In this episode we warm up the speculum with our breath, give the old forceps a wipe with our handkerchief and insert the internal ultrasound wand right up the birth canal to study the embryonic beginnings of heavy metal in the womb. The debut self-titled 1970 album, Black Sabbath, by the band Black Sabbath, featuring the number one song on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time list, Black Sabbath.

Featuring cameo appearances from Birmingham, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Jimmy Phillips, Alan Clarke, Ozzy Osbourne, The Polka Tulk Blues Band, Earth, Jim Simpson, Boris Karloff, Dad’s Army, Rodger Bain, Aleister Crowley, Kory Grow, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, a 15th century watermill in Oxfordshire, Inspector Morse, Keith McMillan, Culture Club, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Queen, Bob Marley, Simple Minds, Kiss, Ian Gillan, Paul McCartney, Mike Oldfield, Motörhead, Kate Bush, Bananarama, Billy Squier, Foreigner, Wings, The Clash, Louisa Livingstone, Faculty of Astrological Studies in London, Lester Bangs and Geezer Butler’s mum.

 

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/black-sabbath-black-sabbath-4-1234688429/

 

https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/02/14/the-cover-model-from-black-sabbaths-debut-is-a-hardcore-anti-vaxxer/

 

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/black-sabbaths-debut-50-wild-facts-about-metals-first-album 

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