BastardofYoung

Well, we were talking in the Black Sabbath album thread about how the belief is this won't be their best album yet. Which of course is a given.

But what do you think of their new single?

See most versions of the song without the "I Heart Radio on Demand" thing intact were removed. But I am sure you can find it, do your own searching.

I am just happy I extracted the audio from the video before it was deleted. haha.


Anyway. I think it is a good single, not great.. could easily fit on an Ozzy solo album and be just as good. Doesn't scream Black Sabbath to me as much as I thought it would. But I still think it is a decent enough track.

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BastardofYoung

Okay, here is one without that annoying I Heart Radio ad.

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SATCHMO

Definitely not bad for a band with almost 45 years under their belt.

Engine

This song sounds as phoned in as possible. I'm just as excited to hear a new Aerosmith or Rolling Stones album (i.e. not even slightly).

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Cuthbert

Fuck me, that's wank

ZiggyStardust

Do you suggest anything better? This is Black Sabbath, bear in mind, not some upbeat Herman's Hermits. Please suggest a reason for why it is ''wank.''

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Cuthbert

Just a load of cliches over a shit melody.

jackhammer

Kind of ironic as they created the cliches in the first place!

The middle section is killer and let's not forget that for anyone under 35 that's your grandfather banging out that sound and how cool would that be?

Put into context though there are two main problems with the track, Bill Ward is missing. The guy somehow played his drum tracks behind the main riff and not along with it and his drum sound is definitely missing. The drum track is far too clean. Ward's snare sound almost sounded like a bass drum at times and that heavy thud is sorely missed. However, a band that is well over 40 years old making a decent stab of it is something to be commended and if they deviated massively from their sound there would be a lot more fans crying sell out or hating them for trying something new so they they are oddly in a lose lose situation.

I would still rather hear this than the latest Rolling Stones album and it's OK for them to churn out 6th hand Blues riffs and demand £250 for a ticket when they play live.

Bring back Bill Ward and simplify the production and Sabbath can still knock your socks off (I Hope!)

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ThatBlueFluffyDude

Ok hate me if you please but to be quite frank, this is the only Sabbath song I felt was boring. The song is way to long for what it is. To me it screams a rip off of Black Sabbath the song, but incredibly slow and bland. It may be a grower though, it definitely sounds like something that would grow on me. I was quite shocked to realize that Ozzy voice was low xD I completely forgot about all his solo stuff going into the song and forgot it's been quite a long time since these guys made a song together.

Norg

I like almost everything Sabbath ****z out so im game