This copy was a bit beat up, but the price was right and it was nice to finally score it on CD. When I was getting into metal, this album still had some semi-mythical status as the origin of--or a major template for--heavy metal, depending on who you asked. While they were certainly loud and heavy for their time, I think the internet has made a lot more '60s and '70s stuff accessible, making them seem less groundbreaking. Also, I'd personally consider rather un-obscure stuff like Sir Lord Baltimore and Bang to be closer to the codified heavy metal sound even if they came a bit later. So yeah, while I can see this being one of several influences on the genre, I don't consider it to be actual metal, and for better or worse, whatever actual influence they had on heavy music was completely eclipsed by Sabbath. Truthfully I'm not into the whole fuzzed out heavy rock thing in general very much, and it's too blues-based for my taste, but I'm glad I got to finally hear the album in its entirety.
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