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[Blitzkrieg]

Thoughts on the new Sabbath album?

Tis better than I was fearing it would be. A good mix of different elements that made up the band over the years. Lots of old school riffing, blues, and heavy Dio era riffs. I'll be spending a bit more time with it for sure.

 

[Southy]

I haven't got my hands on it yet, but I do hope too in the next few days

 

[Winmar]

Thanks for the reminder! I just found it on Spotify and will give my thoughts when I've given it a proper listen.

 

[FerretallicA]

Very dry. Not a single particularly enjoyable song on it, a few outright painful ones, I give it one and a half thumbs down. The only saving grace is they aren't doing any embarrassing collaborations or trying to 'modernise' their sound.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Loner was the only track I didn't feel real good about. The rest I look forward to hearing again.

 

[Southy]

I have only had one listen, and in all honesty, it wasn't very memorable, but in saying that, with a few more listens I am sure it will grow on me. It's Sabbath, it better

 

[Shadow298]

Gave it half a spin and found the first few songs long and boring.
Tommi can still slay on guitar and Geezer is a master ofthe bass but finding Ozzy's vocals weaker and weaker these days -way too much machine to keep them up & going.
To be honest, this album makes me wish that they did get to make one last -entirely new song- album with Dio before he died under the Sabbath name. Even to the end he was a far better singer than Ozzy will ever be.

It just seems like a nostalgia cash in album will give it further chances to grow on me.

 

[Bloopy]

13 is still my 5th fav Sabbath album, just ahead of the best Dio stuff as I'm more on team Ozzy. The silly part of it was the bonus tracks were some of the better material (Peace of Mind and Naïveté in Black). I suppose I just really like hearing 2010s-quality Ozzy material, along with the mood of the album - and it may be a bit dreary with overly long songs, but that's all part of the appeal for me.