"Symptom of the Universe" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1975 album Sabotage. The song was an influence on the development of thrash metal.
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from the album Sabotage | |
Released | 28 July 1975 |
Recorded | Early 1975 at Morgan Studios in London |
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Length | 6:29 |
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"Symptom of the Universe" was composed largely by guitarist Tony Iommi, with lyrics by Geezer Butler. Its closing passage, very unlike the rest of the song, evolved from an in-studio jam, created spontaneously in a single day.[1]
Live versions can be heard on the albums Past Lives, Cross Purposes Live and Live... Gathered in Their Masses, as well as the Never Say Die! concert video.[2] It is also the opening track on Ozzy Osbourne's 1982 live album, Speak of the Devil.
"Symptom of the Universe" was ranked the 19th-best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check.[3]
The main riff to "Symptom of the Universe" is considered to be a structural and sonic predecessor to thrash metal,[4] a heavy metal subgenre which emerged in the early 1980s. Tony Iommi said of the song "It starts with an acoustic bit. Then it goes into the up-tempo stuff to give it that dynamic, and it does have a lot of changes to it, including the jam at the end."[5]
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