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Members of Metallica, Iron Maiden, and even Sabbath themselves reveal their favorite titles from the band’s catalog.
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Favorite Black Sabbath album:
Master of Reality
What he said about it:
“(Tony Iommi) can go from the heaviest doom riff into a happy mode and it would still sound heavy. We can’t do happy, but Tony can pull it off. My favorite track is ‘Into the Void.'”
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