Black Sabbath 's title track Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs of all time . The music video can be watched at the end of this article.
The magazine highlights the "essence of evil" that the heavy three-chord guitar riffs provide in conjunction with the church bell and the storm. The song is like a true horror film, which was even inspired by Boris Karloff . "Today, Black Sabbath exudes the same raw and infernal majesty; it's scary and fun at the same time. It's the feeling that all metal bands have pursued ever since, and it still reigns supreme," the magazine pointed out.
The list was curated by Rolling Stone who debated its merits for several months.
"Black Sabbath" is part of the band's self-titled album, released in 1970. The debut album was not only a critical success but also a hit with many fans, being considered the birth of heavy metal . A Wikimetal poll revealed that 29% of readers rate it as the best debut project in the genre.
The song's dark lyrics, related to Satanism, emerged one night when Geezer Butler encountered a figure standing at the foot of his bed and his book of witchcraft had disappeared.
“Heavy metal was born, fittingly, in a nightmare. 'I was sleeping and felt something in the room, like a strange presence,' the bassist once recalled about the origins of the music. 'I woke up in a dream world and there was a black thing at the foot of the bed, staring at me. It just scared me,'” the musician said.
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