Does anyone out there really think the world needs a new Ozzy Osbourne album?<\/p>\n
What is there left for Ozzy to contribute to the current music scene? Older artists like Elton John, Meat Loaf and Paul McCartney lately have made attempts to create material on par with their best. Black Rain<\/i>, if anything, presents an Ozzy just going through the motions for no particular reason.<\/p>\n
Sure, the formula for a vintage Osbourne record is present, but the performances lack any semblance of passion. The material itself sounds strained, the melodies and hooks for \u201cNot Going Away,\u201d and \u201cBlack Rain\u201d forced and awkward. And that\u2019s just the first two tracks, one of which is the single.<\/p>\n
I will admit to liking the title track; it gives off an intense vibe, like a storm on the horizon. Zakk Wylde\u2019s riffs are suitably heavy and the lyrics bear similarities to Paranoid<\/i>-era Sabbath. Dark, creepy, it works.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere For You,\u201d while following in the tradition of songs like \u201cMama I\u2019m Coming Home,\u201d just doesn\u2019t fit in with the other material. It\u2019s a power-ballad by the books and I find myself humming it, but it doesn’t fit in the framework of the disc. <\/p>\n
I did not get into Sabbath until a few years ago after Ozzy hit it big with his reality show. After seeing him on that monstrosity, I am shocked that he can still perform. Hell, I\u2019m blown away by the fact he can still enunciate with some degree of clarity. From a technical standpoint, Osbourne sounds strong, but again there\u2019s no investment in the material.<\/p>\n
What else is there to say, really? No new ground is broken at all, and Ozzy sounds like the same old Ozzy. By that rationale, I\u2019m sure Osbourne fans will eat it up. I, on the other hand, would like something more from one of rock\u2019s most famous frontmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5775],"rating":[11204],"class_list":["post-40309","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-ozzy-osbourne","rating-rating-c-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40309"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40309"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}