New Black Sabbath Album - 13

Overall I like it. My wife bought me the deluxe edition with the DVD, photos, notes, CD and LP.

Honestly I prefer the 2009 "The Devil You Know" release from Sabbath's Dio incarnation, Heaven and Hell. But 13 does indeed rock. It has some of the vibe of early Sabbath recordings, such as Master of Reality or Paranoid.
 
I really wanted to like it, but I just can't get into it. I just find it has the flavor of early sabbath without the energy.
 
I saw some YouTube stuff from last year's tour and Ozzy looked a proper knob and his singing was awful

One would have thought that having a wife who is clearly a highly esteemed expert on what it takes to be a star, he might have been given some gentle advice

Legends for sure - no question of that... but it's pretty lame now, sadly
 
It's just good old fashioned doom-metal. Say what you want, Sabbath an original pioneer of heavy metal. They've never resorted to gimmicks like clown masks or whatever. Just detuned doom.
 
"End Of The Beginning"
That tune is just great! The main riff is so simple yet so brutal its crazy.


Iommi is THE DOOM METAL BEAST. Everyone else is just imitating him!
 
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