While I don't have that strong of a judgement, I'm going to have to kind of agree with Trollheart on this, and I will say that Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules showed that Dio's style was right for a band who had to get rid of their original lead singer that lost it by 1978 - a move that seriously saved both the band and Ozzy when you look at the results. Look at who else took the mic - Ian Gillan was a good vocalist for Deep Purple and Gillan, but only OK for Sabbath and the others who followed in his path like Glenn Hughes and Tony Martin were professional but not too distinctive. Although I am more of a Classic Era Sabbath listener, I will give credit to Dio for actually having what it takes for their style. Dehimanizer may not be much by comparison to the first four, but it's much preferable to something like Seventh Star.
Although it's a 1992 album, things could have been much worse. That "Black Sabbath With Tony Iommi" Seventh Star era was very worrying in my book.
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