Just listen to End of the Beginning and wait for the friggin’ solos to blow you into space. And at their age, Black Sabbath still show the youngsters where the masters are. The mix of deep and dark riffs, stellar solos reminiscent of olden times, heavy bass, combined with the trademark metallic whine of Ozzy Osbourne are just irresistible. That’s all gone out the door with the advancing age of the crew of this black ship. Now we see a very dark, kind of street-wise streak emerging from Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. And I absolutely love them cheekily questioning all of those worldly woes, like the existence of spiritual powers. But then again, they were never meant to be comparable.ġ3 delivers that new (old) sound, minus the woozy, boozy, heavily doped interludes that poisoned the early records. And it is – indeed – a far cry away from albums of other eras like Heaven and Hell, the piece with Ronnie James Dio for just one record. ![]() So the album kinda moves back to the roots. Now, Black Sabbath‘s latest, but hopefully not last album 13 hits us with full force. It comes indeed across as much more powerful, louder and sinister than the other albums ever attempted to be.ġ3 feels like a continuation of the self-titled very first record Black Sabbath – the band – produced way back in 1970. ![]() ![]() And he of all people should know that contracts with the devil are not signed. Something he could sign – or more the lack thereof. Because it looks like Bill Ward had issues with a contract, a written contract to be precise. Ha! They can still do it! The grumpy old men from Black Sabbath in the original formation. Minus the drummer, I would hasten to add.
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