Black Sabbath

Where do you go when your conscience takes over
Do you crawl to your corner and cry
Did you imagine, that no one would notice
Just a secret to take when you die

All the world is watching you, every tongue is screaming fool

How are your dreams, do they claw at your sleep
Making darkness a place you despise
Where is the god, that once was your strength
Are you sure he was there from the start

All the world is watching you, nowhere you can hide
Every tongue is screaming fool, only satan hears your cries

When you sin cardinal sin, you make your bed and on it you must lie
And your futures looking grim, but did you ever give a damn
About the child, he's running wild
When you sin cardinal sin, don't expect the world will treat you well
We say oh, go to hell

We point the finger, sin cardinal sin, laugh in your face, sin cardinal sin
We point the finger, laugh in your face
Cos you're no better than the rest of the human race

Oh sin cardinal sin, oh sin cardinal sin

From their start as a heavy blues-rock band called Earth in 1968, Black Sabbath survived over four decades with a total of 19 studio albums and numerous hits, but only “Paranoid” reached the top 10 UK Singles Chart, putting together one of the greatest rock bands of all time and setting the standards for music in their genre.

Virtually every single heavy metal band has cited the early Black Sabbath albums as a major musical influence and Black Sabbath have at least played some part in laying the foundations for most of heavy metal’s sub-genres, including thrash metal (“Symptom of the Universe” and “Into the Void”), doom metal (“Black Sabbath”) and stoner metal (“Sweet Leaf”). The band also explored many rock sub-genres, including hard rock (“Paranoid”), blues rock (“N.I.B.”), psychedelic rock (“Planet Caravan”) and, of course, the traditional heavy metal, being one of the precursors of this genre.

They were ranked by MTV as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time and placed second in VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.

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