![]() As much as I like Dio on Dehumanizer and in Black Sabbath in general, I'd still take any of the 1970-1975 Ozzy era Black Sabbath albums over Dehumanizer. BLACK SABBATH DEHUMANIZER DELUXE EDITION PLUSOther than that this is a damn solid album for band 20 plus years into their career and a much better album than the Dio solo work that came after Dehumanizer. There isn't much more bad about this release other than some of the songs may be slightly boring and may feel longer than what they are if this isn't your main cup of tea. You have to be in a certain mood for this album I guess being the thrash fanatic I am but this album is definitely miles ahead of any of their releases post 1981. ![]() While I do like this album a lot for what it is I do believe it is a step down from the first wave of Dio era Black Sabbath albums due to there being a few tracks I would more of less skip over when listening to Dehumanizer mainly the two mentioned above. I feel like without Dio these two tracks would be pretty unlistenable. "Sins of the Father" just drags along and feels a lot longer than what it actually is and the song itself is pretty generic compared to some of the moments in other songs on Dehumanizer. I'm thoroughly surprised a song like "TV Crimes" got a music video compared to some of the other tracks on this record. "TV Crimes" is by far the worst song on Dehumanizer and is just as cheesy as the music video for it and lyrically doesn't make any sense. "TV Crimes" and "Sins of the Father" are pretty generic and lackluster compared to the rest of the songs here. He just adds a whole other layer to these type of tracks not saying he wasn't good at the heavier stuff because he was just great at everything but these ballad tunes he really shined. My favorite song on this album is the ballad "Too Late" and for me Dio's best performance on the whole album. "Buried Alive" has a ridiculously heavy intro and keeps that gritty vibe throughout the track and is one of the heaviest Dio era Black Sabbath tunes ever. "I" is a blend of all these techniques making it the most versatile track on the entire disc to my ears. Tracks like "Time Machine" is really uptempo for Black Sabbath standards keeping a steady pace throughout the entire song. Iommi definitely stepped up his game on this record solo wise. Also that intro riff in "Master of Insanity" is quite technical for the band as most of their tracks do not contain that type of riffage and timing. "Computer God" and "Master of Insanity" have these start stop type of riffs with frequent pauses allowing for some clever and catchy powerful verse lines from Dio. "After All' and "Letters From Earth" are classic sounding Black Sabbath super slow doomy tracks they drudge on in a good way. Some of these tunes are really good and quite catchy while some others are a bit cheesy and just sort of drag on. Appice is amazing as always and easily adapts back into the doomy sound of Black Sabbath after being away for 10 years and also playing with Dio on his first 4 releases during the 80's.ĭehumanizer contains 10 tracks clocking in at just over 50 minutes and provides a lot of different elements while still retaining their iconic doom metal vibe and atmosphere. Dio as always sounds immaculate even at 50 here in 1992 he just kills it on this record, the dudes voice was simply ageless. ![]() Iommi's guitar sound is incredible here and is reminiscent of the early 80's Black Sabbath guitar tones. Production/mix wise this album sounds great and everything is clear and audible even the bass is out there in open like always when it comes to Black Sabbath you could always hear Geezer groovin' away throughout the tracks. The band seemed to be revitalized with the return of Dio fronting them and produced in my opinion the last great Black Sabbath album. With Dehumanizer we see the band pick up right where they left on with 1981's Mob Rules and it is a shame it only lasted with this album only. ![]() After almost a decade of 3 different singers and mediocre albums Black Sabbath finally brought back the best singer the band ever had, Ronnie James Dio. ![]()
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