{"id":565,"date":"1983-10-01T00:00:30","date_gmt":"1983-10-01T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=565"},"modified":"2013-07-19T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T09:52:30","slug":"album-review-black-sabbath-born-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-black-sabbath-born-again\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK SABBATH – Born Again (1983) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLACK SABBATH
Born Again<\/strong><\/span>
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\nVertigo (1983)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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To be quite honest I was pretty apprehensive about this album. I mean, Gillan \u2018n\u2019 Sabbath\u2026 had to be a joke, right? Wrong. As soon as the stylus hit the wax I was shocked. Born Again<\/em> is a very good album. Alright, so Gillan may not be the perfect frontman for the Sabs (denim jacket and bongo drums?), but it\u2019s not likely he\u2019s about to pack his bags and leave so it\u2019s up to Sabbath fans to accept him.<\/p>\n

Side one contains the album\u2019s greatest moments and is nigh on faultless. \u2018Trashed\u2019, \u2018Disturbing The Priest\u2019 and \u2018Zero The Hero\u2019 are all excellent with Tony lommi providing the thick riffs while Geezer Butler and Bill Ward contribute the thunderous rhythm section.<\/p>\n

Side two. Well, that\u2019s not so hot. \u2018Born Again\u2019, the opener, becomes rather tedious after a while due mainly to Gillan\u2019s continual moaning and groaning, but my faith in the album is soon restored with \u2018Digital Bitch\u2019 and \u2018Hot Line\u2019, two of the album\u2019s heaviest tracks (and I mean heavy). \u2018Keep It Warm\u2019, the album\u2019s final track, is rather weak in comparison to the rest of the material, but as always Tony lommi adds some great guitar playing.<\/p>\n

All in all, Born Again<\/em> is an excellent debut for the new line-up and if they can better this material on the next album then they may conquer the world yet again.<\/p>\n

Graham Barnell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 2 (1983)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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