Sabbath Dubs
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Sabbath Dubs is an EP by breakcore
artist, Venetian Snares
, under the alias Snares. Released on 10" green marbled vinyl (and a second pressing on 10" black vinyl). Aaron's main sample source on this EP is the heavy metal
band Black Sabbath
. Despite his usual style of music, this EP takes on the form of dubstep
.
Side A samples "Black Sabbath
," the title track to Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album
.
Side B samples "Electric Funeral
," from Black Sabbath's second album, Paranoid
. Additional vocal samples from an Ozzy Osbourne
interview, where he says "I always believed ... it's never going to get any better than what it is now ... I can't see beyond the Black Sabbath, I can't see anything without the Black Sabbath."
Breakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...
artist, Venetian Snares
Venetian Snares
Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures...
, under the alias Snares. Released on 10" green marbled vinyl (and a second pressing on 10" black vinyl). Aaron's main sample source on this EP is the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
. Despite his usual style of music, this EP takes on the form of dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
.
Side A samples "Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath (song)
"Black Sabbath" is a song by British heavy metal band of the same name, written in 1969 and released on the band's debut album, Black Sabbath...
," the title track to Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album
Black Sabbath (album)
Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released on 13 February 1970 in the United Kingdom, and later on 1 June 1970 in the United States, the album reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and has been recognised as the first main album to be credited...
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Side B samples "Electric Funeral
Electric Funeral
"Electric Funeral" is the fifth song from Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid, released in 1970. The song deals with nuclear war and its aftermath...
," from Black Sabbath's second album, Paranoid
Paranoid (album)
Paranoid is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, the album was the only one by the band to top the UK Albums Chart, and as a result is commonly identified as the band's magnum opus...
. Additional vocal samples from an Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
interview, where he says "I always believed ... it's never going to get any better than what it is now ... I can't see beyond the Black Sabbath, I can't see anything without the Black Sabbath."