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Early Black Sabbath is iconic baby metal for a very good reason, but something about working/writing with Ronnie brought out the best with Tony’s guitar. Heaven & Hell/Mob Rules and The Devil You Know are his most adventurous guitar pieces.
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And I will give him a pass for whatever weird, muddy, grunge/metal combo thing he had going on during Dehumanizer since apparently the entire production of that album was a logistical nightmare as well and because the producer didn’t really understand hot to mix an album for Sabbath’s sound.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

By logistical nightmare I mean: the sessions were super tense as Geezer was still backing the lie about the mixing of Live Evil about a decade earlier, even attempting to get Ronnie replaced by getting Tony Martin to return. Originally drummer Cozy Powell was supposed to continue after having recorded on Headless Cross. However he quit due to an injury and apparently did not get in great with Ronnie despite getting along well on Rainbow.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Yes, Geezer’s moodiness and paranoia were fueled by depression and a likely cocaine relapse but still, the attempt to replace Ronnie went so far as to actually get multiple tracks recorded with Tony. They also recorded at two different studios (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) and it was produced in Germany. And while the producer wasn’t exactly bad, he was known for bands like Queen and ELO. Some fantastic albums but Metal was not his genre.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

It became the band’s least successful album commercially. In part due to massive recording costs, but also due to the explosion of grunge around that time forcing metal entirely out of the spotlight. According to Tony they lost millions in its recording and didn’t break even on it for years.

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