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    50 Years Ago, Black Sabbath Found Its Sound And Took Metal Worldwide

    Recorded in a few days and released just months after the band's self-titled debut, Paranoid delivered bleak but unforgettable songs about war, corruption and trauma.
    by Bo Hamby Sep 18, 2020 2 minutes
    Black Sabbath circa 1970.

    Fifty years ago today, a genre-defining album was released. Black Sabbath's came out in Europe on Sept. 18, 1970,and its title track reached No. 4 on the UK charts shortly after. The band's first, self-titled release had just come out months earlier, but it was that helped turn the world on to heavy metal.

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