Fifty years ago today (7/28/75), Black Sabbath released their sixth studio album Sabotage. Recorded during a turbulent time when the group was mired in legal battles with their former manager, the album’s title reflects the band’s feeling that their career was being sabotaged from the outside. Its aggressive and experimental approach had a lasting influence on metal’s evolution, particularly on later genres like thrash and progressive metal. Over the years, songs like “Symptom of the Universe” have become staples of the band’s legacy, while “Megalomania” is a sprawling, nearly 10-minute epic that moves through multiple moods. Listen to the pre-mentioned epic track live in 1975.
