Album Rating: 4.0

Great stuff.



Sign of the Southern Cross is one of my fav Sabbath song

Album Rating: 4.5

BUT LATELY I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST GONNA RAIN

Album Rating: 3.5

The Sign of the Southern Cross is such a damn banger. I'm not really the biggest fan of Dio era Sabbath tbh but I can jam that track all damn day

Voodoo riff rules

On Sign of... you can tell how different Appice is from Ward.

Album Rating: 5.0

IDK why I didn't have this at 5/5, it's their best.



And yeah, sign of the southern cross is in the pantheon of greatest metal tracks ever imo.

Album Rating: 4.5

excited to get to the dio era. very high expectations. gotta get through the technical and never say die first.

TE might be a grower. I didn't think too much of it, but it's pretty enjoyable imo.

Album Rating: 5.0

it's not bad at all, just comes after a disgusting string of 5/5 albums

Good stuff.

Album Rating: 4.5

Both rule



I prefer heaven and hell but liking this more is not an outrageous opinion

Album Rating: 4.5

Also it's a hard call



Ozzy had a certain dark atmosphere to his vocals but Dio just sounds like an ancient God



They're both awesome, but I always prefer Dio

Album Rating: 5.0

BS is just a totally different beast with Ozzy and Dio imo, hard to compare at all.



I think you can compare Dio and Tony much easier, but even then there's an obvious drop in quality of songs, despite (imo) Tony's vocals being better.

Album Rating: 4.5

man this rips hard too. i do like that this is a little more riff based than h&h but this is probably just a touch lesser due to it being second. slipping away is the only eh song on here. southern cross, edge of the world and over and over are all top tier sabbath. voodoo and country girl have those great traditional iommi riffs. and turn up the night is a really fun energetic opener. need some more spins for sure but h&h clears by a touch probably due to the t/t which is one of the goat songs.

Dio was in a class of his own vocally (Tate is my #1, but Dio certainly was one of the greats) but the Ozzy era had more of a doomier emphasis.

I'm fond of all Sabbath's first 10, but generally prefer the doominess of the Ozzy Era.

Though I used to say I preferred Dio long ago.

Album Rating: 4.5

Fuck yeah! Love this album



Absolutely no one is like Dio. Russel Allen comes close sometimes imo, but actually not really at all because Dio is a fucking God

Album Rating: 4.5

they both fit perfectly for what each album is going for. pretty mood dependent for me which i prefer i think. at least for now. love these two dio albums but now i do crave the more doomy heaviness of ozzy. i've only been jamming sabbath for a few months lol so who knows how they will age with me. now i'm going into completely uncharted waters, no clue what to expect.

Album Rating: 4.5

Hell yeah, both Ozzy and Dio are fantastic



Heaven & Hell is still my favorite, but self titled and Paranoid are not too far behind.



They have so many good albums, its ridiculous.

Album Rating: 4.5

dude it's nuts lol. didn't expect me to love them all basically equally. i think they hit their sweet spot between prog, doom and rock on sabbath bloody sabbath for me personally. i really dig their prog influenced stuff. but i think i can see myself returning to heaven and hell the most because like you said dio is just incomparable.

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh yeah Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is amazing as well



Sabbath is one of those bands where you could tell me your favorite album is like one of 8 albums and I'd understand every choice

Album Rating: 4.5

absolutely. you dig the martin era at all? i'm very interested because like i said i have no idea what to expect.