Tracklist: Neon knights Children of the sea Lady evil Heaven and hell Wishing well Die young Walk away Lonely is the word

Band members: Ronnie James Dio - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitars Geezer Butler - Bass guitar Bill Ward - Drums

Rating:
After you've gone through weeks of therapy since hearing Black Sabbath's two latest albums ("Technical ecstasy" & "Never say die") you get shocked by that they've made a new album.
But don't be frightened cause this my friends is a metal classic. They've hired a new singer by the name of Ronnie James Dio (from Rainbow), who in my opinion is one of the greatest vocalists/songwriters of all time. His voice isn't as soft as Ozzy's it's kinda hard to explain but he's got a huge, dramatic voice it's marvelous as simple as that.
And with his songwriting skills Sabbath now adapts the "swords and sorcery" image, instead of the occult stuff they were doing in the early 70's and drug-image they had in the late 70's.
The music here is heavier than they've been in MANY years and of course as I said the vocals rules me totally.
Tracks 1-4 & 6 are absolutely brilliant metal, the others aren't as good but not bad in any way. It's mainly cause of the mentioned tracks this gets the highest grade but it's really worth it, if you haven't checked this out already I tell ya you've been missing something!
Sabbath's finally back in business.







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