Master of Reality

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Master of Reality is a landmark 1971 heavy metal album by Black Sabbath, renowned for its downtuned guitars, dark themes, and major influence on doom and stoner metal.

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Label Occurrences
Master of Reality canonical 5
Master of Reality (1971 album) 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf doom metal–influential album ⓘ
heavy metal album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Black Sabbath ⓘ
bassist Geezer Butler ⓘ
certification RIAA Gold ⓘ
RIAA Platinum ⓘ
chartPerformance UK Albums Chart top 10 ⓘ
US Billboard 200 top 10 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtDesigner Keef ⓘ
criticalReception initially mixed reviews ⓘ
later acclaimed as a classic heavy metal album ⓘ
drummer Bill Ward ⓘ
genre doom metal ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
stoner metal ⓘ
hasTrack After Forever ⓘ
Children of the Grave ⓘ
Embryo ⓘ
Into the Void ⓘ
Lord of This World ⓘ
Orchid ⓘ
Solitude ⓘ
Sweet Leaf ⓘ
influencedArtistCommunity stoner rock bands ⓘ
influencedGenre doom metal ⓘ
stoner metal ⓘ
leadGuitarist Tony Iommi ⓘ
length 34:29 ⓘ
nextWork Black Sabbath Vol. 4 ⓘ
notableFor dark lyrical themes ⓘ
downtuned guitars ⓘ
influence on doom metal ⓘ
influence on stoner metal ⓘ
originalFormat vinyl LP ⓘ
performer Black Sabbath ⓘ
previousWork Paranoid ⓘ
producer Rodger Bain ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1971-02 ⓘ
recordLabel Vertigo Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-07-21 ⓘ
songwriter Bill Ward ⓘ
Geezer Butler ⓘ
Ozzy Osbourne ⓘ
Tony Iommi ⓘ
studio Island Studios, London ⓘ
vocalist Ozzy Osbourne ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Sabbath → notableWork → Master of Reality ⓘ
Tony Iommi → notableAlbum → Master of Reality ⓘ
Bill Ward → notableWork → Master of Reality (1971 album) ⓘ
linked to: Master of Reality
Vol. 4 → follows → Master of Reality ⓘ
Children of the Grave → partOfAlbum → Master of Reality ⓘ
Children of the Grave → album → Master of Reality ⓘ