''Starless and Bible Black Sabbath'' is an

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by the

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ese group The Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno. The album's title refers to the album ''

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'' by King Crimson and the band

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, and, more specifically, their self-titled debut album. The album cover also is very similar to the self-titled Black Sabbath album, except featuring group member

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instead of a woman on the album cover.

Overview

The song "Starless and Bible Black Sabbath" begins in a similar fashion to Black Sabbath’s eponymous opening track on their debut album, but less dramatic. The song grows slowly until a third of the way through the track vocals appear. The vocals have a large echo effect and there are two drummers playing virtually the same drum beat during a lot of the track, but with slightly different timing. The second song, "Woman from a Hell" is a much faster and shorter track. As the song closes there is a

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roar.

Track listing

# "Starless and Bible Black Sabbath" (Kawabata/Tabata) – 34:29 # "Woman from a Hell" (Kawabata/Tabata) – 6:14

Personnel

* Okano Futoshi -

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, Consultant * Higashi Hiroshi -

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* Shimura Koji - Drums *

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, Sound technician * Tabata Mitsuru -

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References

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