wooof.
serious nostalgia here

manos
Is this the end of the beginning?
Or the beginning of the end?

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh man, I refuse to even think like that. But you know, the closer you get to the meaning the sooner you'll know that you're dreaming.

Dad's favourite band, now one of my favourites too. We used to play knee-rugby league on the loungeroom carpet when I was seven years old, I'd put Paranoid on and go crazy. Good times.

Your dad is a great man.

the band that made me fall in love with heavy metal. when I was like 13, my friend's older brother gave me a CD with bunch of random metal songs, but none of them really clicked with me until N.I.B. came along. I probably listened to that song 10 times in a row that day. one of the greatest and most influential bands in history, and one I can listen to whenever and enjoy it just like I did years ago.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yup, this is the band that got me into heavy metal too. Deep Purple was my introduction to heavy music but until then, I had no interest to look for other stuff. Then I got a copied cassette of Iron Man — The Best of Black Sabbath from a friend, watched the video clip of "Fear of the Dark" and Motorhead's "Killed by Death" and the rest is history.

Album Rating: 3.5

I was lucky enough to see them on the tour for 13 as well as this one. I have to say though, as great as it was the last time, they did seem to be going through the motions a bit.

I remember seeing Maiden's "Flight of Icarus", Motorhead's "Killed by Death" and that's how I got into metal too. I was like... 10

Album Rating: 4.0

"Killed by Death" has such a cool vid.

50 years. Fuck. The passage of time is a terrible reality.

i hope the iommi machine never runs out of fuel

Album Rating: 4.0

"Black Sabbath’s final concert is far from what I dreamt of; I always hoped that Dio would be part of it as he is a significant part of the band’s history."



dude you know I love you , but this statement is an abomination.



concert is good, especially the fact that there are so little well recorded shows from them

Dio was an insignificant speck of dust compared to Ozzy.

Album Rating: 4.0

ok live experience with them,



ozzfest 99-00 cant remember, what I do remember is BS blowing the doors off all the other younger acts. played into the void, got a drumm stick, no not from Ward from one of the idiots from SLipknot, the dude with the dildo nose, gave it to the kid next to me,

lmao

Your odds of catching a drumstick are much higher with Slipknot than any other band.

Album Rating: 4.0

"dude you know I love you , but this statement is an abomination."



haha love your perseverance wham. Also love how the whole Dio-Sabbath thing can start a conversation but as long as Iommi plays the guitar under the Sabbath moniker, it's Sabbath to me. Iommi himself has said that Dio's vocal range helped him write new and diverse material that he couldn't write when Ozzy was in the band so Dio's stint is still an important part of Sabbath for me. Also doesn't hurt that Dio was the greatest metal vocalist.

Manos is preaching the truth

There will never be another song so powerful in the genre as Walpurgis. End of story.

great review manos m/

will never forget seeing these guys live in 2014. likely the most thrilling metal show i've ever seen, and will be hard to top.

Album Rating: 4.0

"Iommi himself has said that Dio's vocal range helped him write new and diverse material that he couldn't write when Ozzy was in the band"



He also thought that TE was a step forward for the band, so maybe too far in the Forrest to know



Tony's riffing was also stifled a bit by the DIo experience.



Also, as far as this show, the inclusion of Behind the Wall, is great however sadly underwhelming, because of the missing of the swinging jazz drumming of the king, Ward