and marked the beginning of the end. Thematically, the band continued to move away from cod-Satanism towards an apocalyptic Science Fiction based on the abandonment of a world turned irrevocably bad. Relationships were now explored, in "St. Vitus Dance" and the maudlin, piano-led "Changes", and drugs, which the band were now consuming with dangerous enthusiasm, remained a concern, "Snowblind" being a celebration to match 1971's "Sweet Leaf". But the increasingly complex and varied music--the sweet instrumental "Laguna Sunrise", the pure ambient percussion of "FX", and additional keyboards--caused vicious arguments that would eventually culminate in break-up. Hard to believe, as much of it was as crushingly heavy as ever, an obvious precursor of both industrial metal and grunge. In fact, Ministry's Al Jourgensen would later cover "Supernaut", and Seattle's Screaming Trees would cover "Tomorrow's Dream". --Dominic Wills

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The band experimented with their sound on this 1972 album with textured tunes like Wheels of Confusion; Tomorrow's Dream , and Changes , but still managed to stay true to the Sabbath sound with one of their heaviest tracks ever Supernaut . 10 tracks in all.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Dear God. Sabbath changed their sound. They showed that they had creativity much like Zeppelin did starting with Zeppelin III. I hate all these people who complain when bands change their sound because they want to hear the same (...) all the time. Take it from someone who plays an instrument. After a while, it gets boring to repeat yourself and as a musician you wish to become more creative and change things. Read on for my review of this great piece of work.
1.Wheels of Confusion/The Straightner- A fantastic 8 minute epic that is basically four minutes of a song that sounds very similar to most songs off of Paranoid and Master of Reality except with strings and whatnot creeping in the backround. The last four minutes are a huge jam of Tony showcasing his soloing abilities.
2.Tomorrow's Dream- a good hardrocking three minute song with a riff that much like NIB is instantly recognizable and will make you wonder where you've heard it before.
3.Changes-A great simplistic catchy ballad where Sabbath finally bare their souls unlike Master of Reality's Solitude.
4.FX-Random effects and harmonics collage. The reason for four stars. Need I say more my fellow Sabbath worshippers.........
5.Supernaut-Back to the rocking. You'll all probably love the big like minute long drum break where Bill toys with all these cowbells and and weird drum sounds. The downside to this song is that it's really got a feeling like during that minute he could've actually played a cool drum solo.
6.Snowblind-COCAINE ROCK ladies and gentleman. Best song on the album and one of Sabbath's best. I especially like both of Tony's solos and the backround keyboards seem to really help set the doomy mood. Excellent use of keyboards.
7.Cornucopia-short rocker. Fun song. No solo. tear.
8.Laguna Sunrise-Tony whips out the acoustic guitar for this interesting Fluff like interlude. Fluff is better though.
9.St. Vitus' Dance-Short sweet hippie song. Really happy which was unusual for Sabbath at this point. Nice acoustic work by Tony.
10.Under The Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes-Don't let the title fool you. This is one of Sabbath's better shorter doom and gloom songs. It sets this really dark mood and the guitar riff sounds as if it was lifted from the sessions for their first album.
Overall-A great piece of work for the open minded Sabbath fan that doesn't mind change. It's personally my favorite album because of its creativity with Never Say Die as a close second. But what do I know. I'm just as musician who loves creativity. Listen with an open mind. Keep on Rockin. That's my two cents.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Wall Of Sludge Presses On......... Jun 2 2004
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On the aptly titled fourth album from the Heavy Metal Gods, they pretty much stick to the same doomy, sludgy, Down-esque sound that got them famous while experimenting with some new sounds. The album opens with the sonic blast of Wheels Of Confusion, which has been known to damage ears while played at a high volume (Only kiddin'). Then comes the heavy smasher Tomorrow's Dream, which is one of the band's signature songs. Then comes what is probably the worst song on the album: Changes. Don't get me wrong, it's OK, but it gets SO boring, just hearing the piano tinkle away while Ozzy keeps moaning. Calls for some high-velocity guitar. Then comes the bizzare 'song' FX, which is simply composed of little squeks and bangs. The first half closes with the spectacular Supernaut, an epic about space travel. The next song, Snowblind is probably the most famous song off this album. Great heaviness. Cornucopia, which comes next, is one of the album's best. It includes heavy music, great lyrics, and everything that makes a Sabbath song a Sabbath song. Laguna Sunrise is a Santana-sounding instrumental that shows Sabbath's lighter yet heavier sound. St Vitus' Dance is another hard-whacker, one of the album's heaviest. This song inspired the name of a later doom band, Saint Vitus. The album closes with the mighty and spectacular Under The Sun, which closes a classic album in full headbanger spirit. This is probably one of the most underrated albums from this band, because it is usually stands in the shadow of Master Of Reality and Paranoid, which are actually lesser albums. This is one of the most heavy albums of the 1970's. If ya don't own this album, you are not worthy of the title 'metalhead'.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Where is the Remaster.....? Jan 11 2012
By Breadmanwalking TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Only these few words regarding V4......
Did I mention the remaster? Sure I did.
I will not buy the "old 88" pressing....
No, not a chance. Maybe somehow, someday
the powers that be will fix us up with a
deluxe 2CD set....and make a profit.

I'll wait till then....
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