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Black Sabbath

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:07:16 UTC

The way that Black Sabbath uses groovy, diatonic riffs and melodies in their music has had a profound effect on how I compose my music. I will often create songs that are almost entirely diatonic, though they are liable to have key changes or modal mixture throughout.

Haken

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:07:47 UTC

The way that Haken uses odd time signatures, polymetre, downtuned instruments, synthesisers, and gives spotlights to the bass and drums for solo purposes has influenced how I compose the most out of any artist. In one song that I composed (that will forever go unreleased due to who was involved), there is a section in which every instrument, vocals included, has a short solo, which was heavily inspired by the intro of “Celestial Elixir.”

Frank Zappa

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:08:22 UTC

Frank Zappa’s improvisational style was a heavy influence on bassist Geezer Butler’s playing. Additionally, it is rather likely that acclamation given by Zappa was responsible for Black Sabbath’s enormous burst in popularity shortly after the release of Paranoid, though it is difficult to say with certainty. (Black Sabbath, n.d.)

Django Reinhardt

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:08:45 UTC

Django Reinhardt was a heavily influential Blues guitarist in the 1920s to 1950s, and his style of playing, which makes heavy use of tritones and loosely intonated bends. In addition, though it is almost certainly not a direct influence on Black Sabbath, he and guitarist Tony Iommi both used an injury to influence the sound of their music. (Hartmann, 2017)

Jethro Tull

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:10:27 UTC

For a short period of time, when Black Sabbath was still called Earth, guitarist Tony Iommi was a member of Jethro Tull, and had firsthand experience with the disciplined rehearsal plans the band used. He ended up applying this same rigidity to rehearsing with Black Sabbath. (Ferrier, 2023)

Pink Floyd

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:10:45 UTC

The influence of Pink Floyd on Haken can mostly be attributed to Peter Henshall, father of guitarist Richard Henshall. This can be heard in the use of atypical song structures in Haken’s music, as well as the heavy use of guitar effects such as reverb and delay that can be often heard throughout their discography. (guitarguitar, 2019)

Fear Factory

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:10:51 UTC

According to guitarist Charlie Griffiths, Fear Factory’s Demanufacture is the reason that he purchased a 7-string guitar, which would soon become a staple across almost all Haken songs. In addition, the group sometimes uses lower tunings, such as Drop E (E-B-E-A-D-G-B-E) on “1985” and “Falling Back to Earth.” (Hardrada, 2020)

Yes

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:11:26 UTC

The compositional experimentation of Yes and similar progressive groups can be heard in Haken’s refusal to make similar sounding records, alongside their heavy use of odd and changing time signatures, long track lengths, and in how they often give spotlights to instruments such as the bass, as opposed to the band being almost entirely guitar-centric. (Wilson, 2023)

David Bergman

1033003_4_2 — 2024-02-14 23:11:43 UTC