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Cover: 5
Ozzy's out of 10.
Nothing more than a white cover with a motorcycle engine on it with
the BLS skull on it, and of course the band name and album title. It
could have been a lot more metal and evil. I would have expected more
from Zakk. The white does make it noticeable but it comes off too plain
for a CD like this. Looks like a promo CD.
Booklet: 7
Ozzy's out of 10.
Every things is just white with black writing. Each song gets it's own
evil looking drawing next to it, so that bumps up the points. You can
never go wrong with drawings of skulls and death. There are thanks and
credits but no actually photos anywhere.
Songs: 9
Ozzy's out of 10.
What do you know, a song called "Stillborn" and it has Ozzy
Osbourne on it. Coincedence? Jani Bon Neil reviewed all the past BLS
CDs but since this CD is a tribute to me, I thought I'd do this part,
even though I hate writing CD reviews. I'm too simple to give a good
review because I'm just like, "Yeah, it's cool" or "It
sucks." Reviewing metal CDs shouldn't be too deep and all I'm doing
now is taking up space to make it look like I wrote a bunch of shit.
See? The more I write, the more it looks like I put effort into this
and if I drop a few Metal Edge type comments like, "The wrenching
"Suffering Overdue" is a tight composite of angst, regret
and swirling melodies intensified by tumultuous accents" or "The
Blessed Hellride is magnetic with a ruthless sense of clean and chaotic
energy. From the cutting "Final Solution" to the roaring and
lavish "Blackened Waters" to the tenacious thrust and affirmative
anthem "Stillborn".....then it really sounds like I'm professional
and know what I'm talking about. I'm a sneaky bastard. Ok, here's the
real review:
Like past Black Label Society CDs, this is filled with brutal riffs
and shit like that. The songs are all good motivation for drinking and
rioting. Any album with a song called "Stoned And Drunk" gets
my respect immediately. Zakk does his best Ozzy impersonation on "We
Live No More" and "Doomsday Jesus" by singing higher
than he has in the past. It works and he sounds good, probably better
than Ozzy himself. There are two acoustic style songs, "The Blessed
Hellride" and "Dead Meadow," which has some piano on
it. Very similiar to something on Zakk's "Book Of Shadows"
CD. Yeah, it's cool.
Comments: This is probably
the best Ozzy Osbourne record he never sang.
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