“Behind the Wall of Sleep” (1970) by Black Sabbath

“Behind the Wall of Sleep” (1970) by Black Sabbath

Now from darkness, there springs light Wall of sleep is cool and bright Wall of sleep is lying broken Sun shines in, you have awoken—Black Sabbath, “Behind the Wall of Sleep” England. August 1969. The cinema across the street was playing the Italian horror anthology film I tre volti della paura (1963, “The Three Faces of Fear”), rendered into English as Black Sabbath. Or maybe it was just a poster of the film. Recollections, years later, differ.…