THE CHILDREN START TO MARCH
Master of Reality
is the
third
studio album
by English
Heavy Metal Band
released in
the United Kingdom
on
August,6th 1971
by Vertigo Records.
It is regarded by
some critics as
the foundation
of doom metal,
stoner rock,
and
sludge metal.
Produced by
Rodger Bain,
who also produced
the band's prior
two albums,
Master of Reality
was recorded at
Island Studios
in London
from February
to April 1971.
Guitarist
Tony Iommi
and
bassist
Geezer Butler
down tuned
their instruments
during the production,
achieving what
Iommi called a
"bigger, heavier sound".
Master of Reality
peaked at
number five
on the
UK Albums Chart
and number eight
on the
US Billboard 200.
Though negatively
received by critics
on release,
the album is now
considered one
of the greatest
heavy metal albums
of all time.
It was certified
double platinum
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)
after having
sold over
two million copies
in the US.
Recording
Master of Reality
was recorded at
Island Studios
This was to be
Bain's final collaboration
with
Black Sabbath
as guitarist
Tony Iommi
took over
production
for the band's
next several albums.
Drummer
Bill Ward
explained:
"Previously,
we didn't
have a clue
what to do
in the studio,
and relied
heavily on
Rodger.
But this time we
were a lot
more together,
understood what
was involved
and were more
opinionated on
how things
should be done."
On the tracks
"Children of the Grave",
"Lord of This World",
and
"Into the Void",
Iommi down tuned
his guitar 11⁄2 steps
in an effort to
reduce string tension,
thus making the
guitar less painful
for him to play.
This pain was the result
of a factory accident
years earlier
in which he had
the tips of two
of his
fingers severed.
The down tuning
also helped the guitarist
produce what
he called a
"bigger, heavier sound".
Geezer Butler
also down tuned
his bass guitar
to match Iommi.
"It helped with the sound, too",
Butler explained to
Guitar for the Practicing Musician
in 1994.
"Then it got to the point
where we tuned
even lower to
make it easier
vocal-wise.
But Ozzy (Osbourne)
would then sing higher
so it sort of
defeated the object."
In the
2013 biography
of the band
Black Sabbath:
Symptom of the Universe,
Mick Wall
writes that
"the Sabbath sound
took a plunge into
even greater darkness.
Bereft even of reverb,
leaving their sound
as dry as old bones
dug up from some
desert burial plot,
the finished music's
brutish force would
so alarm the critics
they would punish
Sabbath in print
for being
blatantly thuggish,
purposefully mindless,
creepy,
and obnoxious.
Twenty years later
groups like
Smashing Pumpkins,
Soundgarden,
and,
particularly,
Nirvana,
would excavate
the same
heaving lung sound ...
And be rewarded
with critical garlands.
" In his autobiography
I Am Ozzy,
vocalist
Osbourne states that
he cannot remember
much about recording
Master of Reality
"apart from the fact that
Tony detuned his guitar
to make it
easier to play,
Geezer wrote
'Sweet Leaf'
about all the dope
we'd been smoking,
and
'Children of the Grave'
was the
most kick-ass song
we'd ever recorded."
In the liner notes
to the 1998
live album
Reunion,
drummer
Ward
commented that
Master of Reality
was
"an exploratory album".
Ward elaborated
in a
2016 interview
with
Metal Hammer
magazine:
"On the first album,
we had two days
to do everything,
and not much
more time for
Paranoid.
But now we could
take our time,
and try out
different things.
We all embraced
the opportunity:
Tony threw in
classical
guitar parts,
Geezer's bass
was virtually
doubled in power,
I went for
bigger
bass drums,
also experimenting
with overdubs.
And Ozzy
was so
much better.
But this was
the first time
when we didn't have
gigs booked in,
and could just focus
on making the
album a landmark."
In 2013,
Mojo magazine
called
Master of Reality
"The sound of a band
becoming
increasingly comfortable
in their studio surroundings."
TRACK LIST
CD 1
Sweet Leaf
After Forever
Embryo
Children Of The Grave
Orchid
Lord Of This World
Solitude
Into The Void
CD 2
Weevil Woman '71
Paranoid
(Alt Lyrics)
Sweet Leaf
(Alt Lyrics)
After Forever
(studio outtake – instrumental)
Children of the Grave
(studio outtake featuring alternative lyrics)
Children of the Grave
(studio outtake – instrumental)
Orchid
(studio outtake – with Tony count-in)
Lord of This World
(studio outtake featuring piano & slide guitar)
Solitude
(studio outtake – intro with alternative guitar tuning)
Spanish Sid
(Early Version of 'Into The Void')
(studio outtake – alternative version)
Sweet Leaf
(Live)
Sometimes I'm Happy
(Live)
War Pigs
(Live)
Iron Man
(Live)
CD 3
(Bonus Disc)
Sweet Leaf
(Vocal Mix)
After Forever
(Vocal Mix)
Children Of The Grave
(Vocal Mix)
Lord Of This World
(Vocal Mix)
Solitude
(Vocal Mix)
Into The Void
(Vocal Mix)
Sweet Leaf
(Instr)
After Forever
(Instr)
Children Of The Grave
(Instr)
Lord Of This World
(Instr)
Solitude
(Instr)
Into The Void
(Instr)
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