Vinyl Record

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Buy Black Sabbath’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath gatefold vinyl LP from Kilmorna in Listowel—a European reissue of their adventurous heavy metal classic.

LP · Metal · 1973

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1973 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath captures Black Sabbath expanding their world without surrendering the weight at its centre. The title track opens with one of Tony Iommi’s defining riffs, but the album quickly reveals a broader design: layered arrangements, acoustic colour and keyboard textures sit beside the band’s familiar heavy-metal force. “A National Acrobat” moves through patient, muscular sections, while the instrumental “Fluff” offers a reflective pause. The second half is equally wide-ranging. “Killing Yourself to Live” balances hard-rock drive with darker turns; the synthesizer-led “Who Are You?” pushes into stranger territory; and “Spiral Architect” gives the record an unusually sweeping conclusion. Yet the core chemistry remains unmistakable—Ozzy Osbourne’s urgent delivery, Geezer Butler’s mobile bass, Bill Ward’s expressive drumming and Iommi’s commanding guitar. This European gatefold reissue preserves an album that made Sabbath sound more ambitious, detailed and adventurous without diluting their menace.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath demonstrated that heavy metal could grow more elaborate without losing its physical impact. Its blend of colossal riffs, acoustic passages, keyboards and expansive structures broadened Black Sabbath’s language and helped open a path toward progressive and experimental forms of metal.

This European 2015 reissue and repress is a single vinyl LP in a gatefold sleeve, issued by BMG and Sanctuary as BMGRM057LP. The gatefold format suits the album’s grander presentation while retaining the focused original eight-track programme, making it an appealing modern listening copy.

Colossal riffs and elastic rhythm-section interplay are enriched by acoustic passages, keyboards and broader arrangements, producing a heavy yet unusually colourful Sabbath sound.

What tracks appear on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? The album includes “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”, “A National Acrobat”, “Fluff”, “Sabbra Cadabra”, “Killing Yourself to Live”, “Who Are You?”, “Looking for Today” and “Spiral Architect”. What type of vinyl edition is this? It is a European 2015 single-LP reissue and repress presented in a gatefold sleeve. How does this album differ from Black Sabbath’s earlier work? It retains the band’s heavy riffs and dark tension while introducing a broader range of acoustic, keyboard-led and progressively structured passages.