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Monthly Archives: March 2012
BLACK SABBATH Part 6 – Musical Chairs And Diminishing Returns In The ‘90s
After some pleasant surprises on the last few Black Sabbath albums I revisited (as discussed in my previous post), I was looking forward to finding out whether or not they would continue this trend into the 1990’s. Unfortunately, the three … Continue reading
BLACK SABBATH Part 5 – Resurrected In The Second Half Of The ‘80s
After 1983’s relative misstep, Born Again, with Ian Gillan on lead vocals, Black Sabbath essentially disbanded until a one-off reunion with Ozzy Osbourne for the 1985 Live Aid concerts. The following year, Tony Iommi recorded a solo album with former … Continue reading
BLACK SABBATH Part 4 – Dio And Gillan Step Up To The Mic
When Black Sabbath parted ways with Ozzy Osbourne after 1978’s Never Say Die!, they wasted no time in replacing him with Ronnie James Dio, former lead singer of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. I was initially introduced to Rainbow via their 1981 … Continue reading
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BLACK SABBATH Part 3 – The Ozzman Go-eth
The final three studio albums Black Sabbath released with Ozzy Osbourne are not highly rated by fans & critics, especially the last two, and none of them have made much of an impression on me whenever I’ve listened to them … Continue reading
BLACK SABBATH Part 2 – A Cornucopia Of Hard Rock Riffs
Tony Iommi continued to produce a barrage of powerful guitar riffs on Master Of Reality (1971), Black Sabbath’s follow-up to the heavy metal classic, Paranoid. Although they continued to be the standard-bearers for the relatively new genre, the songs on … Continue reading
