This is one of these records that improves with age like good red wine. And that many experts now consider a classic. But in the harsh light of reality, is it really that good? And what on earth is a classic at all? Questions … [...] Click to raid more!
Ah, lauded be thy beginnings, oh black tainted and (kind of wannabe) occult Black Sabbath! I still remember the hazy-daze atmosphere way back in time when we listened to this first Black Sabbath album. These were the times where the future still looked bright and full of woozy promise. And we heartily welcomed these renegades from England with their truly unique sound.
And sure enough, the band recorded the album in a drug-induced fog, as the lore goes. A bit like the whole music industry at that time.
Yet, Black Sabbath actually went to the dark … [...] Click to raid more!
Ha! They can still do it! The grumpy old men from Black Sabbath in the original formation. Minus the drummer, I would hasten to add. Because it looks like Bill Ward had issues with a contract, a written contract to be precise. Something he could sign – or more the lack thereof. And he of all people should know that contracts with the devil are not signed. Or then only in blood.
Now, Black Sabbath‘s latest, but hopefully not last album 13 hits us with full force. It comes indeed across as much more powerful, louder and sinister than … [...] Click to raid more!