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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
metal heads have always worshipped at the sabbath teat, NON stop, with no pause, since their inception. it is the mainstream losers, the people who need everything watered down for them, that did not pay attention, and due to sabbath's inherent worth, have to pay attention now.
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Again, I can only speak for Britain here, but honestly, in the 80s, Sabbath were way off the radar for a significant section of the country's metallers. During the Thrash period, for example, they were
way down the pecking order. The bands themselves may have given the odd nod to Ozzy, et al, but for the average teenager listening to Among the Living or Rust in Peace, they really were just one of those bands their vaguely cool uncle tended to like. I can't say this for America, and I'm even sure that some British posters here might disagree with me, but from my own experience of growing up in Britain at that time and listening to Thrash, I can honestly say that that's how I remember things.