Post by julesd68 on Sept 14, 2022 19:49:30 GMT
OMG - how on earth does he do it??
Ozzy obviously still has the desire to make classic hard rock music in spite of all his issues. The pulsating Gothic horror of Patient Number 9 with Jeff Beck was the lead single and a killer opener which sets expectations firmly high, whilst the epic riff and sentiment of Immortal (featuring Pearl Jam's Mike McCready) makes me just want more. Then Tony Iommi absolutely *crushes it* with his riffing and solo on No Escape From Now - it's a wonderfully old school vibe, superbly produced. Clapton appears on One of those Days with a 60's /70's inspired romp and despite my general disdain for EC, it 's surprisingly heavy and just works!
I'm delighted to see Zakk Wylde back in the studio with Ozzy after not featuring on the previous outing. Listen to the boy getting down and dirty on Mr Darkness and Nothing Feels Right; just a *HUGE* guitar tone, everything set to 11 of course and his solo on the latter track digs so deep. Evil Shuffle has a prime 70's Sabbath influence and structure but ironically it's Zakk, not Tony on six string duty here and he delivers with interest.
It's a more cohesive and satisfyingly heavier album than the very decent predecessor, Ordinary Man. Pretty much all at mid tempo, I would have loved a couple of up tempo screamers but such is the quality of the songs here, it's difficult to complain ... The standard of musicianship throughout is just off the scale as you might expect - the bass so fat, dirttty and heavy, the drumming so on point, with contributions from the likes of Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan and the late Taylor Hawkins. Lyrically it's light years ahead of his output from the past 20 years or so, even thoughtful and poignant at times ... yikes.
You're wondering if the album's gonna run out of steam but it's just relentlessly strong and hard hitting. Huge credit to producer Andrew Watt for putting it all together and making such a coherent sounding album with so much diverse and legendary talent on show. An exceptionally satisfying effort that for me is amongst his very best.
Ozzy's O2 London show has been postponed three times now and is scheduled for next year - just hope he's fit enough for it to happen, would be awesome to celebrate his music one more time. I live in hope - it's nearly 30 years since I last saw him with a young Zakk Wylde going buck wild. Gawd bless Ozzy.
Ozzy obviously still has the desire to make classic hard rock music in spite of all his issues. The pulsating Gothic horror of Patient Number 9 with Jeff Beck was the lead single and a killer opener which sets expectations firmly high, whilst the epic riff and sentiment of Immortal (featuring Pearl Jam's Mike McCready) makes me just want more. Then Tony Iommi absolutely *crushes it* with his riffing and solo on No Escape From Now - it's a wonderfully old school vibe, superbly produced. Clapton appears on One of those Days with a 60's /70's inspired romp and despite my general disdain for EC, it 's surprisingly heavy and just works!
I'm delighted to see Zakk Wylde back in the studio with Ozzy after not featuring on the previous outing. Listen to the boy getting down and dirty on Mr Darkness and Nothing Feels Right; just a *HUGE* guitar tone, everything set to 11 of course and his solo on the latter track digs so deep. Evil Shuffle has a prime 70's Sabbath influence and structure but ironically it's Zakk, not Tony on six string duty here and he delivers with interest.
It's a more cohesive and satisfyingly heavier album than the very decent predecessor, Ordinary Man. Pretty much all at mid tempo, I would have loved a couple of up tempo screamers but such is the quality of the songs here, it's difficult to complain ... The standard of musicianship throughout is just off the scale as you might expect - the bass so fat, dirttty and heavy, the drumming so on point, with contributions from the likes of Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan and the late Taylor Hawkins. Lyrically it's light years ahead of his output from the past 20 years or so, even thoughtful and poignant at times ... yikes.
You're wondering if the album's gonna run out of steam but it's just relentlessly strong and hard hitting. Huge credit to producer Andrew Watt for putting it all together and making such a coherent sounding album with so much diverse and legendary talent on show. An exceptionally satisfying effort that for me is amongst his very best.
Ozzy's O2 London show has been postponed three times now and is scheduled for next year - just hope he's fit enough for it to happen, would be awesome to celebrate his music one more time. I live in hope - it's nearly 30 years since I last saw him with a young Zakk Wylde going buck wild. Gawd bless Ozzy.