▁album . ▁ ▁Ep it aph ▁ ▁A ▁quiet ▁track ▁with ▁piano ▁backing ▁and ▁Queen - like ▁layer ed ▁vocals , ▁Half ord ▁said ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁" E pit aph " ▁express ▁fr ustration ▁at ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁place ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁or ▁old ▁in ▁modern ▁cities . ▁ ▁Island ▁of ▁Dom ination ▁ ▁The ▁side - clos ing ▁" Is land ▁of ▁Dom ination " ▁is ▁a ▁heavy ▁ro cker ▁with ▁a ▁complex ▁r iff ▁in ▁a ▁style ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Black ▁S abb ath . ▁ ▁Down ing ▁described ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁as ▁personal ▁to ▁Half ord , ▁j oking ▁of ▁their ▁having ▁" pro bably ▁a ▁few ▁in nu endo es ". ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Sad ▁W ings ▁of ▁Dest iny ▁was ▁released ▁ 2 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁same ▁month ▁" The ▁Ri pper " ▁appeared ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁back ed ▁with ▁" Is land ▁of ▁Dom ination ". ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁initially ▁published ▁and ▁distributed ▁by ▁Jan us ▁Records ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁had ▁the ▁A - side ▁and ▁B - side ▁revers ed , ▁so ▁that ▁" P rel ude " ▁opens ▁the ▁second ▁side ▁and ▁" V ict im ▁of ▁Ch anges " ▁the ▁first , ▁while ▁the ▁sle e ve ▁has ▁" P rel ude " ▁opening ▁the ▁first ▁side . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁had ▁little ▁commercial ▁success ▁at ▁first ▁and ▁had ▁difficulty ▁getting ▁noticed ▁due ▁to ▁critical ▁competition ▁from