"Passage: Following the Master of Reality world tour in 1972, Sabbath took its first break in three years. As Ward explained: "The band started to become very fatigued and very tired. We'd been on the road non-stop, year in and year out, constantly touring and recording. I think Master of Reality was kind of like the end of an era, the first three albums, and we decided to take our time with the next album". Am Juni 1972 huet d'Band sech nees zu Los Angeles versammelt, fir un hirem nächsten Album bei der Record Plant ze schaffen. Mat méi Zäit am Studio huet d'Album d'Band mat neie Texturen experimentéiert, wéi Strecken, Piano, Orchestratioun a Multi-Part Songs.
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