Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review

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Sometimes, I like to write reviews in my spare time, And felt like reviewing a classic - Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell. Please, give me some feedback.

Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell

When Ozzy left Black Sabbath, neither the people nor the band could possibly
see how the band would survive. Then, fresh from his walking papers from
Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio was assigned the job to fill the shoes of one of the
greatest front men to ever grace a stage. So...did it work? Hell, yes!

This album is an awakening. Suddenly, the band had a singer that could do
things that Ozzy could not, and a lot of doors opened up. This is pretty much
Black Rainbow, basically. The album starts off with one heck of an anthem,
entitled "Neon Knights"...once you hear that opening riff, you knew
that this album was a winner - Neon Knights is certainly one of Black Sabbath's
fastest and heaviest songs.
Next up is "Children of the Sea"...it is just an amazing song, with
acoustic interludes and one hell of a main riff (all the songs on this album
features riff-work of the highest class!). There is not one weak song on this
album. "Lady Evil" is probably the most Rainbow-like song on this
album...even the lyrics are straight out of that campus. When you listen to it,
especially in the chorus, it really sounds like a good ol' Rock 'n' Roll song,
reminiscent of bands like Grand Funk Railroad - I like it!
Then, there is of course the classic title-track - Again, extremely cool and
catchy main-riffs from Iommi, and Ronnie's signature, ultra-cool vocal
harmonies. Also, a lot of the lesser-known songs like "Wishing Well"
and "Lonely is the Word" are tracks of the highest class. This is really
a ground-breaking album for the Sabbs. Ronnie James Dio sure opened up to the
band, and saved them from falling off the edge of the earth.

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:40 pm

cool review it made me go and listen to it on vinyl straight away and it still kicks ass
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Metal master Age : 24 Joined : 25 Nov 2007 Posts : 708

Thanks, man. Yes, it is a timeless classic!

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:19 pm

youre welcome
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Metal student Age : 16 Joined : 24 Aug 2007 Posts : 189

Great review man. Love that album. Dio is great on both this album and Mob rules with Black sabbath. I bought the Heaven and hell dvd awhile back, and they still are kickin ass to this day.

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Tue May 06, 2008 9:36 pm

they kicked ass when i saw them for sure
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I prefer the Dio era.

Back in January I saw a Sabbath tribute band called Sack Blabbath. I wasn't sure if they'd be doing Dio stuff, as the band is fronted by an Ozzy impersonator. From the start of the set, I kept screaming in between songs MOB RULES!!! After a few songs, the singer mentioned how Sabbath was more than just those early 5/6 albums, pointed to me, and dedicated Mob Rules to me! The opening of that song was actually the most intense head-banging I've ever done! The power of the Dio material is outstanding.

Unusual twists to that show: they played "Zero the Hero", "Bark at the Moon", and "Crazy Train", but they, a Black Sabbath tribute band, didn't play "Black Sabbath".

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Wed May 14, 2008 12:52 pm

thats bizarre not to play black sabbath as its one of their best songs.

i have been listening to live evil a fair bit recently and it is very good but i only have the one disc edition woth none of dios spoken word to the crowd but oh well
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Metal graduate Age : 31 Joined : 30 Dec 2007 Posts : 276

Very good review of a quite stunning album.

As much as I love the Ozzy era Sabbath I have actually always prefered post Ozzy Sabbath as I just love the singers, Dio, Tony Martin and Ian Gillian and they were all far superior singers to Ozzy.

My one true sadness is that the Dio era broke up just as they were getting in their stride. I am sure that If Dio had stuck around and sung on about 5/6 albums without a break then Sabbath would not only have been bigger than they were in the 70's but also I don't think people would talk about the Ozzy era with such rose tinted specs.

Still lets hope the current Heaven & hell line up record a new album.
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Why lackluster? Dehumanizer. If you say that album was anywhere as good as the first 2, then you are lying to yourself.

Take the same 4 men who produced Dehumanizer + 16 years= YUK.

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Thu May 15, 2008 12:25 am

Dehumanizer is the only Black Sabbath album I ever threw away
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I really dig this album. Any Dio Sabbath is great btw.

Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:18 pm

the song heaven and hell is on grand theft auto IV
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Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:38 pm

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IMO Dehumanizer is the best Sabbath album to date.

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Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:26 am

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Heaven and Hell was a nice breath of fresh air after the latter Ozzy-led albums
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Subject: Re: Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell. review Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:59 pm

you can say that again
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