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August 23, 2013 at 12:10 PM

Fresh off their first record in decades, Black Sabbath play the Gorge

Posted by Brian Thomas Gallagher

Black Sabbath (Photo courtesy of Black Sabbath)

In 2001, singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler of pioneering English heavy-metal band Black Sabbath reunited to record a new album with super-producer Rick Rubin.

But hell, the magic just wasn’t there.

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June 11, 2013 at 12:43 PM

CD Review: Black Sabbath’s ‘Thirteen’ lives up to a legacy of gloom-and-doom

Posted by Gene Stout

Black Sabbath (photo courtesy MSO PR) Perhaps we can forgive Ozzy Osbourne for saying, “I told you so.” It’s been 30 years since trailblazing heavy-metal group Black Sabbath recorded its last album of apocalyptic songs, and clearly, things have gotten a lot worse on Planet Earth. The gloom-and-doom sound of Osbourne, “Geezer” Butler and Tony Iommi (original drummer Bill Ward…

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