In 2013 Mojo observed, "Opener ' Hole in the Sky' and the crunching ' Symptom of the Universe' illustrate that, for all their problems, Sabbath's power remained undimmed on what was what many consider one of their finest offerings." In the article "Thrash Metal - An Introduction" in University Times Magazine, Vladimir Rakhmanin cites "Symptom of the Universe" as one of the earliest examples of thrash metal, a heavy metal subgenre which emerged in the early 1980s. Sabotage is a mix of heavy, powerful songs and softer experimental tunes, such as "Supertzar" and "Am I Going Insane (Radio)". "But one of John (Bonham)'s favourite songs was ' Supernaut' – so, when they came down to the studio, he wanted to jam 'Supernaut'." It is more likely that the jam session took place during the recording of the previous album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. "I don't even know what album we were working on", the drummer explained. Ward's recollection of the exact timing of the Zeppelin jam session is also fuzzy.
Iommi's recollection may be inaccurate, however, as records show that Zeppelin were on tour in the US at the time Sabotage was being recorded. Bill, too, was experimenting with the drums, especially favouring the 'backwards cymbal' effect." Osbourne, however, grew frustrated with how long Black Sabbath albums were taking to record, writing in his autobiography, " Sabotage took about four thousand years."Īccording to Iommi, the Sabotage sessions were the scene of a legendary jam session between Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Tony Iommi was working really hard on the production side of things with the band's co-producer Mike Butcher, and he was spending a lot of time working out his guitar sounds. We took a look at ourselves, and we wanted to do a rock album – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath wasn't a rock album, really." According to the book How Black Was Our Sabbath, "The recording sessions would usually carry on into the middle of the night. Iommi later reflected, "We could've continued and gone on and on, getting more technical, using orchestras and everything else which we didn't particularly want to. In the liner notes to the 1998 live album Reunion, Butler claimed the band suffered through 10 months of legal cases and admitted, "Music became irrelevant to me. That's why it's called Sabotage – because we felt that the whole process was just being totally sabotaged by all these people ripping us off." In his autobiography I Am Ozzy, singer Ozzy Osbourne confirms that "writs were being delivered to us at the mixing desk" and that Ward "was manning the phones". We were literally in the studio, trying to record, and we'd be signing all these affidavits and everything. So, much of the time, when we weren't onstage or in the studio, we were in lawyer's offices trying to get out of all our contracts. In 2001, bassist Geezer Butler explained to Dan Epstein, "Around the time of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, we found out that we were being ripped off by our management and our record company. Iommi credits those legal troubles for the album's angry, heavier sound. "It was probably the only album ever made with lawyers in the studio," said drummer Bill Ward. The title Sabotage was chosen because the band were at the time being sued by their former management and felt they were being "sabotaged all the way along the line and getting punched from all sides", according to Iommi.
Recording īlack Sabbath began work on their sixth album in February 1975, again in England at Morgan Studios in Willesden, London. It was co-produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and Mike Butcher. The stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process, inspiring the album's title. The album was recorded in the midst of a legal battle with the band's former manager Patrick Meehan. Sabotage is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in July 1975.
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