Ozzy Osbourne – Ozzmosis – 1995 It’s been a few years since No More Tears but that hasn’t changed Ozzy’s 90s era attack. Loud. Big guitars. Heavy production. Ozzfest would start the next year, so I guess this is the album that kicked that off. But, where Tears was a Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All
Rainbow – Stranger in Us All – 1995 From the very first track, “Wolf to the Moon”, it’s obvious that Blackmore has been itching to rock. Judging from the terrible, wretched pap that he was forced to get behind with Deep Purple I don’t blame him. There’s a certain southern Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Black Sabbath – Forbidden
Black Sabbath – Forbidden – 1995 I worked with Ice T once. I was a guest on his show “Players”. We had a nice chat. Seems like a nice guy. And he’s featured on the bridge of easily the most annoying Sabbath song ever, “The Illusion of Power”. Uninspired. Insipid. Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Dio – Strange Highways
Dio – Strange Highways – 1995 Metallica really invigorated the medium, didn’t they? All that 80s pop-metal posturing has been tossed out the window in the 90s as bands like Sabbath, Ozzy and Dio go for a harder and harder sound. Strange Highways opens, as so many Dio records do, Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes
Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes – 1994 So, Sabbath decides to open for Ozzy, who is now an international bat biting superstar. Dio thinks this is beneath the band and he up and quits. What does Iommi do? He brings back his co-hort in the band’s best recent material, Tony Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On
Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On – 1992 Oh, just look at the album cover. If there was ever anything that screamed “Sell out!” it’s that. One thing I’ve learned from this series that the roots of Heavy Metal are deep not in the blues, but in psychedelia. Go Continue Reading