Bet they were just waiting for 2013 to roll around so they could name their album 13 and just be that metal.

Brad Wilk dafuq

Wow. That album title is pathetic.

Ha, "13". The easiest title they could have ever picked.And they did.

Is anyone actually expecting anything good from this latest release? I mean, I know it has Sabbath, Iommi and Butler, but who's to say they won't split up before recording even?

Ah, who am I kidding? I can't bloody wait for the new album.

I'm actually quite optimistic about this. Iommi can still write a riff.

Megasabbath

They were amazing at Download Festival last summer, so my expectations are high

brad wilk is a solid drummer but i would never have seen him playing with sabbath wtf. also i have no idea what to expect but as long as iommi's riffin this could be alright

Swear the title was announced a while back? Anyway, seriously looking forward to this!

omg the second worst album title ever

the first one is Th1rt3en

Brad Wilk is a good choice, even if an odd one. Now let's see him perform those awesome lazy fills!

Glad I got to see the classic Sabbath lineup at least once. Bill Ward was a huge hero of mine when I was a young aspiring drummer.

Wilk is decent, not sure if he'll pull off Bill's nuances but I'm sure he can hold it down. I'm expecting the drums to be a bit "heavier" with his addition.

Hell yes!!! I can't wait!

Brad Wilk is a really odd choice though.

Hey, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath. Maybe Led Zeppelin should release an album too.

Surprised by their choice of drummer. Hopefully this will be good.

"Maybe Led Zeppelin should release an album too."
yeah, and then i would lose all respect for three of my fav bands instead of two

"yeah, and then i would lose all respect for three of my fav bands instead of two"

haha. Come on Viper, they might be descent.

Nah Wilk's a great drummer. Album's gonna suck.

wait i thought descent wasnt a good thing?
anyway, they might be, but i really doubt it

they picked brad wilk only because he is practically an anagram of bill ward

lol

english metal masters

masters of english metal

^^^ Masters of Reality.

whoa check this guy

Hopefully this will be decent.

album title sucks real hard

Hopefully it's better than Megadeath's Th1rt3en.

"Hopefully it's better than Megadeath's Th1rt3en."
lol a comment on the news post in my country said the excat same thing

They call their 19th album 13. Oh, the irony.

Probably the Most generic title they could have chosen

agreed the title is stupid, worse then the new Killswitch Engage song names.

Wilk is a groove machine so I think he should be a good fit. The album title, however, is as lazy as it gets.

they picked brad wilk only because he is practically an anagram of bill ward

And my head just exploded

well this is something i suppose

They have 18 albums, I don't think they can count

Rather than getting focused on the album title...new Sabbath...just be happy with that. Naysayers go home. Wilk is definitely an odd choice but always loved his drumming, so should be pretty interesting hearing what this'll sound like.

if it sucks, it sucks, if it rules, it rules

i just hope they come 2 atlanta

Wilk is NOT a good drummer. Prepare for nothing but crash cymbal the entire album!

Wilk's a decent drummer.

Could be good, but that album title is saddening.

Ozzy rap rock song on the album called "2 4ar Gon" with special guest Geoff Tate. In all honesty, I am looking forward to this. I know Iommi still has amazing riffs to be played, and auto-tine/pro-tools can make Ozzy sound fine on record.

im cautiously optimistic

agreed

he must have been the cheapest drummer they could get. album title sucks

yeah i cant get over how bad it is

it's like megadeth's th1rte3n. horrible

Wilk is a great drummer

The three new Dio/Iommi tracks on the end of the Dio Years comp ruled, and then The Devil You Know also ruled. If they keep doing their heavy, doomy, early-Sabbath style on this record as well, high chance it will also rule. Or at least be decent and not legacy-ruining.

as long as its like a high 3-3.5 ill be happy

Rage Against the Sabbath, this is probably gonna be dull.

riffs plz

I admit I'll be surprised if I give it anything more than 3-3.5

hope this is their Endgame, that would be sweet.

If this beats Forbidden, I'll be impressed.

Wow pathetic album title. Megadeth just did that. But Brad Wilk is way better than that guy who played a bunch of shows with them recently.

Johnny Clufetos?

Lame, lame album title. Doubt it will be good...

13, huh? 13? Really?

Ugh.

While I'm somewhat stoked over the idea of a new Sabbath album, they should have picked a better title. Not only because Megadeth already called their newest album Thirteen as well, but the fact that 13 is a boring and lazy choice. I would be fine with just about anything else provided it's not cheesy.

it's just hard to see them all deciding on 13 as the title. Iommi going "yeah, 13 is awesome".

Hmm album title is "13", Bill Ward leaves the band and it's 2013 not 1970 hmmm I...don't...know maybe i'll give this album a shot...MAYBE!

I wanna know how the hell they came to the decision for the new drummer. What the fuu?

We'll see, but my expectations are pretty low, tbh. Brad Wilk as drummer has me intiuged.

stupid album title

The amount of people complaining about the album title is not surprising. Because everyone knows an album with a shitty title will automatically suck. And to be honest they could have gotten a potato to fill in on drums. Nobody ever raved about the drumming in Sabbath.

I agree that the title is lame but let's not judge a book by its cover.

"Nobody ever raved about the drumming in Sabbath"

Interesting point actually! I always thought that the only player to stand out in Black Sabbath (the 70's line-up that is) was Tony Iommi. I mean, apart from his work on 'Rat Salad', Bill Ward wasn't that unique at all.

Bill Ward
Will Bard
Will Brad
Brad Will
Add a typo and it's Brad Wilk.

That is how Black Sabbath got Brad.

Album title is really bad. I hope this album contains a lot of good songs.

Iommi and Butler are the only interesting people on this album. They should have raised the A7X drummer from the dead and have him be the drummer. That would be metal.

If they were going to bring someone back from the dead to be in their band, don't you think they would've picked Dio?

Did everyone just forget about "The Devil You Know"? From what I can tell it's gonna be that with Ozzy and Bruce but replace the doom with bluesy metal...
Okay, bad explanation. I'm looking forward to it still.

unlucky?

Makemebad35, Ithink that's what they were going for. Unlucky 13, they know a lot of people are going to be leery of a new record, they're going to beat luck.....yadda, yadda, yadda. I'm interested in seeing what Wilk does for it, but it will probably be old dudes trying to act like young dudes.

I'd be shocked if this anything better than a 3.

I feel disrespected by Sabbath even naming this album 13

It's got Butler, so I really don't fucking care if the rest of the band sucks, long as he's jamming I'm happy.

The album title ruined most of my optimism, cause Megadeth's 13 was a big let down for me...

"The album title ruined most of my optimism, cause Megadeth's 13 was a big let down for me..."

I don't see how you can base the quality of an album on similar album titles...

Because "Lest We Forget the Best of Marilyn Manson" is totally at the same level as "Lest We Forget the Best of Blood on the Dance Floor" right?

Of course!

Totally exactly the same things. This will be a 2.5/5 because Mustaine ruins everything.

Blur's "13" was pretty good.