Black Sabbath Discussion Thread

[j]

Heard the song on the radio at the gym the other day.  I thought it was all right.  Got a War Pigs vibe here and there.

-J

[theseoafs]

and channeling the song Black Sabbath BIG time.

DEFINITELY.  I felt like I knew the song before I ever heard it.

[Mister Gold]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d7wkNL9oR_8#!

New Black Sabbath song played live. Sound quality isn't bad, Ozzy doesn't sound great. As for the song, a little slow and drawn out, and channeling the song Black Sabbath BIG time.

I dunno, I actually really like this song. Can't wait to hear the studio version!

[Dark Castle]

I agree with Lord Snow.
I feel like this is going to be a great album

[BlobVanDam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d7wkNL9oR_8#!

New Black Sabbath song played live. Sound quality isn't bad, Ozzy doesn't sound great. As for the song, a little slow and drawn out, and channeling the song Black Sabbath BIG time.

I dunno, I actually really like this song. Can't wait to hear the studio version!

I liked the song too, especially the outro section with the guitar solo. I don't have a problem with it being inspired by their older stuff, I just thought the comparison was pretty obvious in this case.

[Progmetty]

I'm excited about this and the tour.
I so wanna see Symptom of the Universe live.

[adace]

the CSI performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zVWH9v6w-mE

[BlobVanDam]

Pretty blatant cross promotion there, but from Sabbath I'll allow it.

Ozzy sounds better than he did on his last solo album, and it sounds very Sabbathy. The production sounds good too, not too heavy or overcompressed, and I can hear dat bass clearly. Of course, that's only based on CSI, but it's a good start!

[Progmetty]

There's.. there's no hot young girls dancing at the front line of a Black Sabbath audience..

[BlobVanDam]

CSI, putting the meticulous effort into accuracy as always. Black Sabbath don't play for sluts in night clubs.

[wolfking]

Why is Tommy good enough to tour and be present here but not to play on the album.

Also, what a shameless, promotion, why are they even on CSI?

Plus,  @ the crowd.

[jjrock88]

Pretty lame scene overall, but the song sounded good. And the one girl in the front row had nice cans.

[Orbert]

Totally shameless, but you do what you have to do.  CSI is a popular show, and a large percent of the audience is old enough to be Black Sabbath fans.  They may not know that there's a new album coming out.  Gotta get the word out, get some interest generated.

[Nel]

Damn copyright claim. I wanted to see the nice cans. 

[wolfking]

Pretty lame scene overall, but the song sounded good. And the one girl in the front row had nice cans.

Yeah, the blonde, noticed that too.

[El Barto]

There's.. there's no hot young girls dancing at the front line of a Black Sabbath audience..

Damn, still need to send you my Ozfest review. 

[Scard]

Why was the CSI cameo considered a "World Premiere of End of the Beginning" when it was only like 3:00 of an 8:00 song? Unless I missed something...

[El Barto]

This drummer is at the wrong gig

And Ozzy really sounds terrible in the videos I've seen thus far.

[Zook]

He sounds like Ozzy to me. Pretty good for his age and condition. I'm sure there are still ants crawling around in his brain.

[adace]

Whole album's streaming!!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/black-sabbath/id165907

Edit: Loner, The End of the Beginning, Zeitgeist, and Damaged Soul are my standouts. It could use a little more variety, but 13 is still better than I expected. And Ozzy actually sounds pretty good.

Overall I'm leaning towards a 9/10 after two listens.

[Nel]

As a side note, the Best Buy version of the deluxe edition will have an extra track in addition to the other three. Just in case anyone cares. 

[Dark Castle]

How do I stream the album? I go to the Itunes page and it only shows "God is Dead?", and only as a preview

[Scard]

https://gunshyassassin.com/news/black-sabbath-new-album-stream-available/

[Dark Castle]

Nevermind, it suddenly worked, schweet.

[Mister Gold]

Giving it my first spin through now. Will post my thoughts on it once I've listened to it once or twice.

[Mister Gold]

Just finished listening to the album for the first time. I won't write a full-on review until I've heard it a few more times, but I'll say this. There's two immediate brand new Black Sabbath classics IMO (Age of Reason and Dear Father), four great songs that I might come to like even more with repeated listens (Loner, Zeigeist, Live Forever, Damaged Souls), one pretty good song that seems to work a lot better in a live setting than it does on the album (End of the Beginning) and one 'meh' song (God Is Dead?).

Granted, I initially liked GID a good bit, but it wore off pretty quickly. VERY surprised by how great this album is. Doubt it will be the Album of the Year for me, but very likely to be somewhere in my Top Ten this year.

I'd probably give the album a 9 out of 10.

[Orbert]

Wow, unexpected.  Thanks for the review, such as it is.

[Mister Gold]

Wow, unexpected.  Thanks for the review, such as it is.

Yeah, I'm in the middle of my second listen through right now, and I can definitely say that the album really picks up after the first two songs. I haven't heard any of the bonus tracks, but I almost feel like the album might have been better if they had switched out End of the Beginning and God Is Dead? with one of those songs. Just a guess.

But yeah, Age of Reason absolutely slays.

EDIT: Hearing it a second time, I think I'll move Damaged Souls up to classic status with Age of Reason and Dear Father. Very, very nice stuff on this song.

[BlobVanDam]

How do I listen to it if I don't have and never will have iTunes?

[Mister Gold]

How do I listen to it if I don't have and never will have iTunes?

Wait until June 11th to buy the CD?

[BlobVanDam]

How do I listen to it if I don't have and never will have iTunes?

Wait until June 11th to buy the CD?

Yeeeeeeeahhh............. I'm sure I'll find another way. This is the internet.

[WebRaider]

Seems to be a pretty good album IMO. I really enjoyed "Age of Reason" and "Damaged Soul" on first listen. Won't spoil it (it could be well known news for all I know) but there is a pretty significant ending to the album "Dear Father" that most will catch immediately. 

[BlobVanDam]

Managed to listen to the stream. On first listen, it feels a bit samey with the exception of Planet Caravan pt 2 in the middle. I think the opening track is my favourite so far, and I think it had the best vocals.
The rest of the album felt like it all had the slow doomy opening section, then switches to the swung 6/8 kind of feel with a lot of soloing till the end. All of the band performances are really good, and the production sounds like it's going to be great, so hopefully it will grow on me over time.

Seems to be a pretty good album IMO. I really enjoyed "Age of Reason" and "Damaged Soul" on first listen. Won't spoil it (it could be well known news for all I know) but there is a pretty significant ending to the album "Dear Father" that most will catch immediately. 

I finished listening to it a few minutes after reading this, and knew exactly what it was going to be from this comment alone. Predictably obvious, but still neat.

[Scard]

SPOILERS MAYBE BUT NOT REALLY





Iommi is absolutely on fire. The doom in these riffs is phenomenal. Geezer sounds great too. The bass tone sound a tad over processed, but still great. Brad Wilk did a good job at playing well, and powerfully, but also kept his place in the reunion. Didn't overplay, just rocked out. Ozzy has a few standout moments, but overall I'd have to say he's the weakest link on this album. I ge that he's old and obviously unable to perform like he used to, and given that he did a good job. Saying that he's the weakest link isn't saying that he's weak, the others just performed better.

Standout tracks for me are: Dear Father, Loner, Zeitgeist, and End of the Beginning.

I'm holding this at a 7.5/10 for now. I forsee it getting better with age.

[dongringo]

After two full streams of the album I'm ready to say I'm BLOWN AWAY! They outdid themselves...this coming from someone who grew up on the Ozzy albums as they were released. Personally, I feel that Ozzy, Iommi, and Butler hit the ball out of the park. It's phenomenal really what they have done after all these years. The chemistry is undeniable. My hats off to them all.