From Yahoo.com:
The pouring rain, howling wind and ominous sound of thunder. The tolling bell and that doomy, oppressive riff. Ozzy Osbourne’s stark, terrified howl: “What is this that stands before me?” Few songs are as memorable as Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath, the track which opened their landmark 1970 debut album.
But were Black Sabbath really the first band to marry rock and the occult? Not according to Mikael Åkerfeldt, frontman with Swedish prog metallers Opeth and noted connoisseur of obscure music. Speaking to Metal Hammer in 2019, Åkerfeldt pointed to another album danced with the devil several months before Black Sabbath’s debut album came out. Formed in Chicago in 1966 and fronted by teenage singer Jinx Dawson, Coven wore their fascination with the occult on their sleeves.