While Dio is usually a great singer, I do not like his vocals on this release. Rather, they created here a much more contemporary and 'trashy' sound in a very misguided attempt to achieve greater commercial success again. On Dehumanizer, however, his role is reduced considerably with the album hardly having any keyboards at all.ĭespite having the same line up as Mob Rules Dehumanizer does not sound like that early 80's album, however.
#BLACK SABBATH DEHUMANIZER FULL#
Even if Nicholls never was recognized as a full member of the band (despite participating on every studio album from Heaven And Hell onwards as well as following the band on tour), he played an important part of the sound of the band's 80's albums. Black Sabbath himself, Tony Iommi - the only survivor from the previous line up(s). Keyboard player Geoff Nicholls is - apart from Mr. The line up involved here is the same as that responsible for Mob Rules which means a return of Ronnie James Dio and Vinnie Appice as well as original member Geezer Butler. We find here a rather 'dehumanized' band. The passage quoted above from After All (The Dead) describes this album quite well, I think what did they do with the band's soul? It indeed seems to be 'lying there busted'! This passage probably also reflects how Tony Martin must have felt when he was kicked out of the band. Vocalist Tony Martin was thrown out of the band as were all of the progressive tendencies of the Tony Martin-era. Tony Iommi wanted to gain more mainstream recognition so he decided to make radical changes in both the line up and the musical direction of the band. However, they were not very commercially successful. The much underrated Tony Martin-era was in my opinion musically very successful. 'What do they do with your soul, Is it just lying there busted, When did you lose all control, Is there someone to be trusted?' Posted Tuesday, Octo| Review this album | Report (Review #146560) I'm hesitant in terms of rating : one or two stars ? Three out of ten really. If oneĮxcludes "The Eternal Idol", this album is their poorest score in the UK charts so far: it will reach the 28th spot. Just on par with most of their work after "Sabotage" (1975). This album is not as bad as "Headless Cross" (their nadir really). Great riff of course but almost no killing soli liked he used to play. "I"Īnd "Buried Alive" do belong to the poorest "Sabbath" output. But the last two tracks are just unbearable. It is not a great song but "Sabbath" has already produced worse than that. "Too Late" is a bit different : it starts almost acoustic and has a crescendo building structure. The super heavy metal in all its splendour. It sounds as a lethal weapon which could destroy anything on earth. Dio is yelling all the time and it is all too boring at the end. "Time Machine" illustrates this fact brilliantly. Another of the good songs from this album (which won't feature that many). Great guitar work, strong riff but even melodic at times. It's a pity because a song as "Master Of Insanity" really suffers from this. Sounds as if he is forcing his voice all the way through.
I am not really charmed with Dio's work here. The straight and easily accessible hard-rock is performed this is my fave.
"After All" and "Letters From Earth" are perfect examples of this heavy come-back but the latter is pretty weak. At least "Sabbath" will renew with the heavy genre which they almost forgot since "Born Again" released in 1983
Dio is back for this release, but it won'tīe a masterpiece. Let's be honest : the late eighties / early nineties are not really the best of "Sabbath" years.
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