We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.

		guidogodoy wrote:
		Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked. www.salon.com/2013/05/25/jester_clowns_westboro_baptist_church_partner/ As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers* Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.      Budred wrote: ...not my conversation but I had to chime in. That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since. Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!! ...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song. I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it. I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live. I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late 90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: Hey, Justin Kenny! It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either. As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.      Justin Kenny wrote:  Hey all!!    S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way. Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek.    Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity...   ...I will say this much, however;  I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music).   I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was. It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?!    Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there! I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath.   Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13,"  but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with.    Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments;  I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again?    I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!!    In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope  "13"  will NOT be Tony's  'swan song'  as  "The Devil You Know"  was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding).     I've heard  "God Is Dead"  and  "End of the Beginning"  from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!! There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches"  issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!).    I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version'  (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album  "Dedicated To Chaos,"  which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that.     Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called  "Redemption,"  and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like!    Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit  'too much'  like what Tate sounded like from the days  of  "The Warning"  or  "Rage For Order,"  but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time.   Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,'  and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed!    The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.