Most people remember the Dio years as him starting with Sabbath with “Heaven and Hell” in 1980 and ending with him quitting the band in 1982 only to return for the “Dehumanizer” record in 1992 after Sabbath had three records with three different vocalists The fad out on this song is the perfect way to end the entire record The first two minutes contain lyrics but for the majority of the song, it’s Iomi soloing away showing why he is the true godfather of heavy metal music. The record is capped off with “Over and Over,” which is a five-minute track. What I like about the second to last song, track eight, “Falling Off the Edge of the World,” is that it starts out with some strings and a slow riff from Ioni but by the two-minute mark the song completely changes tempo and turns into a song with Appice beating away at the drums. The following two tracks, “Country Girl” is a lot like “The Sign of the Southern Cross,” in its slower, heavier riff while “Slipping Away,” is your average hard rock song. On “Mob Rules” track four, “E1550” leadings in the title track, “The Mob Rules.” The title track is just an awesome, headbanging, classic metal song. The perfect example of what I’m talking about is The Black Crowes’ 2001 record, “Lions” and especially and I can’t emphasize this enough when I say that you must listen to Pink Floyd’s 1973 record, “The Dark Side of the Moon,” they all lead into one another as if it’s one giant song. They made the two tracks “bleed” or lead into the next one. Sabbath on the next two tracks did one of my favorite things that any artist can do. The song runs for over seven minutes and is one of the heaviest songs that Black Sabbath has ever recorded, and that’s truly saying something. This is one of those heavy metal songs that deserves to be blasted with the windows down in the car or cranked all the way up on a stereo if you have a copy on vinyl as I do. Track three, “The Sign of the Southern Cross,” has been cited as Butler’s favorite song from the entire record and it’s hard to choose any different songs. If you look for live versions of this song, either Dio as a solo artist or Black Sabbath as a band has six and seven-minute versions of this song which makes it even cooler. Bassist, Geezer Butler has a nice chunky rhythm that falls in line with new drummer Vinny Appice who replaced founding member Bill Ward who left during the “Heaven and Hell” tour. Compared to the song before, it’s much slower but a lot heavier. Track two, “Voodoo,” is by far my favorite song on the entire record. The first song, “Turn Up the Night,” has a fast-paced, driving beat which makes this song the perfect opening to the record, I love guitarist, Tony Iommi’s solo around the two-minute mark of the record, and it establishes the record as a take no prisoners style record. The record contains nine songs that span over 40 minutes of pure heavy metal music. Look at the title track to “Heaven and Hell” and you will understand what I’m saying. Dio on the other hand sang songs about fighting evil and knights in shining armor and dragons. Ozzy on one hand sang about drinking, boozing, and partying as every rock and roll singer does. While Ozzy was as heavy metal as they come, Dio was also equally heavy, and it truly is hard to think of which frontman was my favorite since they both really sang about different stuff. The Dio years of Sabbath are some of my favorite years of the band. The real question is, do you remember the follow-up record, “Mob Rules?” Since everyone remembers the first record without Ozzy, the previously mentioned “Heaven and Hell” record. That record was the 1980 heavy metal juggernaut, “Heaven and Hell” and by the end of the year after the tour of the same name as the record, Dio had won the fans over and Black Sabbath had established themselves once again as a serious heavy metal band. Three years prior the Birmingham, English heavy metal band, Black Sabbath was fronted by Ozzy Osbourne as they released 1978’s “Never Say Die!” Three years later, they are now fronted by Ronnie James Dio and released their second record with him singing 1981’s “Mob Rules.”Įveryone remembers the first record that had Dio manning the lead vocal helm.
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