53/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#Dio is one of the GOATs.
#BlackSabbath are GOATs.

The album #HeavenAndHell is a masterpice, but not GOAT tier album. The song, however, is one of the GOATs.

4.5 out of 5.

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Sabotage 5
3. Heaven and Hell 4.5
4. Master of Reality 4.5
5. BlackSabbath 4.5
6. Vol. 4 4
7. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
8. Never Say Die 3.5
9. Technical Ecstasy 2

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54/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

While #DeepPurple is still inactive, #BlackSabbath release their second album with #Dio called "Mob Rules".

🎵 Turn Up the Night
💿 Mob Rules
▶️ https://song.link/y/6YWquoCigok

The second track - "Voodoo" - is the most 80s song ob Black Sabbath so far.

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55/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

With #Dio Black Sabbath changed drastically. They became a very melodic heavy metal band, some call it epic doom.

Ozzy Sabbath is really heavy.
Dio Sabbath is really beautiful.

🎵 The Sign of the Southern Cross by #BlackSabbath
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/PAl468o1F8s

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56/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

If you listen to fools
The mob rules!

🎵 The Mob Rules by #BlackSabbath
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/efuFB5x_Lfk

#NowPlaying #TheMobRules

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57/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

While Black Sabbath are falling off the edge of the world, here's a hot take for you:

Dio Rainbow > Dio Sabbath

Do you agree?

🎵 Falling Off the Edge of the World
💿 Mob Rules (1981)
▶️ https://song.link/y/IuLAFZLNbZU

#Dio #BlackSabbath #Rainbow #MobRules

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58/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

There is no doubt that #MobRules is a great album. But it doesn't quite reach Heaven and Hell. 4/5

Ranking:
1. Paranoid 5
2. Sabotage 5
3. Heaven and Hell 4.5
4. Master of Reality 4.5
5. BlackSabbath 4.5
6. Vol. 4 4
7. Mob Rules 4
8. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
9. Never Say Die 3.5
10. Technical Ecstasy 2

And just like that, #Dio's Sabbath era is over.

🎵 Over and Over
▶️ https://song.link/y/QWTNXWtrp7o

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59/n

I am now halfway through my #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

We are now in 1983 and this is a wild year in the #DeepPurple and #BlackSabbath cosmos:

🐺 Ozzy releases "Bark at the Moon"
🤿 Dio releases "Holy Diver"
🍌 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow release "Bent Out Of Shape"

But what really blows my mind is:

After a night of heavy drinking, (Deep Purple's) Ian Gillan commits to Black Sabbath in February 1983.

They release "Born Again", which will be up next on my journey.

60/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

So after a night of heavy drinking Ian Gillan joins #BlackSabbath after he was reluctant at first.

Born Again opens with a song about heavy drinking.

Coincidence?
I think not!

🎵 Trashed
💿 Born Again (1983)
▶️ https://song.link/y/qvIoRApFfi8

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61/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Can you imagine Freddie Mercury fronting Slayer?
Ok, bad example, Freddie would pretty much nail it everywhere.

But imagine Ozzy on Pink Floyd. That won't work, wouldn't it?

Ian Gillan is a legend and some of his vocal performances are unreached (Child in Time). But his vocals didn't really work with the #BlackSabbath sound, which is the overall problem with #BornAgain.

Here it works though:

🎵 Digital Bitch
💿 Born Again (1983)
▶️ https://song.link/us/i/40458865

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62/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Born Again is often seen as one of the weakest #BlackSabbath albums. The problem is the mismatch Gillan x Iommi, it didn't really work.

The album still is good though, but it could be so much better: 3.5/5

Ranking:
1 Paranoid 5
2 Sabotage 5
3 Heaven and Hell 4.5
4 Master of Reality 4.5
5 BlackSabbath 4.5
6 Vol. 4 4
7 Mob Rules 4
8 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
9 Born Again 3.5
10 Never Say Die 3.5
11 Technical Ecstasy 2

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63/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

It is 1984 and #DeepPurple are back! And not just "any" Deep Purple. It was the iconic Mark II with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice.

How come?

Gillan wasn't happy with #BlackSabbath
Lord and Paice weren't happy with #Whitesnake
Blackmore wasn't happy with #Rainbow

Polygram offered a shit ton of money and Deep Purple made Perfect Strangers.

🎵 Knocking At Your Backdoor
💿 Perfect Strangers (1984)
▶️ https://song.link/y/-INu83mrf9w

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64/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#PerfectStrangers is a very 80s album but still sounds very much like Deep Purple. Just #DeepPurple in the 80s 😂

Oh, and I think Tobias Forge listened to this album a lot when he worked on #Impera with #Ghost.

🎵 Perfect Strangers
💿 Perfect Strangers (1984)
▶️ https://song.link/y/z6Y4_jigI-4

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65/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

If you own the 1999 remaster version of #PerfectStrangers or if you stream it, then the instrumental 10 minute epos closes a fantastic comeback album.

No, it is not as good as In Rock or Machine Head, but it is fucking great! 4/5

🎵 Son Of Alerik
▶️ https://song.link/y/CwnXADa5cj8

#DeepPurple Ranking:
1 In Rock 5
2 Machine Head 4.5
3 Burn 4.5
4 Perfect Strangers 4
5 Fireball 4
6 Stormbringer 3.5
7 DP 3.5
8 WDWTWA 3.5
9 Taliesyn 3
10 C. Taste the Band 2.5
11 Shades 2.5

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66/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Next up on my journey is #BlackSabbath's 12th studio album "Seventh Star", which was actually not supposed to be a Sabbath but an Iommi solo album.

Following Ian Gillan, another Ex-#DeepPurple vocalist joins Sabbath: Glenn Hughes.

🎵 In for the Kill
💿 Seventh Star (1986)
▶️ https://song.link/y/4Indeupd6cc

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67/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Nothing is left of #BlackSabbath, which is no surprise given that Seventh Star wasn't planned to be a Sabbath album.

Please, let us never ever talk about "No Stranger to Love". This is such an godawful cheesy song. *Shruggs*

Luckily the next one - "Turn to Stone" - is much better. And it reminds me a lot of #DeepPurple actually:

🎵 Turn to Stone
💿 Seventh Star (1986)
▶️ https://song.link/y/T7JX4w0NC0A

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68/n #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I have mixed feelings about #SeventhStar. It has some bangers on it (Danger Zone, In for the Kill, Turn to Stone), but then there are throwaway songs like "Heart Like a Wheel" and "No Stranger to Love".

The second half of the album is so cheesy and couldn't be any less #BlackSabbath

2/5 is the best I can do.

Ranking:
Seventh Star is dead last.

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69/

I am now 23 albums in in my 41 albums long #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I will be on holidays starting tomorrow, so I will give this journey some rest. But don't worry, I'll continue in a week or so.

Because I wanna see the world burn 🔥 here's my combined ranking of all Deep Purple and Black Sabbath studio albums up until 1986.

Do you agree?

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70/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#DeepPurple album no. 12 is the 2nd one after the Mk. II reunion and it is called "The House of Blue Light".

It is the first one where they used guitar synthesizers and electric drums.

🎵 The Unwritten Law
💿 The House of Blue Light (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/FneuvAcASRg

Ian Gillan didn't like the album title and of course they started fighing again.

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Oh I love the intro to The Spanish Archer!

🎵 The Spanish Archer by Deep Purple
💿 The House of Blue Light (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/3HzHJciqtwU

#DeepPurple

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On The House of Blue Light Deep Purple lash out a bit more compared to Perfect Strangers, but overall I prefer the latter.

The Spanish Archer and Strangeways are standout tracks for me, but there was also a lot of "meh" on the album.

3/5

Dead Or Alive is a good closer to the album.
Mk II is dead, though.

🎵 Dead Or Alive
💿 The House of Blue Light (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/TESpRDWaxj4

#DeepPurple Ranking:
1 In Rock 5
2 Machine Head 4.5
3 Burn 4.5
4 Perfect Strangers 4
5 Fireball 4
6 Stormbringer 3.5
7 DP 3.5
8 WDWTWA 3.5
9 Strangeways 3
10 Taliesyn 3
11 Come Taste the Band 2.5
12 Shades 2.5

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1987 was the first year after a 12 year break that had both Deep Purple and Black Sabbath album releases.

After a throwaway album whose name shall not be mentioned, #BlackSabbath hires Tony Martin as their new lead singer. They release "The Eternal Idol" and a new era begins.

🎵 The Shining
💿 The Eternal Idol (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/Kdv1jx3QLg8

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74/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Two songs in and I like what I am hearing!

Tony Martin's vocals remind me a bit of Dio and stylistically this is closer to Dio era Sabbath...

...if you pour some sugar on it.

(I guess Def Leppard was the shit back then, because this sounds very much like Def Leppard)

🎵 Ancient Warrior by #BlackSabbath
💿 The Eternal Idol (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/FRAl9I_MDfc

EDIT: 4 songs in and Dio era Sabbath is completely gone. This is Hysteria.

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The title track closes the album and also builds a bridge to the beginning of the album where they started in a Dio era manner.

🎵 Eternal Idol by Black Sabbath
💿 The Eternal Idol (1987)
▶️ https://song.link/y/CjWWzvbevAg

The album is very interesting. The opening songs and the end are great, but everything in between is a bit too cheesy 80s to my taste.

3 out of 5

#BlackSabbath Ranking:
1 Sabotage 5
2 Paranoid 5
3 Heaven and Hell 4.5
4 Master of Reality 4.5
5 BlackSabbath 4.5
6 Vol. 4 4
7 Mob Rules 4
8 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
9 Born Again 3.5
10 Never Say Die 3.5
11 Eternal Idol 3
12 Technical Ecstasy 2.5
13 Seventh Star 2

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76/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Headless Cross is Black Sabbath's second album in the Tony Martin Era.

4 songs in I can tell that I like this one much much better than Eternal Idol.

They removed almost everything I disliked before (mostly the heavy use of echo effects) and Tony gave his best to sound like Dio.

🎵 When Death Calls by #BlackSabbath
💿 Headless Cross (1989)
▶️ https://song.link/y/SNIeaytly_k

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77/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath did a lot of things right with Headless Cross. It sounds like the proper successor to Mob Rules.

Great album: 4/5

🎵 Cloak and Dagger
💿 Headless Cross (1989)
▶️ https://song.link/y/AId0MbsWoFw

Ranking:
1 Sabotage 5
2 Paranoid 5
3 Heaven and Hell 4.5
4 Master of Reality 4.5
5 BlackSabbath 4.5
6 Vol. 4 4
7 Mob Rules 4
8 Headless Cross 4
9 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
10 Born Again 3.5
11 Never Say Die 3.5
12 Eternal Idol 3
13 Technical Ecstasy 2.5
14 Seventh Star 2

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78/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

We enter the 90s. It is now 20 years ago that Black Sabbath released their self titled debut.

Now they released Tyr, their 3rd album with Tony Martin. And 4 songs in, I can already tell that this will be my favourite one of those.

I only have one criticism, and maybe I'm doing him injustice, but Tony Martin tries to sound too much like Dio.

🎵 The Sabbath Stones by #BlackSabbath
💿 Tyr (1990)
▶️ https://song.link/y/9xRZCMe1EvE

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79/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

10 years after Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath release another masterpiece! #Tyr is easily my favourite Tony Martin era album (so far). It is very back to the (Dio) roots without all that 80s nonsense. Give me more please!

4.5 out of 5

#BlackSabbath Ranking:
1 Sabotage 5
2 Paranoid 5
3 Heaven and Hell 4.5
4 Master of Reality 4.5
5 BlackSabbath 4.5
6 Tyr 4.5
7 Vol. 4 4
8 Mob Rules 4
9 Headless Cross 4
10 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
11 Born Again 3.5
12 Never Say Die 3.5
13 Eternal Idol 3
14 Technical Ecstasy 2.5
15 Seventh Star 2

🎵 Heaven In Black
💿 Tyr (1990)
▶️ https://song.link/y/vLj77H-99dw

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80/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Joe Lynn Turner replaces Ian Gillan and #DeepPurple release "Slaves and Masters", their 13th studio album.

🎵 King of Dreams
💿 Slaves And Masters (1990)
▶️ https://song.link/y/CXVLjfY8ZE8

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81/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Deep Purple's Slaves and Masters sounds like a Soft Rock album which is largely due to Joe Lynn Turners vocals.

This album didn't do much for me. It wasn't bad, but I won't pick it up again.

2.5 out of 5 ...meh

🎵 Fire in the Basement by #DeepPurple
💿 Slvaes and Masters (1990)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/829213623

Fire In the Basement by Deep Purple

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82/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#Dio is back!

It is 1992 and Black Sabbath release "Dehumanizer".

My immediate thoughts after 3 songs: this might be the most #Ozzy era sounding Dio era Sabbath record. What a sentence.

Oh wow this is heavy 🤘

🎵 TV Crimes by #BlackSabbath
💿 Dezumanizer (1992)
▶️ https://song.link/y/2Lo17sVDPg0

TV Crimes by Black Sabbath

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Sins Of The Father is by far the most #Ozzy era Sabbath sounding #Dio era Black Sabbath song so far.

...and I love everything about it!

🎵 Sins Of The Father by #BlackSabbath
💿 Dezumanizer (1992)
▶️ https://song.link/y/dRI-kpde9gc

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Oh man, Black Sabbath really delivered with #Dehuminizer. Tyr was already great, but this one puts the cherry on top.

Is the cherry #Dio?

I'd say no. It's the heaviness and the overall darkness that makes this album stand out. It's more than a nod to their past, this IS back to the roots.

Heaven and Hell lacks the "original" #BlackSabbath sound. Dezumanizer has the original Sabbath sound with Dio.

What a great listen this was 🤘

4.5 out of 5. Instant masterpiece.

So here is my Dio era Sabbath ranking:

1. Heaven and Hell 4.5
2. Dehumanizer 4.5
3. Mob Rules 4

🎵 Buried Alive
💿 Dehumanizer (1992
▶️ https://song.link/y/GM3n3DlxKz4

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85/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Moving on. "The Battle Rages On..." is Deep Purple's 14th studio album and it is their final one with the legendary Mark II line-up.

Unfortunately I can't find this album on any streaming service, so I have to listen to a crappy YT video and share songs that are featured on compilations. Sorry for that.

The intro sounds like it could have been on Perfect Strangers...

🎵 The Battle Rages On by #DeepPurple
💿 The Battle Rages On... (1993)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/463326787

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The Battle Rages On... is more than an album title, it perfectly describes Deep Purple's band relations at that time.

Everyone wanted Ian Gillan back.
Everyone except Ritchie Blackmore of course.

Gillan's third return to the band was the final nail in the coffin, Blackmore left during the "Battle Rages On..." tour.

The album however sounds absolutely amazing! Mk. II at their finest, and this song is really something else:

🎵 Anya by #DeepPurple
💿 The Battle Rages On... (1993)
▶️ https://song.link/y/-Lomc2PTQpA

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The Battle Rages On... is neither fan nor critics favourite.

I don't care, I really liked it. I found it great actually.

4 out of 5.

Gillan is back for good.
Blackmore left for good.

#DeepPurple ranking:
1 In Rock 5
2 Machine Head 4.5
3 Burn 4.5
4 Perfect Strangers 4
5 Fireball 4
6 The Battle Rages On... 4
7 Stormbringer 3.5
8 DP 3.5
9 WDWTWA 3.5
10 The House of Blue Light 3
11 Taliesyn 3
12 Come Taste the Band 2.5
13 Shades 2.5
14. Slaves and Masters 2.5

🎵 Solitaire by #DeepPurple
💿 The Battle Rages On... (1993)
▶️ https://song.link/y/QJNkqJqqmAI

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Once again, egos collide and #Dio is gone. Once again.

Tony Martin - who did his best to imitate Dio on his first three Black Sabbath albums - is back for a second stint.

The album is called Cross Purposes and starts off with a rythm guitar section that reminds me of Queen's "Hitman".

And at least on the first track, Martin didn't sound like Dio any longer.

🎵 I Witness by #BlackSabbath
💿 Cross Purposes (1994)
▶️ https://song.link/y/txng7SIKG8E

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Doom. Cross Purposes might be the most doomy doom album Black Sabbath ever released.

🎵 Virtual Death by #BlackSabbath
💿 Cross Purposes (1994)
▶️ https://song.link/y/0nv46KoslTY

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90/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Cross Purposes did surprise me.

It sounded different. Darker - even darker than Dehumanizer. Everything was toned down even more. Also it sounded very 90tyish.

I was entertained and I verdict as follows:

Cross Purposes is good. 3.5 out of 5.

🎵 Evil Eye by #BlackSabbath
💿 Cross Purposes (1994)
▶️ https://song.link/y/KGg6_Iz_ljk

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91/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

The year is 1995 and Black Sabbath released their penultimate album "Forbidden"

This album doesn't at all sound like a #BlackSabbath album. It is some almost generic 90s hard rock/metal thingy I have problems getting into.

I have a theory...

🎵 Shaking off the Chains
💿 Forbidden (1995)
▶️ https://song.link/y/ZlURjy2rvSY

Shaking off the Chains (2024 Tony Iommi Remix) by Black Sabbath

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92/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#Forbidden was not liked at all when it was released.

A lot of the critics was because of the poor production.

Luckily this album was remixed some years ago and I am able to listen to a good sounding record.

It is a very generic one though and is only remotely what most would call Black Sabbath. But I don't really care about that.

Somehow I still like it, I'd say it's solid: 3/5

A lot of things happen in the #BlackSabbath cosmos in the next years, but no new album is in sight, until...

🎵 Kiss of Death
💿 Forbidden (1995)
▶️ https://song.link/y/xZeQqeCcaKU

Kiss of Death (2024 Tony Iommi Remix) by Black Sabbath

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93/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

1996. Ritchie Blackmore has left #DeepPurple for good. Steven Morse picks up the axe and completes the Mark VII line-up consisting of Morse, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice.

Mark VII is Deep Purples second longes lasting line-up, believe it or not.

🎵 Loosen My Strings
💿 Purpendicular (1996)
▶️ https://song.link/y/QTq7LUHrr6I

Loosen My Strings by Deep Purple

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94/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Oh that was a surprise! I really liked listening to #Purpendicular, it reminded me a lot of Fireball. Also it sounds a lot like the most recent albums (which - spoiler alert - were all good).

Great album, 4/5 🤘

My favourite track was Soon Forgotten, I caught myself banging my head to it:

🎵 Soon Forgotten
💿 Purpendicular (1996)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/324161858

Purpendicualar was the first of 5 Deep Purple records before another #BlackSabbath release would see the light of day.

Soon Forgotten by Deep Purple

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95/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

In 1998 Deep Purple release #Abandon, but they were not a band done, they were a band on!

Unfortunatelly this album doesn't seem available on any music streaming service, so you have to live with crappy YT links. I apologise in advance!

🎵 Any Fule Kno That by #DeepPurple
💿 Abandon (1998)
▶️ https://song.link/y/K0-h8nUrXtg

Deep Purple - Any Fule Kno That (Stereo! Abandon 01) by Purple Snake

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96/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Halfway through "Abandon" and I am not really sold.

Apart from "Seventh Heaven" and "Watching The Skye" it just ripples along.

🎵 Fingers To The Bone by #DeepPurple
💿 Abandon (1996)
▶️ https://song.link/y/1PlKfnNDqGg

Deep Purple - Fingers To The Bone (Stereo! Abandon 06) by Purple Snake

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97/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I have mixed feelings about Deep Purple's Abandon. There are some good numbers (Seventh Heaven, Watching The Sky, '69), but overall it didn't really grab me.
Like something was missing or so.

2,5 out of 5. Solid, but I probably won't pick it up again.

🎵 '69 by #DeepPurple
💿 Abandon (1998)
▶️ https://song.link/y/Onb6LeyJm7g

34 albums done, 7 more to do.

Deep Purple - '69 (Stereo! Abandon 10) by Purple Snake

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98/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

It is 2003. It took Deep Purple 5 years to release their next album called #Bananas

Don Airy replaces Jon Lord after his retirement. Airy is yet another musician who was active in both Purple and #BlackSabbath

With 20 years, the Mark VIII line-up is the longest reigning in Deep Purple's history and I am afraid that it'll stay like that.

🎵 House of Pain by #DeepPurple
💿 Bananas (2003)
▶️ https://song.link/y/3NHTnYS8mMU

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99/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Picture Of Innocence is a nice blues rock song. Stylistically Deep Purple continue where they left with Abandoned. Overall really good, but a bit of variety wouldn't hurt.

🎵 Picture Of Innocence by #DeepPurple
💿 Bananas (2003)
▶️ https://song.link/y/FAxq8SUKccs

Deep Purple - Picture Of Innocence (Bananas 07) by Purple Snake

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100/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Ok, so I am done with Deep Purple's Bananas.
To be frank I don't like the album title and the album art.
But I liked Bananas and overall I liked Bananas.

I don't need more Bananas though, so 2.5 out of 5 is a rating I can live with.

🎵 Bananas by #DeepPurple
💿 Bananas (2003)
▶️ https://song.link/y/Y1DlKkKezW4

Deep Purple - Bananas (Bananas 10) by Purple Snake

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101/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

#BlackSabbath was not unactive after the release of Forbidden. They reunited with #Ozzy went on a tour and released a live album "Reunion" which also features two new songs. But no new studio album was in sight.

Meanwhile in 2005 Deep Purple release Rapture of the Deep, which arguably has the worst album cover. Did they use Wordart there?

🎵 Money Talks by #DeepPurple
💿 Rapture of the Deep (2005)
▶️ https://song.link/y/vbqLfkw4Yh8

Money Talks by Deep Purple

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102/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Deep Purple's Wordart cover art album "Rapture of the Deep" closes with an epic track:

🎵 Before Time Began by #DeepPurple
💿 Rapture of the Deep (2005)
▶️ https://song.link/y/FkUMjEE1jSQ

This one is another solid album and better than Bananas and Abandon.
3 out of 5 wordart textures.

Ranking (excerpt:
...
10 The House of Blue Light 3
11 The Book of Taliesyn 3
12 Rapture of the Deep 3 🆕
13 Bananas 2.5
14 Abandon 2.5
15 Come Taste the Band 2.5
...

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103/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Dio, Geezer and Iommy realasing an album. Must be Black Sabbath, right?
Wrong. They release it as Heaven & Hell so technically it wouldn't qualify for this Metaljourney.

But after 4 Deep Purple albums in a row, I need a bit of the #BlackSabbath sound.

So here we go, let's make it 42 albums instead of 41.

🎵 Atom and Evil by #HeavenAndHell
💿 The Devil You Know (2009)
▶️ https://song.link/y/7k7AKTA1CBo

Atom and Evil by Heaven & Hell

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104/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

I don't remember that "The Devil You Know" was this good. The last time I listened to it was already 7 years ago, so I guess it aged like fine wine.

This album has a very modern heavy sound which I prefer to 80s and 90s production. Yes, I am serious.

If I would rank this album in my joint #DeepPurple and #BlackSabbath list, it would be placed between Mob Rules and Purpendicular.

Here's a question to all Metalheads: does The Devil You Know belong into the Black Sabbath discography?
IMHO it has a stronger case than 7th Star.

🎵 Neverwhere by #HeavenAndHell
💿 The Devil You Know (2009)
▶️ https://song.link/y/B5VezIuQFkE

Neverwhere by Heaven & Hell

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105/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

8 years have passed since Rapture of the Deep.

Now what?

Now What?!

A Simple Simple song might be simple, but it is fantastic!

🎵 A Simple Song by #DeepPurple
💿 Now What?! (2013)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/616738334

A Simple Song by Deep Purple

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106/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourey

What did the lads of Deep Purple do during their 8 year break between Rapture of the Deep and Now What?! questionmark.

Have they bathed in a fountain of youth?
Now What?! is banger after banger.

I said it before and I'll say it again, and I'll probably say it again a couple of times, but: Deep Purple's late work doesn't get the attention it deserves!

🎵 Hell to Pay by #DeepPurple
💿 Now What?! (2013)
▶️ https://song.link/y/lNofQY3ppME

Hell to Pay by Deep Purple

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107/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourey

I have no idea what #DeepPurple changed, but it worked. Now What ?! sounds fresh, modern and powerful but doesn't neglect their past. It has everything any Purplehead could ever ask for.

Now What ?! is one of Deep Purple's best records.
In fact, it is their best album since Burn which makes it their best album in almost 40 years!

4.5 out of 5, masterpiece level 🤘

🎵 Uncommon Man
💿 Now What ?! (2013)
▶️ https://song.link/at/i/616738344

Ranking (excerpt):
...
2. Machine Head 4.5
3. Burn 4.5
4. Now What ?! 4.5 🆕
5. Perfect Strangers 4
6. Fireball 4
...

Uncommon Man by Deep Purple

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108/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Is this the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end?

2013 is the first year since 1990 that had both Deep Purple and Black Sabbath releases.

#13 marks #Ozzy's first album with Sabbath in 35 years. It will also be Sabbath's last ever studio album.

The album kicks off with the end of the beginning.
When I listened to it the first time I was immediately in love.

And Iommi, oh my god Iommi! This part at 5:15... goosebumps, always!

I love this album! 🤘

🎵 End Of The Beginning by #BlackSabbath
💿 13 (2013)
▶️ https://song.link/y/Y1MVogBNKhw

End Of The Beginning by Black Sabbath

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109/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Dear father, why is "13" so good?

🎵 Dear Father
💿 13 (2013)
▶️ https://song.link/y/7GEzSBxRVNw

Ok I admit, I am biased. Before 13 I only listened to a couple of #BlackSabbath songs, you know, the obvious ones, but 13 really got me into them.

13 is fantastic and Iommi's solo in "The End of the Beginning" is my favourite of his, by a large margin.

4.5 out of 5, a masterpiece.

With this, the Black Sabbath path of my DeepSabbath Metaljourney is almost at its end.
What is still missing is my final ranking, which should also answer where I am in the #Ozzy vs #Dio era #Sabbath discussion.

You'll find that in the next toot.

Dear Father by Black Sabbath

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110/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

And here it is, my final ranking of all #BlackSabbath studio albums:

1 Sabotage 5
2 Paranoid 5
3 13 4.5
4 Heaven and Hell 4.5
5 Master of Reality 4.5
6 Black Sabbath 4.5
7 Dehumanizer 4.5
8 Tyr 4.5
9 Vol. 4 4
10 Mob Rules 4
11 The Devil You Know* 4
12 Headless Cross 4
13 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 3.5
14 Born Again 3.5
15 Never Say Die 3.5
16 Cross Purposes 3.5
17 The Eternal Idol 3
18 Forbidden 3
19 Technical Ecstasy 2.5
20 Seventh Star 2

111/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Alright alright alright. The #BlackSabbath part of my Metaljourney is done, but there are still 3 #DeepPurple albums left.

Next up is one of my favourites:

🎵 Time for Bedlam by Deep Purple
💿 Infinite (2017
▶️ https://song.link/y/T0YmYsU_rM8

Time for Bedlam by Deep Purple

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112/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Similar to Sabbath's "13", #Infinite was a bit of a gate opener for me. I listened to it a lot when it was realeased, and I only explored Deep Purple's back catalogue afterwards.

So of course I am biased, but please, listen to this song and tell me it's not great 👇

🎵 The Surprising by #DeepPurple
💿 Infinite (2017)
▶️ https://song.link/y/EjYmy8dHYmE

The Surprising by Deep Purple

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113/ #DeepSabbath #Metaljourney

Like Now What?!, Infinite is a masterpiece level album.

I have only one complaint: I wish they hadn't cut off Birds of Prey so soon. I want to listen to this majestic guitar solo infinitely. I don't want it to end ever. This might be Steven Morse's best work ever and I thank him for that!

4.5 out of 5.

Also - SPOILER ALERT - I can already tell you that Infinite is my second favourite Deep Purple album.

🎵 Birds of Prey by #DeepPurple
💿 Infinite (2017)
▶️ https://song.link/y/-FkPxr7zJ6U

Birds of Prey by Deep Purple

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@derthomas That, and "Birds of Prey" are so good!
@derthomas It's amazing how much work you put into this! 🤘 Are you going to want a big long break from Sabbath for a while now?
@buffyleigh absolutely ...not!
Honestly I'd like to revisit some of the older ones next. There's so much variety in their catalogue with only few outliers, they never get boring!
@derthomas That's wonderful, goes to show how great a band is when you can't get sick of them!
@derthomas as one of the people who haven't listened to any really recent Deep Purple, I am taking this as my sign to finally just put some of the recent albums.

@derthomas omg is this really 1996?
i still remember being in actual tears hearing how much of gillan scream was gone
learned to love his aged voice since, fingers to bone is easily one of the strongest songs ever written

edit: okay, seems i latched on a typo -- you say it's 1998 elsewhere. thought it was like ~2000 tho

@lkundrak oh my bad, it was 1998, I had a copypasta error in the toot.

I think Gillan peaked already very early. Even on Perfect Strangers most of his range was gone.
But I think he's doing the best out of the situation and I like his aged voice too.