Ozzman Cometh, The - Ozzy Osbourne

I’ll say right away that the prospect of a best of album from the greatest metal performer of all time, John "Ozzy" Osbourne, practically had me foaming at the mouth. Ozzy is the face of metal music, period, and this album should have stood as a testament to his immortal legacy among the metal gods. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite live up to this promise, being, on the whole, a rather mixed bag. However, to begin with, it all looks rather ...
...versions of classic Black Sabbath tracks - Black Sabbath itself and Warpigs. This is really the tour de force of the album - taking up 15 minutes of it, and showing off that nobody, bar nobody did heavy metal better than Black Sabbath. They may have waned in the latter days but these really are prime cuts. The guitar sound can be described as nothing on this earth, but the word Troglodyte comes to mind - powerful, savage, primitive and dark. The ...

Spongly 09.01.2001 · Read full review
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If your a fan of the prince of darkness himself then this is an album any metal fan out there should not be without.An album of sheer quality all the way through and one that propels this amazing man in my view to the top of the metal tree.i have been a fan of various heavy metal since i was a lad and i own hundreds of albums of this genre among many more of other genres.i still often find myself putting this album on and playing it loud because ...
...songs of pure magic by ozzy as a solo artist and with black sabbath make a a great mix of dark satantic to a surprising mellow ozzy. the old favourites are all there with the likes of black sabbath,crazy train,mr crowley,bark at the moon,war pigs and the brilliant live version of paranoid with randy rhoads on lead guitar.you also get the other side of ozzy with songs like goodbye to romance and i just want you showing the versitility of the man.this ...

tmlfc1 16.09.2007 · Read full review
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