Black Sabbath reunion

Eyesore wrote:

I thought The Devil You Know was great. "Bible Black," in my opinion, rivals any song they ever did with any other vocalist.

Yeah, it sounded like one of the classic Dio-era Sabbath records.

I think it would be interesting to see what would come of the reunion. I think at best it would sound like another Ozzy-fronted Sabbath album, and at worst sound like...well, an Ozzy album.

Unless they announce a new album, I just can't get excited. This rumor is probably fake anyway.

I thought The Devil You Know was almost flawless...

The Devil You Know was a terrific album in my opinion. Some really cool songs on it.


If this reunion comes to pass, great ! If not, well that's okay too.

The Devil You Know was a hard album to digest. I like it but its one of those I really have to sit down and pay attention to.

Eyesore wrote:

I thought The Devil You Know was great. "Bible Black," in my opinion, rivals any song they ever did with any other vocalist.

10000000% agree

Still no confirmation of this reunion rumor anywhere else huh? Bogus.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Still no confirmation of this reunion rumor anywhere else huh? Bogus.

Nope the Black Sabbath site, which is run by a major fanboy and is friends with Bill Ward and Geezer Butler have nothing on the story, and it seems Ozzy is gearing up to promote a doc directed and produced by his son, and a cover of Iommi's book is the latest news on any band member activities.

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Still no confirmation of this reunion rumor anywhere else huh? Bogus.

Nope the Black Sabbath site, which is run by a major fanboy and is friends with Bill Ward and Geezer Butler have nothing on the story, and it seems Ozzy is gearing up to promote a doc directed and produced by his son, and a cover of Iommi's book is the latest news on any band member activities.

Yeah, they were giving away tickets to a local theater screening of the Ozzy doc on the radio this AM, I would've called in to try and win but I was in the car at the time and I'm petrified of cell phoning & driving at the same time....with my luck, I'd get pulled over. (Me: "Officer, gimme a break! I'm tryin' to win Ozzy tickets!" Cop: "Well I can't help you with that but here's a $100 traffic ticket, bungholio.")

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162051

Boom, confirmation. Mixed feelings on this one, but I would like the chance to see Sabbath with Ozzy.

Smindas wrote:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162051

Boom, confirmation. Mixed feelings on this one, but I would like the chance to see Sabbath with Ozzy.

Wow! So I guess it is the real deal. Coolness.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Smindas wrote:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162051

Boom, confirmation. Mixed feelings on this one, but I would like the chance to see Sabbath with Ozzy.

Wow! So I guess it is the real deal. Coolness.

I am sure the tour will end when Sharon reads Iommi's biography as a bed time story to his Ozziness.

I'm hoping I get to see them before it all inevitably blows up ;P

Eyesore wrote:

I thought The Devil You Know was great. "Bible Black," in my opinion, rivals any song they ever did with any other vocalist.

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

Glad to hear it is really going to happen! This is the best news of the year!

The only track on DEVIL YOU KNOW that I didn't care for was the opening song, "Atom and Evil." Maybe it would've worked better if it were farther down in the running order, but as an opening song it was kinda blah.

Well, if it happens, cool beans. Let's hope it's a good one.

if it happens.

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW was excellent!

ultmetal wrote:

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

I love "The Devil Cried" and was also disappointed that there were no uptempo songs.

Temple of Blood wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

I love "The Devil Cried" and was also disappointed that there were no uptempo songs.

I am surprised you did not like 'The Devil you Know' alot more, I personally loved it.

manny wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

I love "The Devil Cried" and was also disappointed that there were no uptempo songs.

I am surprised you did not like 'The Devil you Know' alot more, I personally loved it.

I'm listening to it again today. It's not bad, it's better than I remembered. I am just not excited when I listen to this. To me, that is one of the worst musical sins: to be boring. I just don't get as excited about this as I do when I hear "Mob Rules", "Black Sabbath", or "Strange Highways" (the albums). But Dio is in fine form here and the riffage isn't bad. I just feel like the album needed more of a kick.

Temple of Blood wrote:

manny wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

I love "The Devil Cried" and was also disappointed that there were no uptempo songs.

I am surprised you did not like 'The Devil you Know' alot more, I personally loved it.

I'm listening to it again today. It's not bad, it's better than I remembered. I am just not excited when I listen to this. To me, that is one of the worst musical sins: to be boring. I just don't get as excited about this as I do when I hear "Mob Rules", "Black Sabbath", or "Strange Highways" (the albums). But Dio is in fine form here and the riffage isn't bad. I just feel like the album needed more of a kick.

I loved it but it seems that alot of fans agree with you and ULT, not enough up tempo songs.

Smindas wrote:

I'm hoping I get to see them before it all inevitably blows up ;P

Sharon will drive Ozzy home saying "You dont need to play with those kids.."

I still listen to The Devil You know fairly often. My biggest complaint is that I think they could have lost one or two songs from it to tighten it up, and go with a different opener than Atom and Evil, which I find too ponderous, but other than that I think it's an excellent album.

ultmetal wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I thought The Devil You Know was great. "Bible Black," in my opinion, rivals any song they ever did with any other vocalist.

Yes, "Bible Black" is one of the great songs I was referring to, as well as the massive "Follow the Tears". I think that particular album would have benefited greatly from a couple of up-tempo songs, not unlike "Neon Knights" or "Mob Rules". Though it wasn't on that album, "The Devil Cried" is a massive songs as well. That particular song saw a lot of airplay on the local Clear Channel radio station.

I definitely agree that the album could have used one or two all-out rockers, you know.