Sabbath - The Dio years

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I love "Heaven and Hell" and "Mob rules". I'd put them easily in my top 30 Metal albums ever. No filler. All killer. I've yet to get "Live evil", but looking on YouTube, you could see Ronnie could do great versions of the Ozzy era too.
My favourite Ronnie track with Sabbath is "Sign of the southern cross". It's just a absolute beast. The riff in the middle is monstrous. Iommi really excels on this track.
One track that's really overlooked is "Walk away " from "Heaven and Hell".
Fast forward to "Dehumanizer" in '92. I thought it was badly produced. "I" is great, but the rest is very brickwalled. Puzzling why they chose it to be like that.
I couldn't quite get into the "The Devil you know "album, when they changed their name to Heaven and Hell. "Bible black " was OK, but the rest sounded disjointed.

[Steve]

Give Dehumanizer a few listens and a bit of time. It'll grow on you. I didn't like it at all when I first heard it, and now I rate it above Mob Rules.

Heaven And Hell is my favourite Sabbath album of all time. They made magic when Dio first joined. I'm so thankful I got to see that lineup live in 2007.

Edit to add: If you're going to listen to Live Evil, be sure to get the 40th anniversary remix. The original sounds like absolute cack and it's one of the reasons RJD left for the first time in 82.

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Dec 7, 2023 18:45:38 GMT -5 Steve said:

Give Dehumanizer a few listens and a bit of time. It'll grow on you. I didn't like it at all when I first heard it, and now I rate it above Mob Rules.

Heaven And Hell is my favourite Sabbath album of all time. They made magic when Dio first joined. I'm so thankful I got to see that lineup live in 2007.

Edit to add: If you're going to listen to Live Evil, be sure to get the 40th anniversary remix. The original sounds like absolute cack and it's one of the reasons RJD left for the first time in 82.

Thanks for heads up