Vinyl Record

Black Sabbath - Sabotage

Buy Black Sabbath’s Sabotage on remastered 180g vinyl LP from Kilmorna in Listowel—a fierce heavy-metal landmark available for Irish record collectors.

LP · Metal · 1975

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1975 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.

Black Sabbath’s sixth album, Sabotage, captures the group at its most embattled, inventive and physically overwhelming. “Hole in the Sky” opens with blunt-force momentum, while “Symptom of the Universe” drives a serrated riff into an unexpectedly loose acoustic coda. The scale expands further on “Megalomania”, a long, shadowy piece that moves from unease to a towering full-band release. The album’s contrasts are just as important as its weight. The brief acoustic “Don’t Start (Too Late)” gives way to metallic violence; the choral, orchestral force of “Supertzar” borders on the uncanny; and “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” introduces an off-centre melodic turn before “The Writ” closes the main statement with accusation and grandeur. Dense yet sharply sequenced, Sabotage is Sabbath pushing beyond foundational doom into stranger, more progressive territory without surrendering the authority of Tony Iommi’s guitar or Ozzy Osbourne’s unmistakable voice.

Sabotage shows Black Sabbath refusing to settle into a formula. Its colossal riffs, ambitious structures and abrupt shifts helped widen heavy metal’s vocabulary, while “Symptom of the Universe” became an enduring blueprint for faster, more extreme styles. It remains one of the band’s fiercest and most adventurous records.

This 2015 European reissue presents Sabotage as a single remastered stereo LP pressed on substantial 180g vinyl. Issued under BMG, Sanctuary and Vertigo catalogue number BMGRM058LP, it is a practical choice for listeners seeking the complete original album sequence in a sturdy modern pressing rather than an expanded edition.

Dense, abrasive and dynamic: granite-heavy guitar riffs, muscular drums and urgent vocals are offset by acoustic passages, eerie choral textures and progressive arrangements.

Is this edition of Sabotage a remastered vinyl release? Yes. This is the 2015 European remastered stereo reissue, presented as one 180g vinyl LP. Which songs are included on this pressing? The album includes “Hole in the Sky”, “Symptom of the Universe”, “Megalomania”, “Supertzar”, “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” and “The Writ”, plus its shorter connecting pieces. What makes Sabotage different from earlier Black Sabbath albums? It retains the band’s crushing riff power but uses longer structures, sharper contrasts and unusual acoustic, choral and progressive elements to create a more expansive record.