BLACK SABBATH - SEVENTH STAR
IOMMI'S SABBATH
Tony Iommi goes solo and ends up in Black Sabbath? Yeah, something like that.
This was meant to be an Iommi solo album but the label wanted it to be released as a Black Sabbath album and the rest is history. That explains why only Tony Iommi and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls are the only two members that has remained from Black Sabbath's latest studio release Born Again.
We do however got another Deep Purple singer in the band, this time it's Glenn Hughes who fronted Deep Purple in the mid 70's. I do consider him to be a legendary vocalist but I feel like he doesn't always get what Sabbath was all about, maybe it was due to him being all coked up in the 80's.
There's almost an AOR feeling on Seventh Star or a more fitting description would perhaps be what Rainbow sounded like after Dio left. But on the other hand this was supposed to be an Iommi solo album so I don't fault Iommi for trying new things. We must also remember that this album came out in 1986 when thrash metal took a hold of metal and Sabbath were more or less considered finished by 1986 due to the revolving singers and a lack of direction for the band.
I have owned this album for decades now but I rarely listen to this record. It's not bad but it just screams 80's rock commercialism about this one.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Warner Bros Year: 1986 Country: England Duration: 34:53 Tracks: 9 Genre: Heavy/Hard Rock Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 3/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Glenn Hughes - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Dave Spitz - Bass Geoff Nicholls - Keys Eric Singer - Drums |
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