BLACK SABBATH - TYR
THE KEEPER OF THE SABBATH STONES.
In 1990 Black Sabbath with Tony Martin at the front released another rather underrated masterpiece. TYR is a great album that partly takes inspiration from Norse mythology. The Battle of TYR, Odin's Court and Valhalla are examples of this. Which I as a Swede think is pretty damn cool because I love Vikings and viking culture.
The album kicks off with Anno Mundi and it's starts in an atmospheric way but when Tony Iommi's riffs then kicks in it's just one of the most amazing things I've ever heard in my whole life. If eargasms are real, this intro makes it happen. haha
I see this album as a close relative to Headless Cross since I bought both albums on one double CD without hearing any of it beforehand. I was pleasantly surprised by both records and now these two albums are amongst my all time favourite albums. They also came out near the same time and Tony Martin fronts the band on both albums. You could perhaps throw in The Eternal Idol too to make it triplets but I heard that album much later so for me personally they came more as a package of two.
I see this album as a close relative to Headless Cross since I bought both albums on one double CD without hearing any of it beforehand. I was pleasantly surprised by both records and now these two albums are amongst my all time favourite albums. They also came out near the same time and Tony Martin fronts the band on both albums. You could perhaps throw in The Eternal Idol too to make it triplets but I heard that album much later so for me personally they came more as a package of two.
I also think that both of 'em flirts quite a lot with the Dio era without feeling like they are trying to do it all over again just because those albums were successful. No these two albums stand well on their own. Plus Tony Martin is probably the most underrated vocalist of all time. Unfortunately for the Sabbath TYR didn't do that well which to me is just insane when the music is so incredibly strong.
Besides Anno Mundi, I also love tracks like The Law Maker, Jerusalem, The Sabbath Stones and Valhalla. It's just a remarkable album so if you're unfamiliar with it. Please do yourself a favour and treat yourself with some TYR.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: I.R.S. Records Year: 1990 Country: England Duration: 39:15 Tracks: 9 Genre: Heavy Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 5/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Tony Martin - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Neil Murray - Bass Geoff Nicholls - Keys Cozy Powell - Drums |
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