BLACK SABBATH - THE ETERNAL IDOL
ENTER TONY MARTIN
It's 1987 and Sabbath came out with a new record without much fanfare. Simply because the band had a new lineup every time they released something new and one thing is for sure, metal fans don't like it when things change. It did so bad that Black Sabbath was actually dropped from the Vertigo after this record came out, that's just unimaginable but that was what happened.
After the rather soft record Seventh Star Sabbath found a new vocalist in Tony Martin,an absolutely incredible singer. But just as it was for Dio, he was rediculed more or less for not being Ozzy. No, Tony Martin is a much better vocalist than that in my humble opinion.
With The Eternal Idol Black Sabbath kinda honed in on what made the band so popular in the early eighties with Dio at the mic. So in some weird way one could say that they wanted to repeat the success with Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules by coming up with something similar.
There are still strokes of the type of melodic hard rock we've heard on Seventh Star here but I find The Eternal Idol to be a better and heavier record than that. Just listen to the very first track 'The Shining' it's a great song that easily could have been on any of the Dio records in terms of how good the song is. I personally love the Tony Martin era of Sabbath but I think the best is yet to come.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Vertigo Year: 1987 Country: England Duration: 43:02 Tracks: 9 Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Tony Martin - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Bob Daisley - Bass Geoff Nicholls - Keys Eric Singer - Drums |
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