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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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To me, this is one of the best Dio era albums.Yes, it has been slated by many sabbath fans for various reasons but the quality of the music speaks for itself.
We all know that during the recording of this albums all wasn't well between Ronnie and cozy.This caused alot of friction within the band but hey presto, cozy breaks his pelvis and Vinny appice is brought in and then the chemistry of mark II or III? kicks in.
every song is heavy (even by Sabbath standards!) with some of Dio's best vocals ever . This isn't Heaven&Hell style suff more of a ninety's take on thst era.
I think the songs really hold up even 12 years down the line. Tony's guitar sound on this album is really happening and we certainly haven't heard him sound as angry for along time! please buy this album!!
We all know that during the recording of this albums all wasn't well between Ronnie and cozy.This caused alot of friction within the band but hey presto, cozy breaks his pelvis and Vinny appice is brought in and then the chemistry of mark II or III? kicks in.
every song is heavy (even by Sabbath standards!) with some of Dio's best vocals ever . This isn't Heaven&Hell style suff more of a ninety's take on thst era.
I think the songs really hold up even 12 years down the line. Tony's guitar sound on this album is really happening and we certainly haven't heard him sound as angry for along time! please buy this album!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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After 10 years apart the mk III Sabbath line up (or perhaps mk IV, if were counting the Dave Walker weekend of the late 70's). However with Ronnie, Geezer and Vinnie back, certain former Sabbath members (namely Cozy Powell and Neil Murray) felt betrayed a this sudden change after the hard work they put in on the Tyr album and Headless Cross tour. But if this was a ploy on Iommi's part to boost Sabbaths profile it certainly worked as instead of having to cancel dates due to poor ticket sales, they band found themselves playing massive venues around the world.
After 10 years apart the sound has certainly changed, making 'Dehumanizer' the heaviest Sabbath album with Dio and the bands heaviest since 'Born Again'. The songs on display here and generally of a very high quality with only 'Sins of the Father' letting the side down (it's strangely reminiscent of the 'Never Say Die' track 'Hard Road'). Lyrically Dio is mainly eschewing the fantasy lyrics of old and is now singing about Computers and such, which must have been ground breaking back in 1992! Iommi of course provides memorable riffs and solos throughout. Geezer and Vinnie prove themselves once again to be the second best Sabbath rhythm section (no one did ever match Geezer and Bill in my opinion). The production on this album although a improvement on some of Sabbath's 80's work is slightly lacking as it lacks the subtly of some of the early Dio albums, perhaps the album would of benefited from Martin Birch's touch, but judging by his dire job on Iron Maidens 'Fear of the Dark' perhaps not.
Stand out tracks on this consistent and heavy album include 'Computer God', 'After All', 'TV Crimes', 'I' and 'Too Late'. The latter of which being of particular note as it has a more old school feel to it and lyrics about the 'magic one' always bring a smile to my face. So in conclusion don't miss out on this one, it's much better than it's unexplainably bad reputation in some quarters of the press.
After 10 years apart the sound has certainly changed, making 'Dehumanizer' the heaviest Sabbath album with Dio and the bands heaviest since 'Born Again'. The songs on display here and generally of a very high quality with only 'Sins of the Father' letting the side down (it's strangely reminiscent of the 'Never Say Die' track 'Hard Road'). Lyrically Dio is mainly eschewing the fantasy lyrics of old and is now singing about Computers and such, which must have been ground breaking back in 1992! Iommi of course provides memorable riffs and solos throughout. Geezer and Vinnie prove themselves once again to be the second best Sabbath rhythm section (no one did ever match Geezer and Bill in my opinion). The production on this album although a improvement on some of Sabbath's 80's work is slightly lacking as it lacks the subtly of some of the early Dio albums, perhaps the album would of benefited from Martin Birch's touch, but judging by his dire job on Iron Maidens 'Fear of the Dark' perhaps not.
Stand out tracks on this consistent and heavy album include 'Computer God', 'After All', 'TV Crimes', 'I' and 'Too Late'. The latter of which being of particular note as it has a more old school feel to it and lyrics about the 'magic one' always bring a smile to my face. So in conclusion don't miss out on this one, it's much better than it's unexplainably bad reputation in some quarters of the press.
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I love Black Sabbath, so I've given this album 3 stars - which I think is a fair score. For me, Sabbath were not really Sabbath after this line up split following the excellent 'Mob Rules' and 'Heaven & Hell' albums. I couldn't stretch my loyalty any further for a band that held the perfect musical ingredients in it's original incarnation, and then found a really good, equally rockin', but different sound in it's second incarnation. When I bought this I was, of course, excited to hear what this last great Sabbath line up, back together after years, had to offer. Frankly, I thought this effort was a wasted opportunity. I do quite like it and it has it's moments, but it just doesn't cut the mustard when compared to the rock perfection everyone knows these chaps are capable of. What happened? There are no really stand out tracks, only stand out parts scattered here and there over the album. Again it's not bad, just very disappointing. This bloke 'Mack' - who produced this album and was the guitarist in ICE T's rap/metal band 'Bodycount' - was punching above his weight on this one, and maybe that's why the production isn't that great either. Who knows? Though the album cover looks a tad naff, I quite like it! You need to hear this for yourself and make up your own mind - and £3 or £4 is a very reasonable price for this disc.
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Typical Sabbath.
I really like this CD.
It,s a little bit darker than heaven and hell but some old fantastic riffs and guitar work from Tony Iommi and great lyrics from Geezer... Read more
It,s a little bit darker than heaven and hell but some old fantastic riffs and guitar work from Tony Iommi and great lyrics from Geezer... Read more
Published 9 months ago by david_uk
Dreadful
I used to buy every Sabbath album on the day of release. Dehumanizer marked the last time I did this. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mangetout
Top metal band fronted by THE metal god...DIO
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Published 11 months ago by C. Palmer
Over and Over
And, again, Sabbath reshuffle their players and, as if by magic Dio appears. It's a slight shame as the Tony Martin lead band was proving to be great for Sabbath, releasing their 3... Read more
Published 17 months ago by ratmonkey
not the album it could have been
Despite the reunion of the MOB RULES line up this was not the album i was expecting it bears no resemblance to either MOB RULES or HEAVEN AND HELL. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr Blackwell
The reunion that wouldn't happen number 1
The reunion that wouldn't happen number 1 - the Dio re-formation, some 10 years too early, but it bore the fruit of the darkest, heaviest Sabbath album ever - some of this would... Read more
Published on 30 April 2010 by Azz McMahon
Sabbath bloody Sabbath
I am perhaps being a little harsh giving Dehumanizer only 3 stars, 3 and a half may be fairer. Its biggest
problem is that it cant hold a candle to Heaven and hell and is not... Read more
problem is that it cant hold a candle to Heaven and hell and is not... Read more
Published on 28 April 2010 by Gary Locke
The real thing
Forget all your preconceptions about heavy metal and everything you ever heard from and about Ronnie Dio and Tony Iommi. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Sa Brink
Going through the same old Rituals
This album is quite a let down and I'm wondering how anyone can describe it as a masterpiece. It lacks memorable tunes or even memorable riffs. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Fergal Woods
Desabbathizer
I am not a nostalgic in any case, but I easily get the differences, and one gets them listening to this album and comparising it to the Black Sabbath. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2009 by Santi
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