Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe - 1975 - with lyrics

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Symptom of the Universe (song)
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"Symptom of the Universe" is a song by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, from their 1975 album Sabotage.
"Symptom of the Universe" was composed largely by guitarist Tony Iommi with lyrics by Geezer Butler. The song's closing passage, very disparate from the rest of the song, evolved from an in-studio jam. It was created very spontaneously in a single day and the decision was made to incorporate it into the song.

Live versions of the track can be heard on the albums Past Lives, Cross Purposes Live and Live... Gathered in Their Masses,] as well as the Never Say Die! concert video.[4] It is also the opening track on Ozzy Osbourne's 1982 live album, Speak of the Devil.

The song is also featured in the video games Skate 2 and Brütal Legend

"Symptom of the Universe" is one of the earliest examples of thrash metal, a heavy metal subgenre which emerged in the early 1980s. Tony Iommi said of the song "It starts with an acoustic bit. Then it goes into the up-tempo stuff to give it that dynamic, and it does have a lot of changes to it, including the jam at the end."

Personnel
Ozzy Osbourne - lead vocals
Tony Iommi - guitars
Geezer Butler - bass guitar
Bill Ward - drums