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Black Sabbath stretch out and sharpen up, mixing brute heaviness with unexpected color. The title track barrels in on one of Tony Iommi's most triumphant riffs, 'A National Acrobat' churns through hypnotic doom, and 'Spiral Architect' closes with strings and grandeur. Heavier and more ambitious at once. Proof the doom pioneers could evolve without losing their teeth.