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Although some Black Sabbath purists dismiss the album (let alone all the ones that would follow for the next 15 years) for the absence of singer Ozzy Osbourne and thus marking the end of the band's original line-up, the album was quite successful, being the band's biggest selling since 1975's ''Sabotage''. It has also been cited as a personal favorite by many other Black Sabbath fans. Ronnie James Dio himself cites it as his over-all personal favorite song of his career, the one that he feels most proud of. The lyrics to the song are allegedly about the hypocrisy and criticism of the Catholic Church . Dio mentions in several interviews that the song mainly expresses heaven and hell as being things that are right here in the real world, as opposed to intangible realms. When the song has been performed live by Black Sabbath or Dio , it's usually stretched out with an extended guitar solo, audience participation, adlibbed lyrics and/or additional lyrics regarding angelic and demonic apparitions and personal judgement. The song has also been called the ' Stairway To Heaven of metal' (despite the fact that Led Zeppelin is often classified as metal). Keyboardist Geoff Nicholls , who joined the band with the recording of this album, is said to have been responsible for this song's famous bassline. A guitarist himself by trade (though his role with Sabbath has always been as keyboard player), Nichols likely got the idea from the Quartz song "Mainline Riders." Nichols himself was a member of Quartz before joining Black Sabbath. |
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