This song is achingly beautiful. The whole album is a masterpiece and this is the most sublime way to close it out. One of my all time favourite songs.
Bill Ward's most underappreciated performance!!! It has so much soul and once Iommi's first solo hits, Bill matches his intensity and adds some great fills!
Excellent stuff. That section of the song that reminds you of Pearl Jam, reminds me of the section of lead solo in Stairway to Heaven just before the lyric: "As we wind on down the road...."
Dio was the goat. Listen to Rainbow live from 1977 with Cozy Powell. The Dio, Blackmore , Powell combo was one of the most electric bands of the genre of all time. Powell is/was an absolute monster
I love how these videos have evolved from Bill Ward breakdowns to Sabbath breakdowns. Discovering Sabbath and how they sound so different from what everyone thinks is pretty shocking. So far ahead of their time
You nailed it. Never listened to Black Sabbath because I thought, from the name and reputation, that I wouldn't like it. Discovered the group about a year ago, and it became my favorite. Had the same with Led Zeppelin. Glad I finally gave these a listen. Never to late.
@@adladl4276 I was the exact same way. I was just telling my mom that I need to play them for her bcuz she raised us on grunge music so she just thinks Sabbath is something else like us all
You're so right in describing Iommi with such complimentary language; listening to it as much as I always did, you might end up taking the quality of this group a bit for granted, but as I often stepped back and thought about it, there was no hard rock band quite as capable, talented and true to their vision, power and sound. Period. And I am including those greats such as Mountain, Ten Years After, Gallagher, UFO, and DP in the mix. They were that good, unique and amazing, all around. Thanks for sharing your personal perceptions and high praise here.
The strings melody on the Tommy's end solo is similar to the end solo of stairway to heaven.. I love this solo like the over and over solo in mob rules..👋🏻
I absolutely love Ozzy's Sabbath (Check out the album 'Technical ecstasy') but this track is one of my all time favourite Sabbath track, metal track, rock track by anyone out there. The way the keyboards come in towards the end is so haunting and beautiful. This track has always blown me away.
When you stopped the recording and mentioned Pearl Jam, listen to the background keys and tell me that it does not remind you of Page's solo in Stairway towards the end. They have always reminded me of both of them and I always wondered if it was a respectful nod. (This song is circa 1980, Stairway was '71.)
Andrew, two things... Bill doesn't remember making this album because of substance abuse... Bill considers his best work on Born Again with Ian Gillan, which you have not heard yet.
And yet he was sober all the way through recording. He only fell off the wagon when they went on tour, which was part of the reason he left. He was dealing with the death of a parent, and Ozzy had been his best friend in the band. So he was dealing with a lot at the time
Tony says he has a vault of tapes that are nothing but riffs he has come up with, but has never used. Sometimes he may go through them when writing a song until he finds a riff that may be years old, or just come up with a new one. He is the riff master. If he gets a riff in his head he just puts it down on tape, and tucks it away until it may be needed.
For me, it seems the first time Iommi really gets a solo more than right. There's something unattached from pentatonic/blues structures or whatever he was doing before. It's Zappa-like in its frenetic gestures without strict scales or tones. It always feels like someone told him, "Stop doing that stuff you do. Do something different. Really let yourself go."
Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi are just magic. Along with Bill Ward; the tune is just inspiring. I bought this album in 1980, when it first came out. Vinyl. I still have to this day! I played this album for months on continuous rotation. I learned every note and lick. Every progression. I studied Iommi, and Butler.
It was the first album in 9 years that Tony wasn't the producer of, the great Martin Birch was at the helm for this one. The ending is like the ending of Stairway To Heaven, although down a semi-tone. I'll take this over Stairway every time.
It'was a terrible loss when Dio passed away, he truly was great. He honoured the memory of Black Sabbath 'proper' with those works. That's one of the song I really like from the post Ozzy era.
I never see Mike in the comments but thank you for all the requests!! I'm a huge sabbath fan too! Also, shout out to you for supporting a smaller content creator so much!
You're awesome, Anthony! Thanks, brother! If you haven't already seen it, check out Andrew's reaction to the band Benthic Realm, which is as close as there is to Sabbath these days, and is very organic, with great drumming and an incredible female singer/lead guitar player/songwriter.
Great reaction and very enjoyable as always, Andrew! Thanks! A couple of notes: Regarding Iommi "taking control", I understand that it was always him driving the bus, and this was always his band. In fact, there was a time where his buddy Butler was temporarily out because of his concerns about a corrupt manager that Iommi was the only remaining original member, and the drummer was the great Cozy Powell from Rainbow, and the singer was the vastly underrated Tony Martin. When Sabbath started, he even drove everyone to practice and set the practice schedule; he decided who was in or out; he wrote the vast bulk of music (even playing flute and piano on occasion), and the part where he took more control had to do mostly with taking over production and recording control starting with Volume 4, I believe. (Incidentally, from what I have seen, Butler was right about that manager, and during that tour Iommi ended up having to pay for gas for the tour bus using his own personal credit card.) The synth portion that reminded you of Pearl Jam was of course written many years before Pearl Jam existed, so as always, Pearl Jam was influenced heavily by Sabbath, just like everyone else was. Although I'm sure a lot of people will tell you that the synth tune reminds them of the ending to Stairway to Heaven (Iommi and Page were friends, by the way), I strongly suspect the addition of that synth sound was suggested by or influenced by Dio, based on the same synth sound being used on live performances of the Rainbow song, "Catch the Rainbow", where Ritchie Blackmore soloed over a similar synth sound. I am convinced this solo is the best guitar solo ever. My understanding is that Iommi would write the solos in advance and then just record them, and no one dared get in the way of this DaVinci of guitar (thankfully for us, haha!).
Tony Iommi got the inspiration of being more professional & organised (practise schedules etc.) after his very short stint in Jethro Tull (check out their second drummer Barriemore Barlow, whom Bonham referred to as the greatest drummer Britain every produced!). He saw how Ian Anderson ran the band & brought that back when he returned to Black Sabbath.
Actually, the drummer at the time of those manager issues was Eric Singer (of Kiss and Alice Cooper fame), and he left as the manager in question (Patrick Meehan Jnr, who had managed Sabbath in the mid-70s and ripped them off royally then too), wasn't paying bills - one such incident being that Eric couldn't get his drums out of storage to play them, as the fees for the storage hadn't been paid! Eric would leave to join Gary Moore's band not long afterwards. Geezer did rejoin for a short stint before the Eternal Idol tour started, as did Born Again era touring drummer Bev Bevan - Geezer left in part due to the management as he wanted nothing to do with Meehan and then the band played in Sun City, South Africa, in which Bevan refused to take part - as he was anti-apartheid. Geezer was also against apartheid and refused to tour - he would reunite with Ozzy, joining his touring band a few months later. Geezer would be replaced by Dave Spitz for a few gigs and then he left and was replaced by Jo Burt. Bevan would be replaced by Terry Chimes (formerly of The Clash) for the Eternal Idol tour and a one-off charity gig, and with a new management group in tow for Iommi, and the new deal with IRS Records worked out, Cozy finally teamed up with Tony Iommi, Tony Martin and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls in mid 1988, and unleashed Headless Cross the following year. Cozy would also bring in bassist Laurence Cottle for session work on the album and also got his former Whitesnake bandmate Neil Murray in the band for the tour.
Took me 20 plus years to like heaven and hell. It sounded nothing like old Sabbath. Now I get it, this album is a master piece. 3 years ago I finally like this song.
Hey Andrew, Bill Ward did the studio drumming on 1983’s “Born Again” album. Ian Gillen (Deep Purple) did the vocals, Iommi on guitar and Geezer on the bass. It is the MOST underrated Sabbath album. EVER. It’s a bit punk, a bit thrash and it’s very heavy. Maybe you ought to do a review of “Disturbing The Priest” from that album. It will blow your hair right off.
I managed to get Ian to sign my LP sleeve a few years ago. He was doing his "Garth Rocket And The Moonlighters" tour, and after the show I hung around. He came out and sat down with about 20 of us who hadn't left for a good chat. Lovely bloke.
Loved that album. Saw the tour in 9th grade. My moms favorite photo of me, I'm were the shirt with the baby devil on it. Disturbing the Priest, Digital Bitch, Zero the Hero and Trashed are all awesome songs.
I recently bought Heaven and Hell as a double album. The vinyl pressing is superb and every song sounds amazing. My favourite track is Walk Away. Children of the Sea, Wishing Well, and Lonely is the Word are also fantastic. Really, there's not a dud tune on it. The double delux CD also looks and sounds great.
Dio wasn’t in Quiet Riot. His previous bands were Elf and Rainbow. The latter band is one you should really check out. Especially the second & third albums, featuring the great Cozy Powell on drums. I like this version of Sabbath as much as the original, but it’s very different.
And of course, the great Cozy Powell went on to join Black Sabbath for a few albums in the late 80s and early 90s (excluding the Dehumanizer reunion with Dio).
That synth (bee doo bee dooooo) sounds like Stairway to Heaven just before “and as we wind on down the road”. Thought you were going to say that instead of Pearl Jam.
Heaven and Hell was the first Black Sabbath album that I owned (mail order music). Which is why I liked Dio's vocals over Ozzy's. Both are fantastic, just what I listened to first is what became the sound for me.
I LOVE sabbath they are underrated as far as the drumming of ward and iomis guitar. Dont you love how geezer plays bass like it's a guitar..I have always loved switching them and listening. My kids all grew up listening to sabbath and Metallica my granddaughter was asked her favorite song in kindergarten other kids said twinkle twinkle little star and such my Gracie says I love fairies wear boots by Black SABBASH haha she says sh not th ..so black sabbash!!! You know shes going to be the coolest kid ever. Born in 2014 and loves black sabbath. Oh bro check ronnie james dios voice too hes so good with those guys. R.I.P Story teller of the ages.Ronnie James Dio. ..just thought youd like my story.
I'm surprised I haven't seen this in the comments yet but maybe I missed it? In concept, this sounds like it was inspired by "One", written by Harry Nilsson and made popular by Three Dog Night.
To echo a good perceptive comment you made, in my opinion, Iommi was the Michael Jordan of music (not only playing but writing as well); the best thing to do was to let him take the ball and then everybody get out of his way and let the genius do his thing. No one ever said Michael Jordan or Leonardo DaVinci or Einstein were "self indulgent" or criticized them for taking over, and rightly so.
I used to listen to the album years ago, now listening again to this great song I had the same thought about pearl jam! I think you are referring to the final piano three notes part in "black", the track from "Ten"
EVERYONE into drumming has to check out “Zero the Hero” from Black Sabbath- so many cover bands playing it now. It would make a PHENOMENAL reaction video Mate!!!
@@alwilson3204 There's no need to be a pious troll. Just because you like something doesn't make it unsurpassable to all other things. (1) In the first place, most assuredly compared to Iommi, but maybe you've never listened to Loomis; (2) just because you don't like Loomis' songwriting doesn't mean they aren't great riffs, often several in one song, which Iommi hardly manages. You probably think I'm dissing Iommi. Not a bit. While we're at it for maniacal amounts of riff-writing, one should also mention Buzz Osbourne, but he's not as consistent as Loomis. Go listen to stuff by Loomis, then you can come back and tell me (1) that he can't write riffs, whether you are pretending so just because you won't admit that you like the tunes.
I suspect the singer for Quiet Riot you're thinking of is Kevin DuBrow. To my mind, DuBrow's vocals had more of a Brian Johnson (AC/DC) screech element to them, with no vibrato ability to speak of.
You are probably very right there. The timbre seems similar to me though. All the effects like vibrato not sure of each singers tricks yet. Great comment man
The synth part seems to be from the last few bars from "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo. You can hear that same progression, "da daaa da daaa", then Jimmy Page answers it with some guitar licks each time that part is repeated. This comment isn't a Zeppelin vs Sabbath thing, it racked my brain as well "where did I hear this before" and it was from "Stairway".
The keyboard part is very similar to the guitar melody at the end of the stairway to heaven solo before Robert Plant comes in with the "there is a lady we all know" part.
Such a great song. For a great, great drum/vocal track check out Dio in Rainbow doing "mistreated" live in Munich; Cozy Powell's playing is sooo good. Thanks for the video.
It pains me to say this, but I think when Eddie Van Halen arrived on the scene, Tony knew that he had to step it up a notch, and he responded wonderfully with the riff and solo on this song and many others on this album and beyond. I have always been a Sabbath fan and know that Iommi never had to prove himself to anyone!
They didn’t get kicked off the tour. VH did the entire European tour and most of the US tour. They left the tour because they were being offered headlining slots, because their album was in the US top 20 for months and had already gone platinum. And Iommi and EVH became friends. But please, tell us more about how they got “kicked off” the tour
Andrew, actually Dio did do some guest/ session work on Roger Glover's ( of Deep Purple) album - The Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper's Feast. And with Kerry Livgren's ( of Kansas ) album - Seeds of Change. Check them both out you won't be disappointed. 😎👍🏼
I read a interview with Bill Ward and he stated he was in a bad way during the recording of Heaven and Hell. In fact, he stated that he doesn't remember recording this album. Imo makes it even more amazing.
You need to do a reaction to Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. He's one of my favorite extreme death metal drummers because he somehow is able to be very musical in his playing compared to many other extreme metal drummers. Things get lost at times when it's all blast beats but he somehow manages to avoid that feeling.
Brother u got to go back and do the rest of vol 4 album, Sabbath bloody sabbath and sabotage. Still missing some of their best work from the early days
In this interview, Iommi says his approach to solos is not to work them out, but "I go into the studio and play, and try and capture them in so many." th-cam.com/video/s2sTTN0IJPg/w-d-xo.html
Tony the riff meister Bill Ward amazing Geezer the glue Butler and last but not least The great Ronnie James Dio R.I.P. Vocals for Rainbow 🌈 and his band Dio considered on of the greatest metal singers
This is part of why Heaven & Hell is my favourite Sabbath album, musically, though lyrically I prefer the originals. But yes, Iommi is just superb here (which is not to take away from the others). Another solid reactanalysis, thanks!
Hi Andrew just an FYI “Heaven and Hell” in the playlist right before this reaction doesn’t play it just skips to this one so maybe it’s blocked now? Please react to Spiral Architect from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath !
Great stuff but everyone covers Dio/Osbourne Sabbath and IMO the best was when Tony Martin, Ray Gillen and Glenn Hughes were at the helm. Martin is actually my favourite Black Sabbath singer - with the exception of one album, his work with them was phenomenal.
@AndrewRooneyDrums It is worth noting that Dio and the gang eventually changed their band name to Heaven and Hell. They didn't want this stuff to be Black Sabbath but Iommi's contractual obligations brought them there. So just call them Heaven and Hell.
The name was changed in 2007 after Sharon and Ozzy went to visit Tony and made an agreement that there would have to be three members of the original Sabbath participating in the project to call themselves Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne are 50/50 owners of that name.
@@mikeg.4211 You are correct of course. They changed the name much later. My point is Andrew can distinguish between them easily using the name Heaven and Hell to refer to the Dio lineup - since he (rightly) associates Ozzy with the name Black Sabbath.
Mike is doing the Lords work. Next Sabbath w/Dio? Over and Over on Mob Rules. Vinnie Appice is the drummer on this LP, replacing Bill who couldn't stand one more minute of performing without Ozzy on stage with him during the tour to support Heaven and Hell. The entire Mob Rules LP is just amazing as Heaven and Hell and some would say better. There is so much more material to enjoy from the greatest metal band ever, these are your first steps into a bigger world.
Honestly, not a huge fan of post Ozzy Sabbath, but, Black Sabbath is my favorite band of all time and this is a great song. When you go back to earlier Sabbath maybe check out A National Acrobat off the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album.
Play something off of Born Again! I wonder how you'll react to 1983 Bill Ward with poor production. I hope for a remix/remaster of that someday. It could've been such a good album if they spent more time and money on production instead of booze haha
This might be one of Iommi's absolutely best solos ever recorded!! Completely DIVINE!!
This is a song that is absolute perfection on headphones and cranked up to the max.
Yup!
This song is achingly beautiful. The whole album is a masterpiece and this is the most sublime way to close it out. One of my all time favourite songs.
So so good Jack
Best trak is Die Young.
Amazing love the band with dio. Love them even more with Ozzy and mr Ward. ❤
This album is so frickin good. Song 1 to song 8, all great
Bill Ward's most underappreciated performance!!! It has so much soul and once Iommi's first solo hits, Bill matches his intensity and adds some great fills!
An amazing album closer. Just killer. Straight fire!
one of my all time fave sabbath tracks. the guitar solos are incredible.
Excellent stuff. That section of the song that reminds you of Pearl Jam, reminds me of the section of lead solo in Stairway to Heaven just before the lyric: "As we wind on down the road...."
NICE
Dio was the goat. Listen to Rainbow live from 1977 with Cozy Powell. The Dio, Blackmore , Powell combo was one of the most electric bands of the genre of all time. Powell is/was an absolute monster
I love how these videos have evolved from Bill Ward breakdowns to Sabbath breakdowns. Discovering Sabbath and how they sound so different from what everyone thinks is pretty shocking.
So far ahead of their time
Well said, Anthony!
You nailed it. Never listened to Black Sabbath because I thought, from the name and reputation, that I wouldn't like it. Discovered the group about a year ago, and it became my favorite. Had the same with Led Zeppelin. Glad I finally gave these a listen. Never to late.
@@adladl4276 I was the exact same way. I was just telling my mom that I need to play them for her bcuz she raised us on grunge music so she just thinks Sabbath is something else like us all
You're so right in describing Iommi with such complimentary language; listening to it as much as I always did, you might end up taking the quality of this group a bit for granted, but as I often stepped back and thought about it, there was no hard rock band quite as capable, talented and true to their vision, power and sound. Period. And I am including those greats such as Mountain, Ten Years After, Gallagher, UFO, and DP in the mix. They were that good, unique and amazing, all around. Thanks for sharing your personal perceptions and high praise here.
The strings melody on the Tommy's end solo is similar to the end solo of stairway to heaven.. I love this solo like the over and over solo in mob rules..👋🏻
Exactly what I was about to write, but was curious to see if anyone else had picked up on that. Which you did, awesome :)
Wow you're so right!! It always bothered me but I could never put my finger on it! Thanks!
Bill Ward’s powerful bass drum kick is sooooo huge.
Tremendous song. What a way for thew album to go out. This album is one of the greatest metal albums. In my Top 10.
I absolutely love Ozzy's Sabbath (Check out the album 'Technical ecstasy') but this track is one of my all time favourite Sabbath track, metal track, rock track by anyone out there. The way the keyboards come in towards the end is so haunting and beautiful. This track has always blown me away.
The end def reminds me of the end of Stairway to Heaven, especially the synth melody.
When you stopped the recording and mentioned Pearl Jam, listen to the background keys and tell me that it does not remind you of Page's solo in Stairway towards the end. They have always reminded me of both of them and I always wondered if it was a respectful nod. (This song is circa 1980, Stairway was '71.)
This pure blues goodness!
Yes indeed!
Ronney James Dio is AMAZING Always!!
Yes George 💯👌
In 2007 I listened this song LIVE...!! one of the Best Nights of all my lifeee....!! (the drummer was Vinnie Appice)
Fantastic Antonio! Great memories
Andrew, two things... Bill doesn't remember making this album because of substance abuse... Bill considers his best work on Born Again with Ian Gillan, which you have not heard yet.
Yeah he was still having problems with his part in Ozzy leaving the band which didn't help the state of his head too
And yet he was sober all the way through recording. He only fell off the wagon when they went on tour, which was part of the reason he left. He was dealing with the death of a parent, and Ozzy had been his best friend in the band. So he was dealing with a lot at the time
Tony says he has a vault of tapes that are nothing but riffs he has come up with, but has never used. Sometimes he may go through them when writing a song until he finds a riff that may be years old, or just come up with a new one. He is the riff master.
If he gets a riff in his head he just puts it down on tape, and tucks it away until it may be needed.
This whole album is an absolute stonker,always loved it
I think Iommi at one point stated that he thought that was his best/favorite solo ever. Not sure if he still feels that way but he did at one time.
Absolutely awesome solo
For me, it seems the first time Iommi really gets a solo more than right. There's something unattached from pentatonic/blues structures or whatever he was doing before. It's Zappa-like in its frenetic gestures without strict scales or tones. It always feels like someone told him, "Stop doing that stuff you do. Do something different. Really let yourself go."
The genius of Tony Iommi
Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi are just magic. Along with Bill Ward; the tune is just inspiring.
I bought this album in 1980, when it first came out. Vinyl. I still have to this day!
I played this album for months on continuous rotation.
I learned every note and lick. Every progression.
I studied Iommi, and Butler.
Good people to study
It was the first album in 9 years that Tony wasn't the producer of, the great Martin Birch was at the helm for this one. The ending is like the ending of Stairway To Heaven, although down a semi-tone. I'll take this over Stairway every time.
It'was a terrible loss when Dio passed away, he truly was great. He honoured the memory of Black Sabbath 'proper' with those works. That's one of the song I really like from the post Ozzy era.
That entire album is Masterwork example of how to construct, perform and produce a metal / hard rock album. One of the best ever recorded, IMO.
I never see Mike in the comments but thank you for all the requests!! I'm a huge sabbath fan too! Also, shout out to you for supporting a smaller content creator so much!
You're awesome, Anthony! Thanks, brother! If you haven't already seen it, check out Andrew's reaction to the band Benthic Realm, which is as close as there is to Sabbath these days, and is very organic, with great drumming and an incredible female singer/lead guitar player/songwriter.
@@mikeg.4211 I'll have to check then out! Been trying to find something that's very close to Sabbath
Great reaction and very enjoyable as always, Andrew! Thanks! A couple of notes: Regarding Iommi "taking control", I understand that it was always him driving the bus, and this was always his band. In fact, there was a time where his buddy Butler was temporarily out because of his concerns about a corrupt manager that Iommi was the only remaining original member, and the drummer was the great Cozy Powell from Rainbow, and the singer was the vastly underrated Tony Martin. When Sabbath started, he even drove everyone to practice and set the practice schedule; he decided who was in or out; he wrote the vast bulk of music (even playing flute and piano on occasion), and the part where he took more control had to do mostly with taking over production and recording control starting with Volume 4, I believe. (Incidentally, from what I have seen, Butler was right about that manager, and during that tour Iommi ended up having to pay for gas for the tour bus using his own personal credit card.)
The synth portion that reminded you of Pearl Jam was of course written many years before Pearl Jam existed, so as always, Pearl Jam was influenced heavily by Sabbath, just like everyone else was. Although I'm sure a lot of people will tell you that the synth tune reminds them of the ending to Stairway to Heaven (Iommi and Page were friends, by the way), I strongly suspect the addition of that synth sound was suggested by or influenced by Dio, based on the same synth sound being used on live performances of the Rainbow song, "Catch the Rainbow", where Ritchie Blackmore soloed over a similar synth sound. I am convinced this solo is the best guitar solo ever.
My understanding is that Iommi would write the solos in advance and then just record them, and no one dared get in the way of this DaVinci of guitar (thankfully for us, haha!).
Wow great info. And KILLER pick Mike!!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums 😎👍
Tony Iommi got the inspiration of being more professional & organised (practise schedules etc.) after his very short stint in Jethro Tull (check out their second drummer Barriemore Barlow, whom Bonham referred to as the greatest drummer Britain every produced!). He saw how Ian Anderson ran the band & brought that back when he returned to Black Sabbath.
@@craigryan3069 yep!
Actually, the drummer at the time of those manager issues was Eric Singer (of Kiss and Alice Cooper fame), and he left as the manager in question (Patrick Meehan Jnr, who had managed Sabbath in the mid-70s and ripped them off royally then too), wasn't paying bills - one such incident being that Eric couldn't get his drums out of storage to play them, as the fees for the storage hadn't been paid!
Eric would leave to join Gary Moore's band not long afterwards.
Geezer did rejoin for a short stint before the Eternal Idol tour started, as did Born Again era touring drummer Bev Bevan - Geezer left in part due to the management as he wanted nothing to do with Meehan and then the band played in Sun City, South Africa, in which Bevan refused to take part - as he was anti-apartheid. Geezer was also against apartheid and refused to tour - he would reunite with Ozzy, joining his touring band a few months later. Geezer would be replaced by Dave Spitz for a few gigs and then he left and was replaced by Jo Burt.
Bevan would be replaced by Terry Chimes (formerly of The Clash) for the Eternal Idol tour and a one-off charity gig, and with a new management group in tow for Iommi, and the new deal with IRS Records worked out, Cozy finally teamed up with Tony Iommi, Tony Martin and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls in mid 1988, and unleashed Headless Cross the following year. Cozy would also bring in bassist Laurence Cottle for session work on the album and also got his former Whitesnake bandmate Neil Murray in the band for the tour.
Took me 20 plus years to like heaven and hell. It sounded nothing like old Sabbath. Now I get it, this album is a master piece. 3 years ago I finally like this song.
Some things take time
It took me the lenght of the album to like it.New decade ,new level,,refresh the band and the sound.
The riff synth reminds me of the ending of Zep's Stairway to Heaven. The notes are pretty much the same iirc
Hey Andrew, Bill Ward did the studio drumming on 1983’s “Born Again” album. Ian Gillen (Deep Purple) did the vocals, Iommi on guitar and Geezer on the bass. It is the MOST underrated Sabbath album. EVER. It’s a bit punk, a bit thrash and it’s very heavy. Maybe you ought to do a review of “Disturbing The Priest” from that album. It will blow your hair right off.
I managed to get Ian to sign my LP sleeve a few years ago. He was doing his "Garth Rocket And The Moonlighters" tour, and after the show I hung around. He came out and sat down with about 20 of us who hadn't left for a good chat. Lovely bloke.
'Disturbing the Priest' just might be Sabbath's most sinister track... 🤘
What hair? Bwahahahahah....
Loved that album. Saw the tour in 9th grade. My moms favorite photo of me, I'm were the shirt with the baby devil on it. Disturbing the Priest, Digital Bitch, Zero the Hero and Trashed are all awesome songs.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh Andrew mate!
For me, an all-time classic.
"Die Young" is my favorite song in this album. "Wishing Well" is great too. Of course Children of the Sea and Title track. 🎸
Kevin DuBrow was the singer for Quiet Riot, he was an amazing vocalist too.
For sure!
I recently bought Heaven and Hell as a double album. The vinyl pressing is superb and every song sounds amazing. My favourite track is Walk Away. Children of the Sea, Wishing Well, and Lonely is the Word are also fantastic. Really, there's not a dud tune on it. The double delux CD also looks and sounds great.
For me it sounds like Rainbow's Catch the Rainbow at the end. ;)
I'm sure that Dio suggested that for the background for that reason.
The opening guitar riff is devastating. The whole band gels well and the lyrics what can I say?
I was in Sam the butcher, immortal axe, blunt force, dv8 on and on most my bands called me bill ward junior I took as a compliment
Dope solo, gave me chills
Dio wasn’t in Quiet Riot. His previous bands were Elf and Rainbow. The latter band is one you should really check out. Especially the second & third albums, featuring the great Cozy Powell on drums.
I like this version of Sabbath as much as the original, but it’s very different.
And of course, the great Cozy Powell went on to join Black Sabbath for a few albums in the late 80s and early 90s (excluding the Dehumanizer reunion with Dio).
Ronnie and the Vegas kings, Ronnie and the prophets the electric elves prior to elf.
That synth (bee doo bee dooooo) sounds like Stairway to Heaven just before “and as we wind on down the road”. Thought you were going to say that instead of Pearl Jam.
This song remind me of my life very much
Best line up of sabbath ever
Heaven and Hell was the first Black Sabbath album that I owned (mail order music). Which is why I liked Dio's vocals over Ozzy's. Both are fantastic, just what I listened to first is what became the sound for me.
iommi gives me goose bumps
You need to check out headless Cross by black Sabbath with vocalist tony Martin it's amazing
@9:35 Its Led Zeppelin's ending to Stairway to Heaven, Robert Plant singing. Took me a while to figure it out. Yeah, sounds like Pearl Jam too.
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I LOVE sabbath they are underrated as far as the drumming of ward and iomis guitar. Dont you love how geezer plays bass like it's a guitar..I have always loved switching them and listening. My kids all grew up listening to sabbath and Metallica my granddaughter was asked her favorite song in kindergarten other kids said twinkle twinkle little star and such my Gracie says I love fairies wear boots by Black SABBASH haha she says sh not th ..so black sabbash!!! You know shes going to be the coolest kid ever. Born in 2014 and loves black sabbath. Oh bro check ronnie james dios voice too hes so good with those guys. R.I.P Story teller of the ages.Ronnie James Dio. ..just thought youd like my story.
I'm surprised I haven't seen this in the comments yet but maybe I missed it? In concept, this sounds like it was inspired by "One", written by Harry Nilsson and made popular by Three Dog Night.
I hear zeppelin and Pink Floyd in here. These were awesome days of rock ‘n’ roll!
To echo a good perceptive comment you made, in my opinion, Iommi was the Michael Jordan of music (not only playing but writing as well); the best thing to do was to let him take the ball and then everybody get out of his way and let the genius do his thing. No one ever said Michael Jordan or Leonardo DaVinci or Einstein were "self indulgent" or criticized them for taking over, and rightly so.
Correct. That view from Steve Porcaro really resonated with me.
You let the artist create art.
I used to listen to the album years ago, now listening again to this great song I had the same thought about pearl jam! I think you are referring to the final piano three notes part in "black", the track from "Ten"
EVERYONE into drumming has to check out “Zero the Hero” from Black Sabbath- so many cover bands playing it now. It would make a PHENOMENAL reaction video Mate!!!
The little part reminds me of zeppelin black dark. And as we ride on down the road!
Tony shreds this one. I've heard this solo slowed down 25% and it still rips.
The best Black Sabbath album in my humble opinion
Definitely one of my favourite Dio Sabbath tracks.
I would love you to review the Born Again song, from Black Sabbath. It would be extremely interesting. Bill Ward plays drums there too
I keep looking around for a HEAVEN & HELL reaction...has he really not reacted to that yet...?!
Ronnie James Dio once said that a great guitar player will probably write 2-3 great riffs in their life; Tony Iommi writes 2-3 great riffs every day
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And Jeff Loomis only writes great riffs always.
@@talastra Comparable to Iommi? Get real, bro.
@@alwilson3204 There's no need to be a pious troll. Just because you like something doesn't make it unsurpassable to all other things. (1) In the first place, most assuredly compared to Iommi, but maybe you've never listened to Loomis; (2) just because you don't like Loomis' songwriting doesn't mean they aren't great riffs, often several in one song, which Iommi hardly manages. You probably think I'm dissing Iommi. Not a bit. While we're at it for maniacal amounts of riff-writing, one should also mention Buzz Osbourne, but he's not as consistent as Loomis. Go listen to stuff by Loomis, then you can come back and tell me (1) that he can't write riffs, whether you are pretending so just because you won't admit that you like the tunes.
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Yes!! Can we get a Sabbath Bloody Sabbath reaction? Pick any song from the album.
I suspect the singer for Quiet Riot you're thinking of is Kevin DuBrow. To my mind, DuBrow's vocals had more of a Brian Johnson (AC/DC) screech element to them, with no vibrato ability to speak of.
You are probably very right there.
The timbre seems similar to me though. All the effects like vibrato not sure of each singers tricks yet.
Great comment man
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The synth part seems to be from the last few bars from "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo. You can hear that same progression, "da daaa da daaa", then Jimmy Page answers it with some guitar licks each time that part is repeated. This comment isn't a Zeppelin vs Sabbath thing, it racked my brain as well "where did I hear this before" and it was from "Stairway".
The keyboard part is very similar to the guitar melody at the end of the stairway to heaven solo before Robert Plant comes in with the "there is a lady we all know" part.
Such a great song. For a great, great drum/vocal track check out Dio in Rainbow doing "mistreated" live in Munich; Cozy Powell's playing is sooo good. Thanks for the video.
It pains me to say this, but I think when Eddie Van Halen arrived on the scene, Tony knew that he had to step it up a notch, and he responded wonderfully with the riff and solo on this song and many others on this album and beyond. I have always been a Sabbath fan and know that Iommi never had to prove himself to anyone!
Especially true since VH opened for Black Sabbath in '78 and got kicked off the tour for being better than Sabbath at the time.
They didn’t get kicked off the tour. VH did the entire European tour and most of the US tour. They left the tour because they were being offered headlining slots, because their album was in the US top 20 for months and had already gone platinum. And Iommi and EVH became friends. But please, tell us more about how they got “kicked off” the tour
como eu amo essa banda. love sabbath
The background at the end of the guitar solo is similar to Stairway To Heaven. Uh Ah, UhAh!
You might like the one album they did with the Deep Purple singer called Born Again.. I like it... The song Trashed is awesome
Andrew, actually Dio did do some guest/ session work on Roger Glover's ( of Deep Purple) album - The Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper's Feast.
And with Kerry Livgren's ( of Kansas )
album - Seeds of Change.
Check them both out you won't be disappointed. 😎👍🏼
This song is killer! I’d recommend you check out Wishing Well from the same album. It’s my favourite of the Dio Sabbath.
I read a interview with Bill Ward and he stated he was in a bad way during the recording of Heaven and Hell. In fact, he stated that he doesn't remember recording this album. Imo makes it even more amazing.
Yep!
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HELL YEAH
You need to do a reaction to Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. He's one of my favorite extreme death metal drummers because he somehow is able to be very musical in his playing compared to many other extreme metal drummers. Things get lost at times when it's all blast beats but he somehow manages to avoid that feeling.
Brother u got to go back and do the rest of vol 4 album, Sabbath bloody sabbath and sabotage. Still missing some of their best work from the early days
For me, this and Mob Rules were the pinnacle of (classic, song based) metal. And the greatest disaster was them splitting after MR.
the keyboards in the solo are quoting a melody line from the solo to Stairway To Heaven.... not exactly Pearl Jam
the keyboard sounds like stairway to heaven
Drew!!!!! When, oh when are you gonna react to "Faires wear boots?!"
I read/heard an interview with Ward that he was so out of it at this time he doesn't even remember recording this album. Such a great LP !
Slipping Away off Mob Rules great drums by Vinny IMHO.
Killer song. Have to start listening to Dio period. Focused solely on the Iommi Ozbourne Butler Ward period so far.
Can't wait!
Try sabbaths Over and Over. Vinny Appice on Drums. Hes sabbath drumming is so good on Mob rules and dehuminer albums
In this interview, Iommi says his approach to solos is not to work them out, but "I go into the studio and play, and try and capture them in so many."
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Tony the riff meister Bill Ward amazing Geezer the glue Butler and last but not least The great Ronnie James Dio R.I.P. Vocals for Rainbow 🌈 and his band Dio considered on of the greatest metal singers
This is part of why Heaven & Hell is my favourite Sabbath album, musically, though lyrically I prefer the originals. But yes, Iommi is just superb here (which is not to take away from the others). Another solid reactanalysis, thanks!
A great song with Bill Ward is Iron man.
Listen to sepeltura attitude 2 live sessions some great drumming
Damn! I need to get to Sepultura
Don't let Ozzy die-hards scare you away from Dio or other Sabbath singers
No way. Dio sounds great to me
Ronnie James Dio,what a voice,taken to soon.
Hi Andrew just an FYI “Heaven and Hell” in the playlist right before this reaction doesn’t play it just skips to this one so maybe it’s blocked now?
Please react to Spiral Architect from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath !
Great stuff but everyone covers Dio/Osbourne Sabbath and IMO the best was when Tony Martin, Ray Gillen and Glenn Hughes were at the helm. Martin is actually my favourite Black Sabbath singer - with the exception of one album, his work with them was phenomenal.
@AndrewRooneyDrums It is worth noting that Dio and the gang eventually changed their band name to Heaven and Hell. They didn't want this stuff to be Black Sabbath but Iommi's contractual obligations brought them there.
So just call them Heaven and Hell.
They were still called Black Sabbath on this album.
The name was changed in 2007 after Sharon and Ozzy went to visit Tony and made an agreement that there would have to be three members of the original Sabbath participating in the project to call themselves Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne are 50/50 owners of that name.
@@mikeg.4211 You are correct of course. They changed the name much later. My point is Andrew can distinguish between them easily using the name Heaven and Hell to refer to the Dio lineup - since he (rightly) associates Ozzy with the name Black Sabbath.
8:50 Stairway to Heaven
Mike is doing the Lords work. Next Sabbath w/Dio? Over and Over on Mob Rules. Vinnie Appice is the drummer on this LP, replacing Bill who couldn't stand one more minute of performing without Ozzy on stage with him during the tour to support Heaven and Hell.
The entire Mob Rules LP is just amazing as Heaven and Hell and some would say better.
There is so much more material to enjoy from the greatest metal band ever, these are your first steps into a bigger world.
Kevin Dubrow is the guy from Quiet Riot. Dio usually sings cleaner than him...
This is not Jeremy, this is Tony jamming pearls
I miss the sound of the seventies
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Just wondering if you ever go back and just listen to the tracks purely for enjoyment?
Honestly, not a huge fan of post Ozzy Sabbath, but, Black Sabbath is my favorite band of all time and this is a great song. When you go back to earlier Sabbath maybe check out A National Acrobat off the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album.
Play something off of Born Again! I wonder how you'll react to 1983 Bill Ward with poor production. I hope for a remix/remaster of that someday. It could've been such a good album if they spent more time and money on production instead of booze haha