Black Sabbath (Official Thread)

[Sweaty]

I would like to go Sox but strapped for cash at moment, comes to something when the younger generation can afford to go to a concert before you they will sell well, seen them a few times so not a problem but would be nice...

 

[Nololob]

This song definitely isn't a return to their roots.

 

[Powerage]

It's a fake. A Polish metal band called 'Mech'.

Video

 

[sabsman]

Yeah, thought it was too good to be true, so all we have is the taster they put on the video when revealing the album cover art.

Anyway tickets now ordered for the Brum gig on 20/12/13...rock 'n roll!!!

 

[METALPRIEST]

Glad you all caught that, yeah it's not Sabbath

 

[METALPRIEST]

Black Sabbath Debuts ’13′ at L.A. Press Event



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Last night (April 10) in Los Angeles, Black Sabbath threw a party for a hand-picked group of media members and VIPs to get the first listen to their upcoming album, ‘13.’ Although Ultimate Classic Rock received an invitation, we were unable to attend. However, our sister site Loudwire and fan site black-sabbath.com were there. A recap of their impressions follows.

The event began with Jack Osbourne, who welcomed the crowd and showed a mini-documentary about the making of the album. After the film came the preview. In total, eight of ’13”s songs were played, and, based on their perceptions – both of which were very positive – here is a track-by-track breakdown of what can be expected when it is released on June 11.

‘End of the Beginning’ — At eight minutes, it’s a little long for an album opener. Still, the “understated, melodic eeriness” of it, coupled with the musical interplay of Geezer Butler and new drummer Brad Wilk over some vintage Tony Iommi riffs, make it a winner.

‘God Is Dead?’ — This was the song featured in the 27-second video of the album art. The lyric concerns “a bleak future and questions the existence of a higher being, given some of the hard times on Earth” and also scored points for its B-section, with a riff reminiscent of ‘Holy in the Sky.’

‘Loner‘ — A “more traditional rocker” in the vein of ‘N.I.B.,’ with Iommi and Wilk singled out for their work on it.

‘Zeitgeist‘ — The mellowest and, according to black-sabbath.com, weakest song of the eight played, who finds it “evocative of Planet Caravan.” However, Ozzy Osbourne‘s vocals and the “stark and desolate imagery” were noted by Loudwire.

‘Age of Reason‘ — Arguably the album’s strongest song, and one that the entire audience loved. It features several time shifts, a breakdown and a killer guitar solo.

‘Live Forever’ — A good song, but not great, with another lyric about mortality (as if that’s a shock) and several “fist-pumping, headbanging moments.”

‘Damaged Soul’ — Black Sabbath doing what amounts to a nearly eight-minute heavy blues jam. Your feelings about the song will be contingent upon your willingness to hear that.

‘Dear Father’ — This was featured in the video of the band in the studio, where producer Rick Rubin asks Osbourne to do another take. One riff evokes the song ‘Black Sabbath,’ which could be deliberate. The song ends with the sound of a thunderstorm and church bells.

Following the preview, the three members of Black Sabbbath – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler – appeared onstage and thanked the audience for attending.
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[Riff Raff]

If its like the sample I heard than I will most definitely buy the album.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It's a fake. A Polish metal band called 'Mech'.

Video

Not the first "leaked" Sabbath song on youtube either. People gotta get a life.

Also, from hardradio.com

BLACK SABBATH will do a cameo in CSI's season finale. In the lead-up to the release of their upcoming album, 13, the band will appear in the finale of the crime drama on May 15, CBS announced Wednesday. The band will play a concert in the show attended by some of the characters. The performance in CSI will debut 13's first single, 'End Of The Beginning'. "When we first heard that Black Sabbath was interested in premiering a song on CSI from their first studio album in 35 years, we were all really excited," said the show's executive producer, Don McGill, in a release. "So many of us are longtime fans."

 

[50sRock50s]

Not the first "leaked" Sabbath song on youtube either. People gotta get a life.

Also, from hardradio.com

I heard about this. I might actually turn on the TV for once and watch it. >_>

 

[Sweaty]

My partner has gone out and got Sabbath tickets for December in Sheffield, good seats too. Should be a good night, cost me a bloody fortune too.