New Black Sabbath album '13'

[Philly Q]

I hope it's better than Megadeth's album of the same name......

I think Megadeth's 13 is a great album!

I have to be totally honest, Alex, I've never even heard Megadeth's 13. :oops:  I have all their other albums, but I haven't liked the last few and I'm not at all a fan of Chris Broderick.  I was just seizing an opportunity for a bit of gratuitous bitching....

[Toe-Knee]

I hope it's better than Megadeth's album of the same name......

I think Megadeth's 13 is a great album!

I have to be totally honest, Alex, I've never even heard Megadeth's 13. :oops:  I have all their other albums, but I haven't liked the last few and I'm not at all a fan of Chris Broderick.  I was just seizing an opportunity for a bit of gratuitous bitching....

I feel the same regarding Broderick. I also disliked Grover but i appreciate him a lot more now that we have Brodericks tasteless playing in the band. No feel at all.

In regards to 13 i wanted to like it. I really did but the entire album just seems like filler apart from the tracks that were old demos from past albums. Oh and public enemy number one which is just a rehash of the system has failed era

[blue]

a brief snippet of music and a look at the new album's cover.  actrually sounds quite promising


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4p86ALnIzo

[Philly Q]

Yeah, it sounds good - but impossible to draw any conclusions!  :lol:

Speaking of classic (albeit slightly more youthful) melodic metal, I'm looking forward to the new Spiritual Beggars album in a couple of weeks.

[gwEm]

I was quite excited to watch this.. but as Philly says, nothing of value is revealed!!

[blue]

Ah, but it's all to build the anticipation, isn't it? ;)

it's slightly concerning to me that two of the albums i'm most looking forward to this year are by Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.  The only other one i can think of are Monster Magnet, who have "only" been going about 25 years

[Philly Q]

it's slightly concerning to me that two of the albums i'm most looking forward to this year are by Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.  The only other one i can think of are Monster Magnet, who have "only" been going about 25 years

No cause for concern there!  I still like to think I'm maintaining a tenuous link with the modern world by being into Clutch. :lol:

Do you actually like the Morse-era Deep Purple?  I've got a few of the albums but can never really get into them, they've moved away from hard rock but it's not exactly prog, it's..... I don't know what  :? .  I've heard the new album is "going to be good", but who knows really.....

And Monster Magnet!  It's ages since I listened to them.  Loved the first few albums, but I've gradually lost interest since the turn of the century.

[juansolo]

Love Magnet. I think their only weak album is God Says No, and it ain't bad. Mastermind is really strong and worth a buy.

As is Earth Rocker from Clutch for those that haven't picked it up yet. Bwaaahahahahahaha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYcbEidtK5c

[Stevepage]

I hope it's better than Megadeth's album of the same name......

I was going to type the same thing. I had a listen to that recently because I couldn't remember just how bad it was and yeah.....it's truly awful.

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Their new single God Is Dead is actually pretty good. Don't like the vocals, but Tony's playing is, as always, fantastic. Love a few of the riffs. Geezer sounds great too, and Brad isn't bad. The mix is actually very good, I love the amount of Geezer I'm hearing. No need to fret, this won't be a Death Magnetic sequel for Rubin. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

[Jamie]

Their new single God Is Dead is actually pretty good

After the 6 minute mark it got interesting, everything before that bored the cr@p out of me.

[gwEm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVfUimq2KeI&feature=player_embedded#!

theres a youtube link for it.

you can hear the autotune on Ozzy's voice I reckon, sucks the life out of it in my opinion.. the middle part of the track is a little boring i think, but overall its not bad!

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Their new single God Is Dead is actually pretty good

After the 6 minute mark it got interesting, everything before that bored the cr@p out of me.

Definitely picked up the pace a bit when they switched to that really swinging riff, wish they woulda used it more. Had a really cool "Fairies Wear Boots" feel to it, and that's one of my favorite Sabbath tunes. I feel like Brad coulda done better in that part though, Bill definitely had more of a jazzy, swingy feel to him.

[richard]

Just listened to the single. Vocals sound weird. Bill sorely missed. Reminds me of hearing Doom and Gloom by The Stones - not bad but kind of tired sounding and not a patch on the glory days. Curious about the rest of the album.

[juansolo]

Ozzy is done, I prefer to remember them as they were: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPSnxkqJtco