YES, boys & girls, the new Black Sabbath album with Ozzy sounds like Black Sabbath.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

No Bill Ward, by his own choice (drums are courtesy of former Rage Against The Machine member Brad Wilk).

But there is no shortage of Tommi Iommi riffs or solos, and Ozzy is almost subdued in comparison to some of the excesses of his solo career. When you put it on, it sounds like you're listening to a Sabbath album, not former Sabbath members trying to sound like Sabbath again.

[cyberswede]

1. And it's streaming free on iTunes!

I like it.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Black-Sabbaths-13-streaming-on-iTunes&nItemID=66792

[Initech]

2. I've heard "God Is Dead?" on XM lately and can definitely confirm this.

Between this, Steven Wilson, and the new Queens Of The Stone Age, choosing a rock album of the year will be extremely difficult!

[OriginalGeek]

3. I thought God is Dead was a little slow

but I bet it will sound immense live...which I will find out in Tampa at the end of July.


Imma go check if the whole album is still streaming online...haven't heard anything else but GiD...


Oh...iTunes...meh.

[MrSlayer]

4. I think God is Dead is boring as hell.

But I'm going to see them for sure.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. God Is Dead wasn't my favorite track either...

...the album sounds like a Sabbath album, though. There are plenty of Iommi riffs and leads and other than "G.I.D." there are several places where you will go "oh YEAH."