Top Metal Albums: #3. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (1971) -- I could really pick any one of Sabbath's first four albums for this spot right here but I went with my personal favorite. On Master of Reality they are at their heaviest, sludgiest and most experimental. Needless to say it is a groundbreaking album that is still being emulated on a regular basis in the 21st century. Sabbath's impact has never been more ubiquitous, as their sound has even seeped into the mainstream, turning up in the low end of bands as diverse as Tame Impala, Black Keys, Death from Above 1979 and Jack White, not to mention obvious metal bands like Melvins, Baroness, Ghost, The Sword and many many more.
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