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Publication Date
2017-11-08
Pages
264
ISBN
9781442256910
Book Title
Experiencing Black Sabbath : a Listener's Companion
Book Series
Listener's Companion Ser.
Item Length
9.3 in
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year
2017
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Nolan Stolz
Genre
Music
Topic
Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Genres & Styles / Rock, Individual Composer & Musician
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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Black Sabbath has often been credited with inventing heavy metal with their first album released in 1970. Their new style of music was loud, brutal, scary, innovative, and it has greatly influenced heavy metal bands since then. Their five decades of music cross generations of fans, and they remain relevant to this day, with their 2013 album charting #1 in the United States and at least five other countries. In Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion, musician and scholar Nolan Stolz leads the reader through Sabbath's twenty studio albums and additional songs, closely examining their music and the storied history of the band. Along the way, Stolz highlights often-overlooked key moments that defined Sabbath's unique musical style and legacy. Band members' own words illuminate certain aspects of the music, and Stolz makes connections from song to song, album to album, and sometimes across decades to create an intricate narrative of the band's entire catalog. Experiencing Black Sabbath reveals the underappreciated genius of these heavy metal progenitors to all rock music lovers and gives even the most fervent Sabbath fans a new perspective on the music.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1442256915
ISBN-13
9781442256910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237510733

Product Key Features

Book Title
Experiencing Black Sabbath : a Listener's Companion
Author
Nolan Stolz
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Genres & Styles / Rock, Individual Composer & Musician
Book Series
Listener's Companion Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
264 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz

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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ml421.B57s76 2018
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In this informative academic look at the music of Black Sabbath, composer and music professor Stolz undertakes a song-by-song analysis of many of the band's recordings, from its 1970 self-titled debut to its The End tour in 2016. Stolz meticulously explores what made Sabbath's music so heavy: the 'frightening' sound of the band's reliance on the tritone (the interval between two notes long known by classical composers as the 'devil in music'), which was heavily used in the blues-influenced music of early Sabbath. He also explains how the 'dreadfully slow' tempos made many songs feel 'doomy.' Stolz expertly shows how, in their later albums, Sabbath pursued a progressive sound by incorporating tempo changes, dissonance, and variety of rhythms.... Stolz's analysis is insightful.... This is a volume for die-hard Sabbath fans., A fascinating read covering the complete history of the band. The depth of analysis is astonishing, dealing with every riff and nuance. This is the definitive work, encompassing the music and a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the legendary group. Amazing work!, Nolan Stolz has impressively found a way to add to the current writings on Black Sabbath, most notably with his second-by-second deconstruction of each song. The beauty of this approach lies in the novice and deep Sabbath fan alike inevitably and without choice scurrying back to the compositions to follow along with the good Dr. Stolz's professional post-mortem., A fascinating read covering the complete history of the band, the depth of analyses is astonishing, dealing with the minutia of every riff and nuance. This is the definitive work encompassing the music and a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the legendary group. Amazing work!, Nolan Stolz has impressively found a way to add to the current writings on Black Sabbath, most notably with his detailed deconstruction of each song. The beauty of this approach lies in the novice and deep Sabbath fan alike inevitably and without choice scurrying back to the compositions to follow along with the author's professional postmortem.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: The Birth of Metal Chapter 2: Sweet Leaf and Snowblind Chapter 3: Prog Sabbath Chapter 4: Jazz Sabbath and Ozzy's Departure Chapter 5: Enter Ronnie James Dio Chapter 6: Stonehenge and the Revolving Door of Musicians Chapter 7: A Tony Martin Triptych Chapter 8: Ronnie Returns Chapter 9: Tony Martin Returns Chapter 10: Reunions with Ozzy and The End
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2017-020547

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