Black Sabbath - N.I.B. Reaction!! 

Your faces at the “my name is lucifer” line was GOLD 😂

If you were to come up with a list of the 100 greatest riffs of all time, you could fill half of it with Sabbath songs.

This whole album was recorded in 1969 in just 12 hours, then the next day they played a gig in Switzerland. These guys were/are just too good.

That's Tony Iommi rocking the place with that guitar solo right there. One of the metal legends

The rhythm section of Bill Ward and Geezer Butler is beyond greatness

Geezer Butler said this song was about the devil falling in love and becoming a good person.

Children of the Grave, pls.

"The lyrics are in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer. Lyricist Geezer Butler has said that "the song was about the devil falling in love and totally changing, becoming a good person."

you guys should do more this old music to get better understanding the origins of rock and metal

Everything in the metal genre today you can trace back to Black Sabbath. Today’s modern day N.I.B. Is Ghost. That’s why Black Sabbath are referred to as the grandfathers of heavy metal.

Just to let you know, in case you read any of the comments that say that N.I.B. stands for "Nativity in Black" or "Name in Blood," don't pay any attention to any of them, it's all nonsense. The letters stand for nothing. Butler, who wrote the song, decided to call it "nib," which was the nickname for Ward's goatee at the time(it resembled a pen nib). He added the periods to make it stylish.

Why is it that everybody seems to Sleep on Geezer Butler? Tony and Geezer make magic playing against each other!

Sori is right.. this is without a doubt a 10! As classic as it gets! 🤗

Man good old sabbath so glad i was born in the early 70's n didn't miss out growing up jamming black sabbath great beginner band to listen to.

Yea! More Sabbath please! They’re only the creators of this behemoth known as heavy metal. Check out these other songs: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Fairies wear Boots Supernaut Who Are You Megalomania They got a ton of killer tracks 🤘🏼

I've been listening to Sabbath since this album first came out, and the leads still blow me away!

Guys, if you liked this one you should definitely react to Hand of Doom by Black Sabbath. Killer riffs, incredible drums, great subject, awesome lyrics!

As Christians, I think you'll probably love AFTER FOREVER, Black Sabbath.... Please do react to it.

Geezer Butler was the mastermind behind Sabbath... He came up with most of the riffs and lyrics!

When he said "was that ozzy or homeboy on vocals?" I couldn't believe it..

All Sabbath pre Dio shocked the hell out of people. Nobody in the time period was ready for this. Great reaction.

Yeeah long time some Black Sabbath

ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER RECORDED!!

Fiiiiinally! Been waiting well over a year for this, knew it had to happen eventually

The drums and bass line also make this song pretty badass...great review guys.

Listen to Diary of Madman !!!! Thats a classic !!!!!!

Glad to see you guys talking , you guys and Alex two of my favorite reactor channels.

Black Sabbath. SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE

love the shocked faces lol!!

ONE OF THE GREATEST BASSPLAYER EVER ❤❤❤

I love this song because not only is its riffs (both bass and guitar), but also because while the song was written as a love song between Lucifer and a human, the lyrics are written in a way that you can never be *too* sure if this Lucifer is actually in love or is just using her. It's written equally genuine and cult leader-esque.

Ozzy's delivery is absolutely awesome and heartfelt on this song

“War Pigs” live in Paris 1970! The whole band at the prime!

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” - 1 John 4:16

Good job Sori. You really get the awesomeness of this classic metal tune

Yup, 1970! They are the godfather's of metal for a reason!!

I was at the Slipknot show in Houston! As Coery put it "What the fuck took you so long?" As it was my first show with the maggot family. Wish I knew Alex was there I would have greeted a fellow brother and now converted metalhead haha. As for this song. I still think this is one of the catches metal songs to this day. "Oh yeah!" Is so damn catchy!! This song should be requested more to other RU-vidrs

Alright, this one's a classic! One of the first songs i've heard from Black Sabbath :D Nice to see you guys reacting to it.

Imagine hearing this in 1970 at 14 years of age after listening to 60s pop, which is great, and then experience this heavy darkness. Started my way down the path of heavy and dark music.

13:38 " The Sun, the Moon, the Stars..all bear My seal.." Lucifer was the Angel of Light...

Good stuff! Back to the roots. Awesome review. Thanks guys

am glad to see someone actually play something from the 1st album

Black Sabbath - SWEAT LEAF.... and I don't even like smoking weed, but the song has always been my favorite Black Sabbath song, above N.I.B

Oh, yeah! :D I was waiting for this reaction for a while now. I don't understand why this wasn't overwhelmingly requested before. It was perfect as proven now, both the Lucifer line and of course the solos.

Terry "Geezer" Butler opening bass riff is ssssick! F'n love it!!!

Wait have they never heard this before? Holy crap I'm 30 and my dad raised us on this 🤙 This is REAL music

Great reaction and commentary!

Finally! Jeez! MORE SABBATH!

The bass solo in the beginning is called "Bassically" an instrumental, often played as part of N.I.B. (which doesn't stand for anything except a reference to Bill Wards beard (Ozzy said it looked like a pen nib)

That Tony can even play let alone crush is a great story. Dude lost finger tips his right hand. My man is the shit

Lucifer is the protagonist of this track. Geezer Butler, who wrote this lyrics, explained in the 1992 documentary "The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One", "The song was about the devil falling in love and totally changing, becoming a good person."

Dismember - Dismembered. Great stuff with epic intro!

I've missed Sabbath on here. Y'all need to get around to some more stuff Master of Reality. Lord of This World or Into the Void. Good stuff.

I was expecting this for a long time

Like I've said before, Dio is a great vocalist but when you think of Black Sabbath and their material, Ozzy just nails the atmosphere and the vibe of it.

Ozzy on vocals. Geezer butler on bass is the star in this song for me

That guitar tone. Jeezus, it could cut thru a foot of solid steel.

LETS GOOOOO MY ABSOLUTE FAVE BLACK SABBATH SONG!!!!

I love that you are wearing Alex's shirt. You guys and him are my favorite reaction videos. I have the same shirt.

N.I.B is the love song for the Devil. Love it❤

"was that Ozzy singing?" LOL !!!!

So no one is gonna talk about that kickass bass solo

My wife recently told me what she believed was the difference between good and evil. She said the evil wants to control, the good has no such desire. We talked about examples from all superhero movies: every superhero has a villain who is almost equally or sometimes more intelligent, powerful, beautiful, loving, even loyal. But one key difference is that the villain always wants to use his abilities to assume control of something/someone whereas the superhero has no such desire. Was an interesting thought. Matches well with this song, sung by Lucifer, where he says he’s got the power, whereas God always stresses on love by free will. Every other sentence in the song, like Sori said, can be attributed to Jesus talking abut loving him. But it is the power line which doesn’t quite apply in his case, but does in the case of a Lucifer. Pretty impressive writing now that I think about it.

N.I.B stands for Nativity In Black. Which is also the name of a fantastic compilation album full of metal bands covering Black Sabbath. You guy should check it out as should any Sabbath fan.

Do God was Never On Your Side by Motorhead or Hear me Pray by Falconer or Banish from Sanctuary by Blind Guardian

Its too bad that music like this isn't made anymore.

This where your metal journey should have started

Yeah that was Ozzy and he was in his prime ! he looked fuckin good, and was really fkn good !! Old age and drugs get the best of all of us ! These guys were pioneers !! and just bloody great !

That reaction.......priceless.....

Wow , vin that is deep. Good to hear a different side

Lucifer, before falling from grace was the bringer of light hence the line 'The sun, the moon, the stars, all bear my seal'.

Best Ozzy vocals songs: The Writ Changes Symptom of the universe Solitude

Always been my favorite song.

That's awesome!!!!!

one of their best!!

Great watching your reactions waiting to find out if I have covid-19. Thanks guys!

First heard this when I was 10yrs old, fast forward 43yrs, and it still sounds fucking amazing!

Actually they recorded the album in 1969. You should check out "A National Acrobat" It's their best song IMO, so many cool changes and riffs plus interesting lyrics.

I love this lyric

-Children of the Grave -Fairies Wear Boots -Hand of Doom -God Is Dead?

I'd love to see your reaction to "Dear Father" off the 13 album. Not sure any other group would have ever touched this topic. Sabbath has always been fearless.

Everyone's demonstration of love is different.

per Geezer, the song is about Lucifer falling in love with a mortal and becoming a good person. Love the reaction. You must include these in your Sabbath reactions: Into the Void - Tony's favorite sabbath track to play live Supernaut - Frank Zappa quoted as saying it is the perfect rock song - Vin will love the beat in the middle Sabbath Blood Sabbath - considered the pinnacle of their career heavy riff & tempo changes Symtom of the Universe - Metal Hammer poll voted "greatest Metal Riff of all time" - Sori will love the surprise ending

9:42 "Was that Ozzy singing on the vocals or was that homeboy who took over for Ozzy?" ......Seriously dude? LOL.... I dont expect this guy to know it all but got damn.....

Listen to Spiral Architect for a great Ozzy vocal - off their Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album, which is my favourite.

SABBATH SONGS I HAD IN MY HEARTBEAT

Double Thumbs Up on the compel part of the conversation

the look you gave on the My Name is Lucifer line was like 'Whoa, that escalated quickly.'

easy sub tks for the reaction

how you can get ozzy and dio confused is weird. listen to more sabbath dude

50 years and this is still as powerfull than ever

The devil falls I. Love with a mortal. Timeless tale of beauty and the beast. Death takes a holiday. Meet Joe Black.whimsical, tongue in cheek metal classic

Carach Angren ,when crows tick on windows. Been a long time since you did one!!!

Behind the Wall of Sleep is my favorite track from this record. Great tune. Otherwise i'll recommend Baroness - Chlorine and Wine 💜

Priceless reaction and I'm glad they didn't assume it's an evil song cause that line

I remember playing this song on bass for tryouts in jazz band in high school, ny teacher wasn't too pleased when he heard the original

Depending on what publication you read N.I.B. stands for "Nativity in Black"or "Name In Blood". I've also read that it is a reference to the goatee Bill Ward had at the time which looked like a pen nib. Either way it's a great song with a theme of falling in love from the devil's point of view. This is what made Black Sabbath so original at the time.

His false pride prevents him from falling in love...with anything less than himself. His false pride is his stumbling block.

Great review....good observations on the music itself, and nice to see a reaction to a classic metal song! Ozzy and Lucifer were once good friends, right up until Ozzy starting drinking heavy!

I've been waiting for you to do this one, knew you'd like it more than the title track from their first album. Great analysis as always. Interesting you found a non-religious interpretation to it, when on the surface it very much seems to be.