QUARTZ - Quartz (Sealed) (LP)

Produced by Black Sabbath's guitar God and riff-meister extraordinaire Tony Iommi and famously featuring an uncredited Ozzy on backing vocals, the spirit of Quartz's bigger, bolder, Brummie brothers runs right through this, their 1977 debut album. Originally released on Jet records and available here for the first time on CD, this is classic black country metal, steeped in what was about to explode as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, a movement that Quartz where to considered founding fathers of. As debut albums go, this is a potent calling card and a must for collectors of the genre. Global.2006