Remasters of reality: How Black Sabbath killed the hippy dream

The heavy-metal monoliths used their doom-laden dirges and horror-rock riffs to supplant the softer side of 60s countercultureSome days I find myself genuinely shocked by the music press. Since May, I've noticed a complete lack of excitement regarding the Black Sabbath remasters. How can you ignore the Sabbath? Do critics begrudge them for pissing on and killing the hippy dream? I think they might. After all, the band introduced working-class anger, stoner sludge grooves and witchy horror-rock t...

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