Post by Rabbit on Nov 30, 2017 10:19:27 GMT
I have followed Sabbath from the start and this (presumably) last album is a real memory trip jogger. They play brilliantly live and I have heard them a few times now since the late sixties!! One thing I noticed when at their shows (as well as other bands' shows) is that fat wall of sound that almost pins you into the walls.
I don't think that was the case in the earlier years and along with more powerful systems, their sound has fattened up enormously in their attempt to be so 'heavy'. I really like Ozzie's voice and was the first thing I noticed on their first album release way back.
However, I don't know whether its just a rose tinted memory, but my recollection of that original album and them playing live was that it had more dynamic contrast going on in the way that they played. In effect, that made the louder parts seem much louder in contrast to other bits.
This album is a great finish for the band and brings back all the memories. They play well and Ozzie is still really good. Funny thing that while they were touring, I saw snippets and Ozzie seemed older and slower but on the recording. he still sounds fine. The stunt guitar playing is great and there is a really assured feeling about the way that they play. The tracks are all well rehearsed and settled over the years so they sound almost like classics.
The sound must have been taken from the mixing boards for this album but to me, it is a fat wall of sound with a lack of depth and contrast. This might be better as a video so you get some visuals and the lack of dynamic range would be less obvious on a TV unless you stuck it through some kind of posh system.
For me, there seems to be a lack of deep stuff going on, which I remember hearing live years back, and in fact, there seems to be quite a bit of mid bass muddle because the texture of the music remains so thick throughout the songs. Ozzie's voice is placed right out front which wasn't the case on the snippets of video that I saw of this.
Anyway, a real memory trip but I do wonder whether a DVD or video download might be nicer to remember them by tbh.
I don't think that was the case in the earlier years and along with more powerful systems, their sound has fattened up enormously in their attempt to be so 'heavy'. I really like Ozzie's voice and was the first thing I noticed on their first album release way back.
However, I don't know whether its just a rose tinted memory, but my recollection of that original album and them playing live was that it had more dynamic contrast going on in the way that they played. In effect, that made the louder parts seem much louder in contrast to other bits.
This album is a great finish for the band and brings back all the memories. They play well and Ozzie is still really good. Funny thing that while they were touring, I saw snippets and Ozzie seemed older and slower but on the recording. he still sounds fine. The stunt guitar playing is great and there is a really assured feeling about the way that they play. The tracks are all well rehearsed and settled over the years so they sound almost like classics.
The sound must have been taken from the mixing boards for this album but to me, it is a fat wall of sound with a lack of depth and contrast. This might be better as a video so you get some visuals and the lack of dynamic range would be less obvious on a TV unless you stuck it through some kind of posh system.
For me, there seems to be a lack of deep stuff going on, which I remember hearing live years back, and in fact, there seems to be quite a bit of mid bass muddle because the texture of the music remains so thick throughout the songs. Ozzie's voice is placed right out front which wasn't the case on the snippets of video that I saw of this.
Anyway, a real memory trip but I do wonder whether a DVD or video download might be nicer to remember them by tbh.