BLACK SABBATH - TECHNICAL ECSTACY
ROCK 'N' ROLL SOLDIERS
ROCK 'N' ROLL SOLDIERS
Technical Ecstacy, the album where Black Sabbath tried to be Rush, just kidding or am I? Well, there is a change in sound for Sabbath with this one. The dark doom and gloom sound of for example Master of Reality is almost completely gone by now. In my head this sounds more like Ozzy fronting Rush or something. It's very proggy and not as metal sounding as before. Just listen to the song It's Alright it really sounds nothing like Sabbath but it is. It sounds more like The Beatles or something. Very odd track, It's solid but it's certainly not metal. This change came to be when keyboardist Gerald 'Jezz' Woodruffe joined the band in 1975.
But there are some great stuff on this record too like Backstreet Kids or You Won't Change me with it's cool guitar noodling. Dirty Women, the album closer is also a good track. So it's far from a complete waste but expect some prog rock elements and some strings and keyboards.
I think Sabbath lost their direction a bit here. You want Black Sabbath so sound like Sabbath and not like Rush, we already got Rush for that and with that said I'll give the album three axes out of five.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Warner Bros Year: 1976 Country: England Duration: 40:31 Tracks: 8 Genre: Heavy/Prog Rock Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 3/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Geezer Butler - Bass Gerald Woodruffe - Keys Bill Ward - Drums |
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