Crinn

Are you sure you listened to the whole song?

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Electrophonic Tonic

I know it is Rick Rubin's sole purpose on Earth to create music with the world's flattest production, but wow. This sounds like listening to Black Sabbath on a iPhone speaker. And, for an 8 minute song, it's too freakin long to be this simple.

But, considering this was picked as the promo track/single (with I Heart Radio's hand involved I'm sure) I'm interested to hear what the rest of the album will have. If this was the most accessible, radio ready track on the album, maybe we'll get some of that old Black Sabbath we know and love will be on the rest of the album...

Crinn

I love the new Sabbath song. It sounds like old Sabbath, but it's like they started from where they left off in the late 70s and progressed that sound.

I'm not much of a fan of Ozzy's solo ****..I really liked his first album, then it just doesn't do it for me. But ever since Black Rain, I've absolutely loved what he's put out.

As much as I'm angry about Ward not being in the mix, there was a point in the song where I forgot it wasn't him on drums.

Very nicely done, that earned my pre-order.

P.S.: I GOT TICKETS TO SEE THEM IN WASHINGTON THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!

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Merkaba

Im excited about the new Sabbath stuff. They probably arent at that point in their career where they feel the need to push the boundaries or anything but its nice to hear from the band that has done so much for metal.

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ted23

I like it and preordered the deluxe set because of it. Can't wait to hear the whole thing!

Plankton

After 1 listen through, I like it. Very familiar and endearing to me. They have their formula, and it still works. The only crit I have is that Tony's solo was a bit thin sounding. Dunno, could be that I haven't listened to BS in quite a while now, and this has motivated me to make a compilation CD with this kicking it off. Looking forward to the release in it's entirety.

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BastardofYoung

Another new one. Live, but still good enough to hear it:

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blackdragon123

I really enjoyed this single. It's refreshing to hear Ozzy's voice sound as grizzled and as raw as it does. To accuse Sabbath of engaging in cliche is a little bit laughable in itself. Butler's lyrics have always been limited to a few choice themes, this is evident all the way through the 70s, if the lyrics adopted the philosophical ambitions of Pink Floyd, the same people would accuse Sabs of being pretentious. I'm excited to see what else 13 will have to offer, i just hope the majority of fans can look beyond the "no Bill, no Sabbath" mantra and appreciate good music for what it is

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The Batlord

His voice sounds like balls. It's sounded like balls for years. He might not be singing like he does on his solo stuff but his voice is just as blown.

'Nuff said.

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blackdragon123

I did say that Butler's lyrics had always been confined to a few choice themes...and on that note, what exactly do you want Ozzy to sing about? It's the metal community that has made it so Sabbath could never write another 'Sabbra Cadabra' or 'Planet Caravan'. It's become so nostalgic that Sabbath are now an archetype. If they wrote 'feel so happy since I met that girl, when we're making love its simply out of this world" they'd be panned by fans as turning queer and becoming a pop band. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't. Metal fans have made it that way

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