I played this today and tbqfh, it holds up just fine. in fact, maybe even better, because there's no burden of expectations.
it's not perfect (Geezer's bass sounds weird, "AGe of Reason" has an Audioslave sounding riff), but most of the songs hold up to me. feel like the first three are a solid jump out of the gate.
I'll be playing this again this week I'm sure.
― XVI Pedicabo eam (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 August 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
I like this album. Was quite shocked to read the first posts on this thread... Iommi is in great form, Ozzy sounds fine, I've never had problems with the bass sound. Ward is sadly missing, fair enough.
― Duke, Monday, 3 August 2020 11:05 (three years ago) link
I mentioned upthread that I wrote a review, but I never posted it. Here's a link. I stand by it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 3 August 2020 12:02 (three years ago) link