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Black Sabbath

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Black Sabbath is a Doom metal and Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Ernie C, Hardrock, The Soft Moon, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Sabbath arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Pentagram and AC/DC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Motörhead, Soundgarden, Rush, Mötley Crüe and Quiet Riot, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 302 connections around Black Sabbath, reaching back through Ernie C and forward to Motörhead. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Black SabbathErnie CHardrockThe Soft MoonJethro TullDeep PurpleLed ZeppelinFour TetHalestormMotörheadSoundgardenRushMötley CrüeQuiet RiotBlack FlagLiv KristineNirvanaOzzy OsbourneRainbowDeep PurplePentagramAC/DCTony IommiDiamond HeadMetallica

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Black Sabbath connections

Black Sabbath grew out of Ernie C, Hardrock, The Soft Moon and Jethro Tull, shares an orbit with Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Deep Purple and Pentagram, went on to shape Motörhead, Soundgarden, Rush and Mötley Crüe. 303 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Black Sabbath

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