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Master of Reality
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Third of the nineteen Black Sabbath records held here. It came three years into a run that began in 1968. 1971 puts it nine years ahead of the genre it is filed under: this tree dates Doom metal from 1980. It is one of the four records Doom metal is listed as starting from.
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Master of Reality is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 6 August 1971 by Vertigo Records. It is regarded by some critics as the foundation of stoner rock and sludge metal. Produced by Rodger Bain, who also produced the band's prior two albums, Master of Reality was recorded at Island Studios in London from February to April 1971. This would end up being their last album produced by Bain, as production duties would be taken over by guitarist Tony Iommi for their subsequent albums.
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