Black Sabbath- Vol.4.

Black Sabbath Vol. 4

This is my favourite album of all time. Probably you all know it; it is one of the classic Black Sabbath albums and the last of the so called "Black Sabbath Doom Metal era". On this record Sabbath started to experiment more and so, the songs structure is  more progressive. On the next record Black Sabbath added even more progressive influences than here and so on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath we cannot talk about proto doom so much.


The album was originally titled Snowblind, but the name was rejected by the record company because it was a clear reference to cocaine. Black Sabbath at that time were having a big problem with drugs, so the drugs influenced this record as a whole.The Lineup had remained the same and at this time and there were no problems with arguments


The album starts with my favourite track of all time: Wheels of Confusion. It starts with a melancholic bluesy solo and then the main riff comes in. It is good example why are Sabbath so good; because they have such a lineup. On the guitar, Tony Iommi is playing soo heavy riffs, the rhythm section Bill Ward on drums and Geezer Butler on the bass is really spectacular with a unexpected rhythm changes and Ozzy has improved since the Master of Reality. Well, the song atmosphere remains really melancholic and lyrics are again brilliant. In the last part, they really put me into the melancholic state.

"So I found that life is just a gameBut you know there's never been a winnerTry your hardest, just to be a loserThe world will still be turning when you're gone"

The power of this album is, as I said in a powerful lineup. Tony's heavy riffing Tomorrow's Dreams,Supernaut, Snowblind,Cornucopia and Under the Sun are really strong in this album. Rhythm sections has many innovative rhythm changes and Ozzy is also a good vocalists. Album is sometimes really doomy Snowblind, Under the Sun, St. Vitus Dance, sometimes is more stoner rock oriented ( Supernaut, Tomorrow's Dreams). It has one ballad Changes, which is a little bit cheesy, but it still good song. A wonderful acoustic song is Laguna Sunrise, which has some proggy keyboards. A weaker songs are a St. Vitus Dance, because it is too short and FX, because it has just some strange noises. But overall, album is near perfection for me.

Highlights:Wheels of Confusion, Snowblind,Laguna Sunrise, Under the Sun