Witness: “Out of gloom/I rise from my tomb/Into impending doom”. This is Sabbath of the melodramatic ‘Iron Man’ variety, and Ozzy is in shockingly decent voice, amping up the drama with couplets worthy of Noel Gallagher. The good news is that ‘13’ is an amalgam of everything you’d want from a new Black Sabbath album featuring three of the original members. In a moment of real-life – and indeed possible death – drama, Iommi was last year diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. Plus, deservedly or not, Ozzy can no longer be seen outside the prism of The Osbournes (which ran from 2002 to 2005), and the rumours that his marriage to Sharon is on the rocks after another relapse casts a shadow over the record. He claimed he was never offered a “signable contract”, leading Ozzy to suggest his former bandmate was simply not up to the job. It’s big news.īut the road to reunion has been rocky, and Bill Ward has been left out of this exercise in heavy metal make-up sex. ‘13’ marks the first time Osbourne, Iommi and Butler have released new material together since the late ’70s. For years, apart from one-off shows and 1998 live album ‘Reunion’, that was that for the original line-up responsible for classic albums like ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Master Of Reality’. After the band had finished touring eighth album ‘Never Say Die!’, Iommi kicked Osbourne out of the band because of his alcohol problems, replacing him with Ronnie James Dio. The first, and most significant, came in 1979. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward and singer Ozzy Osbourne, the metal pioneers have undergone numerous transformations. Black Sabbath’s history, like their mightiest songs, is long and complicated.
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