After Forever (track)
by Black Sabbath
Year: 1971
From the album Master Of Reality (track #2)
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After Forever appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Master Of Reality (track #2) (this album) (1971)
- Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 (track #14) (compilation) (2002)
- Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) (track #18) (compilation) (2004)
- The Ten Year War (track #17) (compilation) (2017)
- The End (4 February 2017 - Birmingham) (track #4) (2017)
- Under Wheels Of Confusion 1970-1987 (track #12) (compilation) (1996)
- Attention! Black Sabbath Vol. 2 (track #5) (compilation) (1974)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/24/2026 19:25 | alexandermause | 15,078 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 11:26 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:26 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 16:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,407 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2025 20:30 | Johnnyo | 42,707 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.5/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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Goliath 11/08/2022 16:28 | #291147
One of Sabbath's greatest songs, the bass line, guitar solos, lyrics, hook-line it's all there.
Grouse 07/29/2018 12:36 | #218921
Geezer fuckin Butler on this song, wow!
This is probably a personal statement by Iommi, since he's credited as the only author of the song
FreakWolfenstein 11/06/2014 17:17 | #126332
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Jasonconfused 12/31/2012 22:30 | #59631
Black Sabbath's answer to all the accusations of whether they were devil worshippers or not. The song isn't so much a call for conversion to Christianity as much as it is a call for people to think for themselves.
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