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The masterwork. The song opens with the sound of rain, a tolling church bell (a cowbell struck with a drumstick), and then that riff. It’s a tritone interval—historically called the “Devil’s Interval”—banned in medieval church music. The song describes a Satanic figure, a crisis of faith, and a soul trapped in hell. It doesn’t rock; it crushes . It ends not with a solo, but with the sound of rain fading back into silence. Metal was born.

The album's unique "sonic ugliness" was born from a factory accident that forced guitarist Tony Iommi to downtune his guitar, creating a heavier, darker tone. black sabbath black sabbath full album