I just built this all Black Sabbath volume 4 based skateboard thought if anyone would appreciate it they’d be on here. Volume 4 bearings by Bronson, volume 4 wheels by OJ wheels and the volume 4 deck straight from the sabbath website. ✌️P.S: Greatest album of all time
Was lucky enough to get the new BLS cd thats autographed by Zak and band. It's hanging between my Michael Jackson and Sopranos cast autographs...
Anyone else got a chance to see Zak Sabbath yet? We chose to watch them over the headliners the Foo Fighters and do not regret it at all. They put on a great show! I use to go annually to Ozzfest so chanting ozzy and getting to hear these songs live again was a great feeling.
God bless Ozzy Osbourne!
I heard a song that the video credited as war pigs, but like line went generals gathered in their mountains instead of the usual version. I tried to Google it, but it just told me I was wrong, and it was only about 10 seconds of song. Maybe it's real, maybe I'm just going crazy. And, no it's not warplurgis, I already checked.
I just ran across a live version of Elf covering War Pigs and it was sooooo good. I am now interested in listening more of Dio's live songs, and I'd like to know if there's any album on spotify that I should check first. Or any recommendations you guys have on Dio-Sabbath-Ozzy-Live lore.
I think we fans struggle against landing on "Parnoid" as the ultimate Black Sabbath album, each of us desiring to pick something that speaks to us more directly.
But the fact is, objectively, "Paranoid" is wall-to-wall Sabbath at their Charter, keeping some of the Pagan vibes from the first album and adding to the element of "Scary" music with evocative song structure, riffage and really 100% in-the-pocket musicianship, not to mention PEAK Analogue engineering...sounds like it was recorded yesterday....AND has the added benefit of having their greatest hit, and some of the most universally known Riffs of all time.
"Sabotage" will always be my favorite, but I think I am not going to say it's their best anymore. They grew away from their mission, the audience became, as Spinal Tap's Manager might say, "More selective." (Me. They selected me.)
Also, as much as I enjoy all eras of Sabbath, and always used to say Dio/Ozzy eras are equal(ish)....truly there is something above and beyond with Ozzy. Truly unique, meant to be, and magical.
Dio Sabbath is essentially a continuation of Rainbow. Which is awesome in it's own right, but it's just not what Sabbath originally was.
Photo taken in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom (June 17, 1992)
I do not believe it's an incredibly outlandish thing to say.
Dio brought magic and dragons and knights and all of his stock harmonies to Black Sabbath.
***I am not saying those are bad or undesireable things***
However, there can be little argument that he brought these things directly from Rainbow as his tricks of the trade.
The remaining Sabbs adjusted to rise up to what Dio was accustomed to.
If you pulled someone off the street and played them LLRR and then played them HH and asked them if they were different bands, a good deal of them would say no.
Blackmore is a bit more technical and flashier, Iommi is obviously heavier.....but overall, it's the same vibe with the same voice and the same worldview.
Mind you, it was followed up by Into the Void and Hole in the Sky, but damn.
Made this transmedia collage using footage of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath performing War Pigs at The End Tour, 2017. Woven together with clips from Häxan, Triumph of the Will, The Wizard of Oz, Fantasia, and news imagery of contemporary warfare. Direct, unambiguous protest against war.
Want to do it in ages finally got the design done!
Henry the flying fairy 🧚♂️
My fave song Fairies Wear Boots in the posture of Henry!