This track also features Laurence Cottle on bass. He was a session musician on the Headless Cross album and he was in the music video too. So technically all the musicians on this track were members of Black Sabbath.
@@DiegoFavaromendeZ geezer would follow the guitar often too, a lot of the early sabbath sound was so heavy because of this. He didnt do ascending/descending lines every song
Even when Bill Ward is playing on a slow song, he always finds a way to make his drumming interesting! Everytime I hear this song I feel like I pick out more and more little things from his playing!
even if Ozzy wasn't singing this one would still sound like Sabbath because it FEELS like Sabbath. because Bill Ward. his feel, his approach, his groove, his swing. and that opening lick. god damn.
So great to hear Bill Ward on a Sabbath related release - which has been a rarity since 1983’s Born Again...what a shame the powers that were to be didn’t align Bill with Sabbath for 2013 album.
Could have graced any Sabbath album featuring the original line-up and would even have made a great extra track with the "13" album if they had rerecorded it. The whole song structure, time changes and of course Ozzy's vocals are the perfect fit. Long live SABBATH!!
Definitely has that doomy, gloomy, unmistakably Sabbath "vibe", I gotta agree, & almost that tritone/"devil's refrain" kinda feel too. I almost get a 'Pavlovian' smell of weed upon hearing the opening chords/notes of any Sabbath song!
Damn that's interesting. "God Is Dead" begins slow paced with a line saying "Is this the end of the beginning?", in this one, 13 years prior, it starts out with a slow pace and a line saying "Is the end beginning?". I wonder if they had a conversation about this song before doing "God Is Dead".
Good Lord, why was this song not bigger? I nearly shit myself, when I heard this! Being a huge sabbath fan, had never heard it! Metal anthem! Bill ward is a incredible drummer, but he playing with Toni, now that was somthing special! Like John Bonham and Jimmy Page! Poetry with out words!
Bill Ward Is Awesome on here you can totally tell that is him that openhighhat and that really heavy crash ride sound the big sick metal chops layered with a good jazz feel. Kind of got a Sabbath Bloody Sabbath feel to it but I mean when this album came out I bought it the day that they released it it's a exceptional album
I truly wished that original Sabbath put out new music when they reunited in 1998 or this time (2000) and this song was the 1st track. It's INCREDIBLE!!
Absolutely. They wasted so much time playing the same songs over and over and over and over again, while they should have made new music. A band that doesn't write new music is basically dead. Obviously Geezer and Tony thought this too, which is why they did the Heaven and Hell thing.
This one sounds like a lost Black Sabbath track as it could been a sequel to Children of the Grave as Ozzy's vocals come from his solo outings as it's got a vibe akin to No More Tears. The bassist is from the 1980s incarnations of Black Sabbath during the Tony Martin years.
@@ElectronicHouseFlash Not true at all. Iommi is Black Sabbath. He is the driving force behind the band that kept it going for decades and made phenomenal albums with really talented singers after Ozzy left. It's all Black Sabbath, just different flavors of Black Sabbath.
@@ElectronicHouseFlash You're an Ozzy and a Dio fan, which is great. For those who are Black Sabbath fans and have followed the band, Tony Iommi is the heart and soul of Black Sabbath.
@Brian Steven Utter nonsense. Tony's riffs are the foundation of Black Sabbath and Iommi was always the principle songwriter. Even the classic members admitted that most songs started with Tony. Also, if you really think Sabbath with Dio is "just another metal band", you likely never truly listened to those records if you want to write it off so blatantly. Sabbath with Dio was the absolute peak of the band, and I'd argue the Heavy Metal genre as a whole in terms of songwriting and performance. Also, if you wanna bring up rhythm sections, while Butler was Sabbath's best bassist no doubt, there's no drummer on the planet, not even Ward, that can top the mighty Cozy Powell's killer work on Headless Cross, Tyr, and Forbidden.
With the REAL Sabbath drummer. Bill Ward not being a part of '13' seriously hurt what could have been. I just could not bring myself to buy the album because of his absence.
@@Purpleskyshorizon Too bad it's excellent. They wanted him, he refused. Why we'll probably never know but the drummer did a really good job. To me it is classic Sabbath and I like it more than at least two original albums from the 70's.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l i believe i read somewhere that Bill Ward refused because contractually, they couldn't get together. Bill was offered a very insultingly low percentage and felt unjustly treated, so he opted out. I have a feeling that evil witch Sharon might've had something to do with that. I wouldn't be surprised, she's a cunning, scheming bitch only out for Ozzy's interests, never mind the rest of Sabbath
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 For me the 13 is very good, im still having fun listening to it, well its not the best, it should be better but i like it, i dont like so much song live forever and methademic but the rest is pretty goog staff to listen.
Always viewed this song as an unofficial Sabbath track. Fun fact: The bassist here is Lawrence Cottle. Lawrence was the session bassist for The Headless Cross album.
Did I say this was Black Sabbath? No, I clearly stated who was involved in the band project with Iommi. Technically they are all Sabbath members considering Ozzy, Iommi and Ward are the original members and Cottle was a member during Headless Cross. Still a killer song!
Everything about this song to the beggining to now to the end. Is just fucking godly. I love ozzy. And black sabbath. Never again will there be such talented masters like these guys. There is. But not in this generation of today. There may be someone who can play like them but no one made these masterpieces but them. It's all topped off now.
@@scottyjones4428 no seriously. After being fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, he tried to drink and drug himself to death. So really, Sharon is the reason Ozzy is still alive.
@@JBadAss98Gameing Ok so Bark at the Moon is gay 80's pop? chile anyways Slayer is my favorite pop band. I swear this is the most stupid comment I've seen in years.
great love the Doom sound.i saw them nany times and with Dio & saw ozzy a bunch too.i bv was lucky enoughtvto see the Dehumanizer tour in d c. front row.right in front of Dio.great gig.best memories forever!.Sabbs rule nuff said.
