22/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

The UK version of #Fireball had "Demon's Eye" as track no. 3. The US version had "Strange Kind of Woman".

Why? #DeepPurple recorded Demon's Eye last, however they had an upcoming US tour and didn't manage to put the song on the album in time. So they chose a song they already had and put it on the US version.

I guess this also explains why the US version was released before the UK version.

🎵 Demon's Eye
💿 Fireball (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/VoREMTRNAX0

23/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I love Fools. The song of course. Easily my favourite on this rather experimental album. Just listen to Ritchie Blackmore's guitar work:

🎵 Fools
💿 Fireball (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/6grqwx-9X2A

24/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#Fireball is a bit all over the place. #DeepPurple were rushed to make an album right before their US tour, that's why it lacks a bit of a common theme. Heck, with Anyone's Daughter it even has a country song on it.

Regardless, this is still a great album!
Easy 4/5

Also: this was the first album #KingDiamond bought as a kid.

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. Fireball 4
3. DP 3.5
4. Book of Taliesyn 3
5. Shades of DP 2.5

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_nRt2N44IpSbnrPbwlgCwxsWlRTztMQZ4M

25/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Between the US and the UK release of #DeepPurple's Fireball, #BlackSabbath released "Master of Reality" in August of '71.

And it starts with a cough 😷

🎵 Sweet Leaf
💿 Master of Reality (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/aXpKtZbHhQI

26/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Please know that I am by no means a #BlackSabbath or #DeepPurple expert. There are plenty of albums I never (conciously) listened to and shockingly #MasterOfReality is one of them.

So one of the main reasons why I am doing this journey is to fill the gaps and find gems.

And oh boy did I find one! How good is Children of the Grave?

🎵 Children of the Grave
💿 Master of Reality (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/1NN67EzOFO4

27/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Wait a minute, is this really Ozzy singing?

🎵 Solitude
💿 Master of Reality (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/1NN67EzOFO4

28/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Why does Into the Void sound so familiar? Ah, Kyuss, that's why!

Overall #MasterOfReality puts me in a tricky position. Don't get me wrong, the album is a masterpiece, an easy 4.5/5.

But! Do I like it more than Black Sabbath? 🤔

Yes, but...

If I had to choose one, it would still be BS I guess.

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Master of Reality 4.5
2. #BlackSabbath 4.5

🎵 Into the Void
💿 Master of Reality (1971)
▶️ https://song.link/y/-R5XnrZn47Q

29/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

March 30th 1972:

The world famous and universally beloved #Czech footballer Karel Poborský is born in Třeboň, Czechoslovakia.

#DeepPurple release their 6th studio album named after the american metal band Machine Head. Or something like that.

Anyways, #MachineHead opens with a bang:

🎵 Highway Star
💿 Machine Head (1972)
▶️ https://song.link/y/_hJEyDOn6Ho

30/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Dö dö dööö
dö dö dödööö
dö dö döööö dö döööö

This right there is the single most iconic riff in rock and metal history and nothing comes close.

Yes, there are better riffs, more sophisticated riffs, more brutal riffs. But not more iconic and I am not even gonna start to argue about that.

🎵 Smoke On The Water by #DeepPurple
💿 Machine Head (1972)
▶️ https://song.link/y/1L3XxUxEb6U

31/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

The third album in Mk. II formation is the third great one. A masterpiece even.
4.5 out of 5

It doesn't quite reach Deep Purple in Rock, but what does?

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. Machine Head 4.5
3. Fireball 4
4. DP 3.5
5. Book of Taliesyn 3
6. Shades of DP 2.5

Now please excuse me, I'll be space truckin'

🎵 Space Truckin' by #DeepPurple
💿 Machine Head (1972)
▶️ https://song.link/y/Xt9W_tf32dQ

32/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath album number four is called "Vol. 4".

What else but a typical heavy but catchy Tony Iommy riff opens this album, which is considered an underrated one by many.

🎵 Wheels of Confusion
💿 Vol. 4 (1972)
▶️ https://song.link/y/LOF4R8Om8VE

33/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

The first time I ever listened to Snowblind was somewhere in the early 2000s and it was a cover version by System of a Down.

The original by #BlackSabbath is much much better though:

🎵 Snowblind
💿 Vol. 4 (1972)
▶️ https://song.link/y/z2bYZobEQ4g

34/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath Vol. 4 gets a 4. Out of 5 that is.

While it is great, it doesn't quite reach Master of Reality level and towards the end it gets a bit long. But this is critizism at a very very high level.

My favourite song was probalby the opener, Wheels of Confusion.

Oh and I decided that I like Master of Reality better than Black Sabbath.

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Master of Reality 4.5
3. BlackSabbath 4.5
4. Vol. 4 4

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_knwd1nZBUGMuYqPIUvdqLT7uHmdYlZo9E

35/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

With Who Do We Think We Are #DeepPurple leave the metal path for good. Bluesy, partly jazzy hard rock is on the menu.

It sounds good. Not more, not less.

3.5 out of 5

This is also the final album of the legendary Mk. II formation. Two egos collide, Gillan leaves.

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. Machine Head 4.5
3. Fireball 4
4. DP 3.5
5. Who Do We Think We Are 3.5
6. Book of Taliesyn 3
7. Shades of DP 2.5

🎵 Woman from Tokyo
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/724382359

36/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is #BlackSabbath's 5th studio album.

They got heavier and doomier with each album and it looks like this one will continue this path.

#SabbathBloodySabbath starts with such a heavy riff, it must weight as much as a Mastodon.

🎵 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
💿 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
▶️ https://song.link/us/i/785231829

37/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Riffs riffs riffs! 🎸

...but also the first time that I thought: "that's a filler" (looking at you Sabbra Cadabra).

The title track and Killing Yourself to Live are standout tracks, the rest is good.

#BlackSabbath gets 3.5/5 for #SabbathBloodySabbath

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Master of Reality 4.5
3. BlackSabbath 4.5
4. Vol. 4 4
5. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5

🎵 Killing Yourself to Live
💿 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/1440228490

38/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

If you have two big egos in a band, one of them leaves eventually.

Only three years after Ian Gillan joined #DeepPurple he is leaving them again together with bassis Roger Glover.

Mk. II is over, but its legacy will live.

Enter Mk. III:

David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes join the band. They release #Burn in 1974.

🎵 Burn
💿 Burn (1974)
▶️ https://song.link/y/jgbf03MJyS4

39/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Hey wait a minute... this is straight up Funk! 🕺

🎵 You Fool No One by #DeepPurple
💿 Burn (1974)
▶️ https://song.link/y/ne7vBIqhKdk

40/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I listened to #Burn before, but this time it really clicked. It is absolutely great, a masterpiece: 4.5 out of 5

Ritchie Blackmore's guitar work is something else 🔥 🎸

So far I can tell that #DeepPurple influenced heavy, speed, neoclassical and even power metal.

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. Machine Head 4.5
3. Burn 4.5
4. Fireball 4
5. DP 3.5
6. Who Do We Think We Are 3.5
7. Book of Taliesyn 3
8. Shades of DP 2.5

https://album.link/at/i/724392817

41/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Next up is #Stormbringer which is intrudoced by a hard rock opener followed by a funk song:

🎵 Love Don't Mean A Thing by #DeepPurple
💿 Stormbringer (1974)
▶️ https://song.link/y/7eDJ9k6rIGY

Fun fact: all Mk. III albums were released in 1974

42/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

David Coverdale and Glenn Hughs are exceptional vocalists and their interplay on #Stormbringer is a feast for the ears.

This is the funk album of #DeepPurple, although I think it is not as good as Burn, still a good album though: 3.5/5

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. MH 4.5
3. Burn 4.5
4. Fireball 4
5. Stormbringer 3.5
6. DP 3.5
7. WDWTWA 3.5
8. Taliesyn 3
9. Shades 2.5

Just like that, Mk. III is over and we're heading into troubled water.

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_l37MEBkW_TzY08JV1bgWz8w-3OiOSwmIc

43/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Listen all y'all, it's a SABOTAGE!

Studio album number 6 and the rifflord Tony Iommy opens #Sabotage with another signature riff.

🎵 Hole in the Sky
💿 #Sabotage (1975)
▶️ https://song.link/y/KZiuHXFB-Hc

Ozzy sounds amazing!

And I love the album cover, but... what is Bill Ward wearing under these red tights? 🤔

44/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath up the tempo on #Sabotage did they just invent speed doom?

Am I crazy or did they borrow the riff from Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" here? 🤔

🎵 Symptom of the Universe
💿 Sabotage (1975)
▶️ https://song.link/y/u1sOO_tERSU

45/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Am I going insane or does #Sabotage deserve the perfect score?

#BlackSabbath did everything right here, they needed a bit of a refresh after Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and this was it!

Sabotage was Sabbath's most expensive album, it was worth every penny!

Here, have your perfect sore:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Sabotage 5
3. Master of Reality 4.5
4. BlackSabbath 4.5
5. Vol. 4 4
6. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5

🎵 Am I Going Insane?
▶️ https://song.link/y/gi-pVq1lHko

46/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Ritchie Blackmore leaves #DeepPurple and forms #Rainbow where he meets a singer.

This leaves Deep Purple without Gillan and Blackmore. Can this actually work?

The new Mk. IV formation releases an album called Come Taste The Band, which sounds like they're begging fans to givethem a chance.

🎵 Lady Luck
💿 Come Taste The Band (1975)
▶️ https://song.link/y/nYeL9RFDfVE

47/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

So how did Mark IV taste?

Hm... well the album is solid and not bad at all, however it has nothing that makes me wanna listen to it again. This translates to a 2.5/5 on my rating scale.

Ranking:
1. In Rock 5
2. Machine Head 4.5
3. Burn 4.5
4. Fireball 4
5. Stormbringer 3.5
6. DP 3.5
7. WDWTWA 3.5
8. Taliesyn 3
9. Come Taste The Band 2.5
10. Shades 2.5

In July 1976 #DeepPurple breaks up.

🎵 You Keep On Moving
▶️ https://song.link/y/wo0gK7s40w8

48/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath go pop with #TechnicalEcstasy

Doom is gone. I don't like it, simpe as that.
2/5 best I can do.

Also: what is this album cover supposed to be?

Also2: What's with all the "dirty wom(a,e)n" songs in the 70s? It is the best song on the album though.

**UPDATE**: after a re-listen, I'll bump the rating to a 2.5

🎵 Dirty Women
💿 Technical Ecstasy (1976)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/1193799482

Ranking:
I am on mobile so no ranking, but Technical Ecstasy is dead last.

49/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Technical Ecstasy was a letdown, but never say die, right?

While #DeepPurple is split up, #BlackSabbath keep touring and making albums. In 1978 Austria beats Germany in the football world cup and Black Sabbath release "Never Say Die".

The opener sounds like a poppy rock'n'roll song. meh...

🎵 Never Say Die
💿 Never Say Die (1978)
▶️ https://song.link/y/NwH9Vkpi2gw

50/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Never Say Die is straight up pop rock. It doesn't sound bad, it is actually quite enjoyable.

But probably not as enjoyable as the lads of #BlackSabbath found cocaine.

🎵 Shock Wave
💿 Never Say Die (1978)
▶️ https://song.link/y/ONsbhA5ZATk

51/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I found Never Say Die very entertaining. It is actually quite good. Much much better than Technical Ecstasy.

Easy 3.5 out of 5.

But now, things change drastically. Ozzy is released of his duties at #BlackSabbath

Is it forshadowing that it's not #Ozzy's vocals on the closing track on #NeverSayDie?

🎵 Swinging the Chain
▶️ https://song.link/y/e3c5U6Z_Y3Y

52/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#DeepPurple's Ritchie Blackmore meets #Dio, forms #Rainbow and releases 2 fantastic albums.

#Ozzy gets thrown out of #BlackSabbath and starts a successful solo career.

Sabbath are looking for a new singer. They find #Dio and release Heaven And Hell.

I'd argue that Sabbath are now a completely new band.

Heaven and Hell for sure is their best song, it has everything 🤘

🎵 Heaven and Hell
💿 #HeavenAndHell (1980)
▶️ https://song.link/y/RVUK2rtAkJE

53/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#Dio is one of the GOATs.
#BlackSabbath are GOATs.

The album #HeavenAndHell is a masterpice, but not GOAT tier album. The song, however, is one of the GOATs.

4.5 out of 5.

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Sabotage 5
3. Heaven and Hell 4.5
4. Master of Reality 4.5
5. BlackSabbath 4.5
6. Vol. 4 4
7. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
8. Never Say Die 3.5
9. Technical Ecstasy 2

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_nzF9Ue_YryHIpQKHCEM1ghxEF4M0wswBQ

54/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

While #DeepPurple is still inactive, #BlackSabbath release their second album with #Dio called "Mob Rules".

🎵 Turn Up the Night
💿 Mob Rules
▶️ https://song.link/y/6YWquoCigok

The second track - "Voodoo" - is the most 80s song ob Black Sabbath so far.

55/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

With #Dio Black Sabbath changed drastically. They became a very melodic heavy metal band, some call it epic doom.

Ozzy Sabbath is really heavy.
Dio Sabbath is really beautiful.

🎵 The Sign of the Southern Cross by #BlackSabbath
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/PAl468o1F8s

56/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

If you listen to fools
The mob rules!

🎵 The Mob Rules by #BlackSabbath
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/efuFB5x_Lfk

#NowPlaying #TheMobRules

57/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

While Black Sabbath are falling off the edge of the world, here's a hot take for you:

Dio Rainbow > Dio Sabbath

Do you agree?

🎵 Falling Off the Edge of the World
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/IuLAFZLNbZU

#Dio #BlackSabbath #Rainbow #MobRules

58/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

There is no doubt that #MobRules is a great album. But it doesn't quite reach Heaven and Hell. 4/5

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Sabotage 5
3. Heaven and Hell 4.5
4. Master of Reality 4.5
5. BlackSabbath 4.5
6. Vol. 4 4
7. Mob Rules 4
8. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
9. Never Say Die 3.5
10. Technical Ecstasy 2

And just like that, #Dio's Sabbath era is over.

🎵 Over and Over
▶️ https://song.link/y/QWTNXWtrp7o

59/n

I am now halfway through my #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

We are now in 1983 and this is a wild year in the #DeepPurple and #BlackSabbath cosmos:

🐺 Ozzy releases "Bark at the Moon"
🤿 Dio releases "Holy Diver"
🍌 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow release "Bent Out Of Shape"

But what really blows my mind is:

After a night of heavy drinking, (Deep Purple's) Ian Gillan commits to Black Sabbath in February 1983.

They release "Born Again", which will be up next on my journey.

60/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

So after a night of heavy drinking Ian Gillan joins #BlackSabbath after he was reluctant at first.

Born Again opens with a song about heavy drinking.

Coincidence?
I think not!

🎵 Trashed
💿 Born Again (1983)
▶️ https://song.link/y/qvIoRApFfi8

61/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Can you imagine Freddie Mercury fronting Slayer?
Ok, bad example, Freddie would pretty much nail it everywhere.

But imagine Ozzy on Pink Floyd. That won't work, wouldn't it?

Ian Gillan is a legend and some of his vocal performances are unreached (Child in Time). But his vocals didn't really work with the #BlackSabbath sound, which is the overall problem with #BornAgain.

Here it works though:

🎵 Digital Bitch
💿 Born Again (1983)
▶️ https://song.link/us/i/40458865