Vinyl Record

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4

Buy Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 on gatefold vinyl LP from Kilmorna in Listowel—a landmark heavy metal album packed with riffs, menace and contrast.

LP · Metal · 1972

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1972 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.

Vol. 4 captures Black Sabbath pushing beyond the crushing foundations of their early records without surrendering an ounce of weight. “Wheels of Confusion” opens in sprawling, shape-shifting form, while “Supernaut,” “Snowblind” and “Under the Sun” deliver the kind of monumental riffing that made the band a defining force in heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s guitar remains the anchor: blunt, inventive and instantly recognisable, with Geezer Butler and Bill Ward giving every turn real physical momentum. The album’s power also comes from its contrasts. “Changes” strips the sound back to piano, voice and exposed melancholy; “FX” is a brief experimental interruption, and “Laguna Sunrise” brings a graceful acoustic calm. Ozzy Osbourne moves between wounded reflection and ominous command, binding those shifts into a coherent whole. Heavy, strange and unexpectedly vulnerable, Vol. 4 is Sabbath at their most exploratory—an album built for attentive listening as much as sheer volume.

Vol. 4 widened the possibilities of heavy music, placing colossal riffs beside piano-led vulnerability, acoustic detail and studio experimentation. Its combination of menace, melody and restless invention helped establish a vocabulary that later heavy metal, doom and hard rock artists would repeatedly revisit.

This 2015 European single-LP reissue/repress comes in a gatefold sleeve and carries the shared BMGRM056LP catalogue number across BMG, Sanctuary and Vertigo. It is a practical modern pressing for listeners who want the complete ten-track album on vinyl without pursuing an early original copy.

Dense, low-slung guitar riffs, muscular bass and drums, and Ozzy’s cutting vocal presence, balanced by stark piano, acoustic interludes and eerie studio textures.

Which songs are included on this edition of Vol. 4? The ten-track programme includes “Wheels of Confusion,” “Changes,” “Supernaut,” “Snowblind,” “Laguna Sunrise” and “Under the Sun,” among others. Is this an original pressing? No. This is a 2015 European reissue/repress on a single vinyl LP. Does this edition have a gatefold sleeve? Yes. The supplied release details specify gatefold packaging.