After the Sabbath: Into the Void (1971–72) | Master of Reality and Vol. 4
It’s 1971, and Black Sabbath already had two very successful albums behind them, especially considering how little support they got from the press and the industry. Paranoid gave Ozzy the freedom to wail and scream with unchecked confidence, let Tony Iommi unleash distortion straight from hell, let Geezer Butler keep delivering wild and dominant bass lines, and gave Bill Ward space to drum more and more aggressively.
