![]() In truth, Sabbath have some making up to do on 13, and of course, Iommi, Osbourne and Butler want to end the band’s reign on a high note. And the last studio album under the Black Sabbath banner, 1995’s Forbidden, was a cringe-worthy calamity. However, outside of that, it’s been a mixed bag, with a few great songs and some utter disasters. The band’s years with Ronnie James Dio on vocals resulted in two fantastic full-lengths in Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules, and Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, and bassist Geezer Butler’s recordings under the Heaven and Hell moniker for 2009’s The Devil You Know album showed plenty of creative spark. #BLACK SABBATH 13 FULL#Fact is, Sabbath’s history is already full of missteps, and lackluster albums. Some might say we don’t need another Sabbath LP at all, that all the low-end frights and ferociousness that we require were delivered on the band’s early albums, and that, in the end, the risk of the band embarrassing itself on an album this late in its career is too great. So there’s unfinished business, for the band at least. The last time Osbourne howled on a Sabbath full-length (see the dreck of 1978’s Never Say Die) the result was riven by inter-band turmoil, seeing Osbourne’s unceremonious exit from the band soon after. ![]() Combine that with Sabbath’s stated desire to return to its roots on 13 and things get even more promising. Obviously, with the band’s latest release being the first Ozzy Osbourne-fronted album in 35 years, a fond sense of nostalgia is there - forming a large part of the pre-release anticipation for die-hard fans. There’s a slew of factors that will likely have tainted or heightened your expectations around the arrival of Black Sabbath’s new album, 13. ![]()
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