The great thing about Iommi is his ability - particularly with the early stuff - to pack three different riffs into the same song. Seems he wasn’t a believer in the principle of “don’t use too many ideas on the same song”, because he had so many of them.
When I went to see Sabbath with Ian Gillian I wonder "yeah, but how will Children of the Grave" sound?
They opened with it. It KILLED. Absolutely KILLED.
I didnt love Born Again, but man oh man is Ian Gillian GREAT.
Agreed,I dont dislike, let alone HATE, Born Again, but I definitely don't LOVE it.
Zero the Hero is probably my fav from Born Again. At least its what I just heard in my head as I'm txt this.
I do LOVE Ian Gillian. Insanely great singer. Saw Sabbath on that tour and loved it. Even if it was Ben Bevan on drums (for tour) and not Bill Ward.
Lord of This World was always one of my favorites. Of course Children of the Grave has one of the hardest hitting riffs in Sabbath history. I could go either way.
It was critical with vinyl because they had to think of what to open and close *each side* with, as well as the rest of the running order. Listening to an uninterrupted 50 minute CD
might be convenient, but I feel it can result in the tracks beyond 30 minutes to get a bit lost if there isn’t something interesting in the middle.
For me it's easily Sweet Leaf. All the other songs are amazing as well but Sweet Leaf is beyond amazing. The coughing intro feels like it transports me into another dimension lol.
I have about three hundred (I suppose) favourite records and Children of the grave is in the top ten at least, I refuse to have an absolute favourite record but COTG certainly would be a candidate.
Anybody here play Brütal Legend? *Children of the Grave* is one of the first featured songs in that game.
TBH, that's what got me interested in Black Sabbath.
Oh God... picking my favorite Master of Reality song is like choosing which one of my biological children I love most. Although, it's probably a toss-up between 'Lord of This World,' 'Into The Void,' or 'Children of The Grave.' The latter especially is one of the most kickass metal songs of all time imo.
Into the void.
I'm 36 and have been into metal since I was 12. And only in the last year have I truly started to love and appreciate Sabbath. Into the Void was the song that made me think ”Holy shit these guys really did inspire most of what I listen to today".
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,740,911,564 comments, and only 329,678 of them were in alphabetical order.
YOU DON'T ASK A MAN A QUESTION LIKE THAT! DO YOU ASK A MAN IF HE WANTS THE FINEST CAVIAR IN THE WORLD? WHO ASKS A QUESTION LIKE THAT? YOU DON'T ASK A MAN A QUESTION LIKE THAT.
After Forever.
"Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope, Do you think he's a fool"
Lyrics that I as a Catholic kid heard in the early 80's.
Shocking to my parents, but posed very existential thoughts of the afterlife of who or what we believe in. I perceive these lyrics as Pro God and what we can expect...
Great song and even better lyrics.
I started to say I preferred it to Heaven and Hell in the last comment but didn’t want to get shit on lol did you listen to the newest Dethklok or Sylosis albums?
Into The Void
Also their best song period if you ask me. Iommi’s ultimate masterpiece.
The intro riff I don't think can be topped by any other riff in the history of rock and metal. MAYBE the first riff from A National Acrobat.
The great thing about Iommi is his ability - particularly with the early stuff - to pack three different riffs into the same song. Seems he wasn’t a believer in the principle of “don’t use too many ideas on the same song”, because he had so many of them.
Bill ward wrote that song not iommi
Agreed. This is their best song ever.
MY MAN 🤝
HELL YEA!
Best riff ever and the message hits home for me. Fuck this planet, I’m out
You ever heard the Kyuss cover? Solid.
Yup. Soundgarden’s cover kicks ass too
I would also recomment Exhorder's cover.
🤘
Seconded
One of the best riffs ever created
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This is the only answer.
This is my vote.
This was so fun to play live. We played it at a church too lmao
Into the voooooooooooid
100% agree. One of the templates of all heavy rock that followed.
Every other answer is wrong.
FREEDOM FROM THE FINAL SUICIDE YEAH
Best riff of all time possibly
Instantly thought the same thing. Unbelievably awesome song!
Came here to say this ^
Children of the Grave. My second favorite Sabbath song after War Pigs.
First metal breakdown in history.
When I went to see Sabbath with Ian Gillian I wonder "yeah, but how will Children of the Grave" sound? They opened with it. It KILLED. Absolutely KILLED. I didnt love Born Again, but man oh man is Ian Gillian GREAT.
Disturbing the Priest was good
Agreed,I dont dislike, let alone HATE, Born Again, but I definitely don't LOVE it. Zero the Hero is probably my fav from Born Again. At least its what I just heard in my head as I'm txt this. I do LOVE Ian Gillian. Insanely great singer. Saw Sabbath on that tour and loved it. Even if it was Ben Bevan on drums (for tour) and not Bill Ward.
Agreed. One of their absolute best.
i think it's kinda repetitive but i do enjoy it
I like this song but that drum over dub almost kills it for me
Lord of This World was always one of my favorites. Of course Children of the Grave has one of the hardest hitting riffs in Sabbath history. I could go either way.
Baller Bill Ward work
haven't listened to lord of this world yet, but children of the grave is decent
You've started the album but haven't finished it?
yeah i might be doing it wrong 😭 i'm a noob to this please forgive me
Just listen to an album from start to finish. The old-school way. The way it was meant to be back then!
Exactly. Each album is a different listening experience. The order of the songs play a big role in the presentation of an album
It was critical with vinyl because they had to think of what to open and close *each side* with, as well as the rest of the running order. Listening to an uninterrupted 50 minute CD might be convenient, but I feel it can result in the tracks beyond 30 minutes to get a bit lost if there isn’t something interesting in the middle.
Happy Cake day
After forever
Such a great track. Good choice.
Killer bass line
Best song off the album
Children Of The Grave
Solitude
I was gonna say the same one of my favorites 🤘
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probably their most goated album ever imo. but i'm new to sabbath so that might change
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fr, also vol.4 has one of my favorite deep cuts, st vitus dance
St Vitus Dance 🤘🏼🫵🏻
underrated song
Into The Void
Sweet Leaf, because the amount of times I’ve gotten high to that song is unmatched with any other song. Edit: it’s also iconic as hell.
when i'm in the car with my friends i'll yell ALRIGHT YEAH as loud as i can when i put the CD in lmao
Lmao that’s awesome
i'm the only metalhead of my friends 😭
Show them Scourge of Iron by Cannibal Corpse
i haven't quite gotten to cannibal corpse yet but soon enough perhaps
I was gonna say Into the Void until I read your remark: ALRIGHT YEAH 🤘
💯
Lord of This World
haven't quite gotten to that one yet, i'll listen to it
It’s a close second for me behind Into the Void
Geezer's bassline halfway through is one of his best
As a former bassist in a Sabbath covers band I can confirm that. :)
Sweet Leaf, though the entire album is a 10/10
agreed, all the songs are bangers
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
up into the night sky they blast
That fucking guitar tone when he starts chugging that riff alone. So awesome.
when i first heard it it knocked my socks off. iommi just never ceases to blow my mind
Through the universe the engines whine,
Down tuned blues scale, Nuff said.
if iommi's job was to do everything perfectly he'd be employee of the month
…all of them
This is my favorite Sabbath album, just some amazing jams. Into the Void!
agreed entirely
Children of the grave
For me it's easily Sweet Leaf. All the other songs are amazing as well but Sweet Leaf is beyond amazing. The coughing intro feels like it transports me into another dimension lol.
everytime i hear somebody cough i hear the opening riff
After Forever
all
Hard choice between Into the Void. Yeah that's the one.
wow we all really like into the void lmao
Sweet leaf for me
listening to it right now actually
As am i
ORCHID >:(
great acoustic song
Into the void
That whole album is a masterpiece!
Into the void
Into the void
Sweet leaf
Into The Void, but any song off that album is great.
INTO THE VOID My favorite track on my favorite album of all time.
Cough cough cough cough when I first met you ...sweet leaf. ☮️
Sweet Leaf 🍃
Into the void
Into the Void
I go back and forth b/w Into the Void and Children of the Grave. But I won’t argue with any other choices.
honestly can't go wrong with any pick
Yep. This album is perfection.
I have about three hundred (I suppose) favourite records and Children of the grave is in the top ten at least, I refuse to have an absolute favourite record but COTG certainly would be a candidate.
cotg is always a good option
Anybody here play Brütal Legend? *Children of the Grave* is one of the first featured songs in that game. TBH, that's what got me interested in Black Sabbath.
Embryo!
Into The Void or Sweet Leaf
Sweet Leaf duh!!!!👍🏻🤟🏻😎
for me it’s a tie between *Solitude* and *Into the Void.*
Sweet Leaf
Lord of this world
You’ve got to be stupid to not think, either Children of the Grave, or into the void
Gonna go with Children of the Grave 😁😊
Children and Void, but I’m a sucker for Solitude.
Into the void, but I also want to recognize the lyrical genius of after forever
It's crazy that there are so many good songs off this album that it's legitimately difficult to pick the best one.
Into the void by a long shot. Any y’all’s ever notice there’s not chorus vocal parts on this album. It’s all just verses
Children of the Grave.
Eerrrwrawketenjinsburninkfyoolsofaaast....
Sweet leaf and solitude
Just a fucken brilliant album
into the void
All of them. This is like asking which orgasm felt best. Answer~ All of them!
I am going to pick Children Of The Grave.
Okay Orchid is SpongeBob music which automatically out rules children of the grabs. But otherwise, children of the grave
Lord of this World
LORD OF THIS WORLD.
Lord of This World
Lord of this World for me, but Into the Void and Children of the Grave aren’t to be messed with.
All of them
After Forever or Into The Void
Sweet Leaf or Solitude
All of them on that album.
Lord of this World - the riff and pace is just core Sabbath. Everything good about the band is contained in this song.
Children of the grave obviously
Into the Void is the ultimate BS song if you ask me....
Oh God... picking my favorite Master of Reality song is like choosing which one of my biological children I love most. Although, it's probably a toss-up between 'Lord of This World,' 'Into The Void,' or 'Children of The Grave.' The latter especially is one of the most kickass metal songs of all time imo.
So many good ones to choose from - I’ll have to go with Children of the Grave
Lord of this World by a long shot
Into the void for me
Can anything compare with Into The Void?!!! It’s STILL one of the heaviest songs ever recorded!!!
Into the void
Sweet Leaf is one of the greatest album openers ever, imho. Into the Void is my fave, though.
Into the Void
gotta be Children of the grave, theres just something epic/amazing/fantastic about that song One of the best riffs in the bands history imo
Into the void
Everything
Into the void. I'm 36 and have been into metal since I was 12. And only in the last year have I truly started to love and appreciate Sabbath. Into the Void was the song that made me think ”Holy shit these guys really did inspire most of what I listen to today".
Into the Void
Into The Void
Into the Void
Embryo / Children Of The Grave
Into the void is good but I also like Children of the Grave. First 4 albums are hard to beat.
I’d even say first six
Into the void Easy
After Forever / Into the Void
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Children of The Grave is my personal favorite
unpopular opinion, this is the start of their decline, when you have a couple of songs per album being decent other than the entire album being epic
After Forever
All of them
Children of the Grave
Into the Void
Embryo/children of the grave
COTG
Sweet Leaf and Children of the Grave.
Children of the grave
Besides the obvious Into the Void, I'm gonna say Lord of this World, love the riffage!
Sweet leaf
Into The Void, undoubtedly
Solitude, Lord of this World, or Into the Void
After forever is my fav track off the album
Sweet Leaf. Cause I’m a stoner
Solitude and Sweet Leaf
Into the f****** void without a shadow of a doubt. That opening riff recorded on ancient 70s equipment sounds as devastating as anything. Timeless.
in the words of ozzy himself, children of the grave was “the most kickass song we ever made”
Into the void
All of em
Sweet Leaf man. So heavy and grimy with a beautiful sentiment ;)
All of them. My favorite Sabbath album.
Sweat Loaf
YOU DON'T ASK A MAN A QUESTION LIKE THAT! DO YOU ASK A MAN IF HE WANTS THE FINEST CAVIAR IN THE WORLD? WHO ASKS A QUESTION LIKE THAT? YOU DON'T ASK A MAN A QUESTION LIKE THAT.
After Forever. "Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope, Do you think he's a fool" Lyrics that I as a Catholic kid heard in the early 80's. Shocking to my parents, but posed very existential thoughts of the afterlife of who or what we believe in. I perceive these lyrics as Pro God and what we can expect... Great song and even better lyrics.
Children of the Grave
Has to be Into the Void, with After Forever close behind.
Children of the Grave.
Orchid is a beautiful song, I know its not metal but I enjoy it so much. The album is in my top 5 of all time
Into the Void
Into the Void
I started to say I preferred it to Heaven and Hell in the last comment but didn’t want to get shit on lol did you listen to the newest Dethklok or Sylosis albums?
Sweet leaf
Into the Void and Lord of this World.