Starless and Bible Black Sabbath

2006 studio album by Acid Mothers Temple and The Cosmic Inferno

Studio album by Acid Mothers Temple and The Cosmic Inferno

Released

February 21, 2006

Recorded

May 2005

Genre

Experimental rock
Psychedelic rock

Length

40:43

Acid Mothers Temple and The Cosmic Inferno chronology

IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno
(2005)

Starless and Bible Black Sabbath
(2006)

Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork	(6/10)
PopMatters

Starless and Bible Black Sabbath is an album and song by the Japanese group The Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno. The album's title refers to the album Starless and Bible Black by King Crimson and the band Black Sabbath, 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 Kawabata Makoto 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 Godzilla roar.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Kawabata Makoto - Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Sound technician
Tabata Mitsuru - Bass, vocals
Higashi Hiroshi - Synthesizer
Okano Futoshi - drums, consultant
Shimura Koji - Drums

References

"Acid Mothers Temple: Starless and the Bible Black Sabbath". Alien 8. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
Jurek, Thom. The Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno Starless and Bible Black Sabbath at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
Murphy, Matthew (30 March 2006). "Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno / Acid Mothers Afrirampo: Starless and Bible Black Sabbath / We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo - Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
Spicer, Daniel (9 May 2006). "Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno Starless and Bible Black Sabbath". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

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Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. studio albums	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997) Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999) Wild Gals A Go-Go (1999) Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000) La Nòvia (2000) Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!) (2001) New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001) In C (2001) 41st Century Splendid Man (2002) Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro (2002) Electric Heavyland (2002) St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002) Magical Power from Mars (2003) Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004) Mantra of Love (2004) The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004) Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004) Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004) Close Encounters of the Mutants (2004) Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006) Myth of the Love Electrique (2006) Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (2007) Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007) Acid Motherly Love (2007) Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (2008) Glorify Astrological Martyrdom (2008) Cometary Orbital Drive (2008) Interstellar Guru and Zero (2009) Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009) Are We Experimental? (2009) Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? (2009) In 0 to ∞ (2010) Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space (2011) The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark (2011) Son of a Bitches Brew (2012) IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (2012) Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199 (2013) In Search of the Lost Divine Arc (2013) Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2014) Benzaiten (2015) Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era (2016) Those Who Came Never Before (2017) Wandering the Outer Space (2017) Either the Fragmented Body or the Reconstituted Soul (2018) Electric Dream Ecstasy (2018) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1 (2018) Paralyzed Brain (2018) Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift (2018) Reverse of Rebirth in Universe (2018) How Was the Decisive Moment Recorded? (2019) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two (2019) Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch) (2020) Reverse of Rebirth Reprise (2020) Chosen Star Child's Confession (2020) Voices from Ghostwood (2020) Zero Diver or Puroto Guru (2021) Demi-Demonaic Daemoog (2022)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. compilation albums	The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995-1997 (2007)
Acid Mothers Gong	Acid Motherhood (2004) Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)
Acid Mothers Afrirampo	We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno	Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006) Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno (2007)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues	Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)
Acid Mothers Guru Guru	Psychedelic Navigator (2007)
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