Claim: Black Sabbath released a debut album of the same name in 1970.
Evidence: The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath -LRB- 1970 -RRB- , Paranoid -LRB- 1970 -RRB- and Master of Reality -LRB- 1971 -RRB-.
Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by the English rock band Black Sabbath.
Released on 13 February 1970 in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 in the United States , the album reached number eight on the UK Albums Charts and number 23 on the Billboard charts.