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- Summary: The members of Black Sabbath (without Ozzy Osboune) return as Heaven & Hell to release its first album under the name.
- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Rock, Metal
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The Weight | |
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(Robbie Robertson) [Originally by The Band] I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead; I just need some place where I can lay my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 6 out of 13
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Mixed: 7 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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While the Osbourne-fronted and Dio-fronted versions of Black Sabbath are, again, very different bands, this is an album that matches its moment every bit as perfectly as "Paranoid" did back in 1970.
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Shockingly good but reassuringly gimmick-free, The Devil You Know is not only the best Dio or Sabbath release in over a decade but a front-runner for heavy metal album of the year.
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Sure enough, we know these devils: they're the ones who make so many latter-day metal bands look like hopeless poseurs.
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Q MagazineIts supulchral riffs, histrionic vocals and ludicrous lyrics are all comfortingly familiar. Something unexpected wouldn't have gone amiss, mind. [Jul 2009, p.117]
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Heaven and Hell excel at ye olde power-dungeon plod. Too bad Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler's most churning riffs tend to last mere seconds, before getting buried under attention-deficit arrangements and Dio's theatrical mythopoeia--which gets tiring when so many songs exceed six minutes.
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They do their best to distance themselves from Actual Sabbath, but too often it’s by slouching through their Satanic netherworld, Dio’s cabaret bludgeoned down by lurching riffs and over-egged orchestration.
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UncutNow 29 years on, The Devil You Know can't quite muster that kind of muscle [heard in Black Sabbath's "Heaven And Hell"]. [Jul 2009, p.88]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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NovemberHAug 4, 2009
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JamesHMay 5, 2009
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FelipePApr 29, 2009Fantastic return of Dio!
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LeonOct 4, 2009Masterpiece!
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LeeSApr 30, 2009
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mattfMay 6, 2009Overall a great outing for a classic lineup, not perfect but a treat for Sabbath fans and all metal fans.
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BobRMay 4, 2009
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