Re: Sabbath 13 NZC

["Wayne Catalde" <2robcatway@xxxxxxx>]

> Has anyone here had a good listen to the new Sabbath album? I bought it 
> yesterday, Im going to go see them in a few weeks, and figured I would get 
> familiar with their new stuff. I ran though it twice since yesterday, and 
> I would swear to god I heard all this stuff back in 1976 while I was 
> hittin the Bong in the basement when my parents were out.
> I really expected a little more, it sounds like it could have been 
> released anywhere between their first album and Volume 4....Same old same 
> old.....

That is the exact praise being heaped upon this release.

I'm a huge Sabbath fan, next to Bonham, Bill Ward has been one of my biggest 
drumming influences and for that exact reason I find this release to be 
mediocre at best. They should have ran as fast as they could away from Rick 
Ruben who pushed them in this re-live your past glories sound they have 
achieved on this new Sabbath for 2013. Brad Wilk is average at best to these 
ears, this recording is missing that swing and orchestration that Bill Ward 
brought to the Sabbath Ozzy era releases. Just my two cents worth if you 
will...YMMV!

Wayne