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9 rows  Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black. Black Sabbath’s 19th studio album, 13, which features all of the original members but Ward, was released in June 2013. Black Sabbath are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971). The first song of the album 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'. Tony Iommi has also said this is the song that saved Sabbath because he was having writers block at the time.

Well I made a rod for my own back here! Now it has been said by the band that the inverted cross and the whole of the gatefold inner were done against the bands wishes the label trying to capitalize on the shock value of satanism by marketing the band as having satanic leanings due to their name etc however the truth being they were just 4 affable brum lads with a love for heavy blues and rock! Whether it was the naivety of a new young band bowing to label pressure or not I guess we'll never know but to my mind this album could not have been packaged better and without it I'm guessing 99% of 'black' metal bands covers would look much different! Whilst the cover art etc would lead you to believe this is an album full of brutally heavy jams along the same lines as the opening track this is not the case whilst Sabbath may have invented the super heavy jam their albums are chock full of great grooves as well I defy anyone to not be nodding their head to the bombastic Harmonica and guitar intro to 'The Wizard'! This album is chock full of heavy riffs but it is tempered by a sense of groove that is a big nod to their blues influences and is basically the 'Stoner template 101' everything bearing the stoner tag owes it's sound to this and the following 5 albums! This is a stunning debut and there is not a bad song on here if ever there was a case of all killer no filler this is it.

So as i said the version i present here is the deluxe edition so whats on your bonus disc? Well not a lot really there is 'Wicked World' which was originally a bonus b-side on the single disc version you then get various takes on the album tracks there's 'Black Sabbath' without it's trademark 'rain and thunder' intro then an Instrumental version, there's nothing startling really on this bonus disc I love it because I am a fiend for anything 'new' to be had from this era of Sabbath but unless you fall into that category then don't get overexcited! Should you wish to check out whats on there before downloading go here.

'Paranoid' (1970) So moving swiftly along. You'd think that unleashing such a devastating debut album, inventing heavy metal and pretty much everything metal that was to come that maybe the band would do some promotion and touring and get ready for a 2nd album sometime soon?

Nope in September 1970 a mere 7 months after 'Black Sabbath' came the album that made them world famous 'Paranoid' Now before I even start on this album i have to say I really cannot stand the song 'Paranoid' whether it's through over familiarity or what i don't know I would consider each of the 6 albums here to be amazing and considering the quality of music on display and the short timespan over which they were released you'd expect there to be some filler? I would disagree, but 'Paranoid' is a fine song but it's just been done to death,played to death,covered to death and I can't really listen to it anymore!

It's a personal thing and nothing to do with the band ok? So having released 2 albums 7 months apart you'd think maybe this album was 'too soon' or maybe less quality this is definitely not the case. 'Master Of Reality' (1971) So we are at the halfway mark and album number 3 ' Master Of Reality' and again it had only been only 9 months since 'Paranoid' and once again Sabbath have pulled another great album out of the bag (bear in mind this was their 3rd album in 1 year and 8 months) and in my opinion probably their heaviest set of the 6 albums i present here! The guitars are good and thick sounding and the riffs are just fucking monolithic towers of sound! There are 2 short instrumental interludes 'Embryo' and 'Orchid' but every one of the other 6 tracks presented here are just insane considering this is some 42 years ago! Just listen to 'Lord Of This World', 'Children Of The Grave' and especially 'Into the Void' and you'll see this album gives even modern day metal a run for it's money. But the cover aside there are some great songs on this album there's the great opener 'Hole In The Sky' which i think is as good as any other of the heavier tracks on the preceding album and Ozzy sounds really intense on this song!

Then there's the song that to my mind pretty much gave what would become Thrash metal it's cue 'Symptom Of The Universe' it's chugging riff and uptempo speed is fairly shocking for a band now 6 years into their career to come up with a song like this! Then you have the near 10 minute 'Megalomania' which to me harks back to the song 'Black Sabbath' whilst not nearly as gloomy or shockingly heavy as that song it's definitely coming from the same template. Jumpin' jesus! What a megapost. I've got to agree on the Led Zep opinion, never really got into them but they are important.

I do love Sabbath but, as with many 'Heavy Rock' bands, the bloated, overtold rock-lifestyle crap annoys me, and I bring this up,not because I want to ramble but because I think the idolatry of certain artists sometimes outweigh the musical merit. Which can be argued with this album. If this was made by a new 'Heavy Rock', 'stoner rock', whateverthefuck band, I bet it wouldn't getthe time of day. That's not to say this is bad, but it certainly doesn't have the replayability of the mighty Master of Reality, Paranoid or the self titled. Maybe I'm too cynical.I was excited when I heard that they actually finished '13', heck, I even streamed it on iTunes, and I can't stand streaming! With that said, '13' is a weird one. I won't lie, I was totally doubting if they could pull it off when i first heard about it, especially when Bill Ward pulled out, and then when they said Brad Wilk was playing, i didn't know what to think (just for the record, i LOVE RATM). Wow best class for beginners.

To this day, i'm still on the fence. I mean, it's good, but they seem to be trying to re-create the 'old' sound and modernizing it, obviously highlighting Ozzy since, for whatever reason, people still care about him.So, at least to me, it's a bit 'ozzy-centric', its like his vocals are pushed forward like in his solo material (not a fan, whatsoever)In short, it's alright. Some meaty riffs for sure but I don't feel the need to come back to it, not when I have the 'classic' stuff.To be fair, I've only listened to it a handful of times, so maybe it's a grower, or y'know, maybe their sound just doesn't translate well through modern production among other factors. Well folks a few people have ventured opinions on 13 so here's mine unfortunately i do NOT like it at all i think the production is too modern and slick the riffs are heavy but like the lyrics they seem to have come from the book of Metal 101! Especially the lyrics take gems like opening gambit 'Is this the end of the beginning? Or the beginning of the end?'

Or 'Out of the gloom, I rise up from my tomb, into impending doom' seriously? In 2014 a grown man of Ozzy's experience can't do better then that? Thge whole album is really just ploughing the same furrow of heavy metal that Ozzy has been doing for years on his more contemporary solo albums! Yeah there's some good riffs but I just don't think it is anything special as a Sabbath album feat 3/4 of the original line up should be it's just a bog standard heavy metal album with a few decent riffs nothing better than what the entire stoner rock genre hasn't been doing for the last 20 odd years even if they are the originators of that sound it just sounds like a band going through the motions not an album by the masters of the craft. Oh I am sorry that i offended your sabbath sensibilities and yeah my research may be lacking but i have often admitted that and i always say if you're not happy go start your own blog so go push your fucking glasses up your nose and 'I think you'll find.'

Somewhere else Buddy and go start your own blog their new album is a heap of shit. It's dicks like you that make me want to give up doing blogging and exactly the kind of people this blog is NOT directed at I'm not wikipedia,allmusic or whatever I'm a one man free operation who pays his OWN MONEY to file hosters to give free music to other like minded people so why not shut your dick holster and just enjoy the music or go somewhere else,Thanks for commenting,Cheers,Dave B. Great blog, thanks for the live stuff I havent heard these before looking forward to hearing them.

My opinion on 13 is it was ok, not as bad as I feared it would be but it could have been better. Yes some of the lyrics are pretty bad in fact I think God Is Dead is the worse song on there I just cant understand why it was a single. The production is far too clean for me it sounds digital if you know what I mean like it was chopped to death on Pro Tools but there are some killer riffs and I can kick back and listen to it no problem. I found it enjoyable but given the potential then yes you could say it is disappointing but then the standard to live up to was incredibly high and to repeat it after all this time would be quite difficult. I think the absence of Bill Ward did spoil it somewhat and made it feel like it was cobbled together and not a full reunion like kind of half done and unfinished.

I pretty Much agree with everything you say there NeutronBomb I maybe am too hard on '13' I knew there was no way they could achieve the classic 70's sound mainly because you just can't get that sound in a studio anymore it's a digital age. If Ozzy hadn't had so many 'heavy' moments over his solo career I guess it would have been more appealing to me to hear ozzy singing over a truly heavy band but even tho you have the king of the monolithic riff in there (Iommi) it still just sounds like a contemporaray Ozzy solo album and the lyrics are atrocious as i've said.

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All in all i wish they had never done it and left the original line up thing alone! Apparently they are doing another album soon so we shall see but i personally thing there's little chance of them reedeeming themselves!! Thanks for your comment/opinion this has turned out to be a very interesting comments thread,Cheers,Dave B.