40+ years later to me "Heaven & Hell" is still a masterpiece of music production & engineering. Martin Birch did justice to the music. Everything is warm, clear and LOUD. So many layers, so clear. Timeless

@joelmacdonald6994

23 күн бұрын

Heaven and Hell is easily in my top 3 or 4 Black Sabbath songs. Easily my favourite song with Tony and RJD, “Heaven and Hell” the band, there’s some wicked tunes there too. The H&H album is incredible. Iommi and Dio were meant to work together, just as much as Iommi and Ozzy were.

@awesomebeard1973

22 күн бұрын

Ive always loved the sound on this album. Imo Paranoid had the best production and mix. I dont like the new remaster ( I think its like 2021), Of H& H, it changes the tone too much.

@Stefan-

21 күн бұрын

Martin Birch did so many other classic albums as well, Rainbow, Deep purple, Black sabbath (Mob rules as well) and Iron maiden etc, he was a true master of his craft. Rock In Peace Martin Birch and of course also my favourite singer ever Ronnie James Dio.

@bookhouseboy280

20 күн бұрын

@@Stefan- He produced some great Blue Oyster Cult albums too.

I’ve always thought Dio should’ve won a Grammy for Best Male Vocal for this song.

@shacozzi4888

23 күн бұрын

what won over this? 10/10 lyrics, melody, and performance.

@scottzappa9314

23 күн бұрын

Yeah this is killer. The Grammy's are pretty meaningless and political.

@zddoodah

23 күн бұрын

@@shacozzi4888 At the Grammys for music released in 1980, Billy Joel won the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male for his Glass Houses album. At that time, there were no awards for metal and only four awards for "rock" (Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female/Male, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Rock Instrumental Performance). All four of those categories were new as of the prior year, and the Grammys had ZERO interest in anything metal related. Billy Joel beat out Jackson Browne, Lenny Loggins, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen (the award was generally given to solo artists). The award for duo/group with vocal was won by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (for the album Against the Wind), which beat out Blondie (nominated for the song "Call Me"), Pink Floyd (nominated for The Wall), The Pretenders (for the song "Brass in Pocket") and Queen (for "Another One Bites the Dust"). I would be shocked if anything from H&H was even submitted for consideration.

I think Tony remembers that while Ozzy's vocal lines would always follow the riff/melody, he was surprised that Ronnie would instinctively go against it, adding another layer

@Jens-xx9lm

23 күн бұрын

Yes Ozzy did that. Far from always, but sometimes so exact that it was kind of stupid. Never liked Iron man as a grownup for that reason. Dio on the other hand does what every other singer does.

@Wither81

23 күн бұрын

Love the way Ozzy did it.

@charleskandrut7022

23 күн бұрын

Loved those 2 early 80s albums Sabbath did with Dio! Never liked that nails on a chalkboard Ozzy shriek!

@grahamnunn8998

22 күн бұрын

I appreciate Ozzy in classic Sabbath and undoubtedly, there are some classic tracks. Dio was definitely the best singer they ever had and a great writer. Only my second concert (after the Highway To Hell tour!) was the Heaven and Hell tour. Ronnie was so spot on and even the older numbers sounded fresh.

Geezer is such a massively under-rated bass player

@matiasa4624

22 сағат бұрын

I hear live with sabbath in argentina. Uf a monster geezer.

DIO All the Fool's Sailed Away

@68sixgun

20 күн бұрын

That track gives me the chills, such a classic.

This is such a masterpiece of an album

@Steely_Fran

22 күн бұрын

Facts!

This is just another example of proof that metal music is classical music with electricity added. Great song.

This mix is Martin Birch's magic. The legendary producer who worked with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and with Iron Maiden for a long time!

@langdalepaul

22 күн бұрын

Don’t forget Rainbow and Whitesnake. Absolutely legendary producer/engineer, responsible for most of the best metal albums ever made.

@edmonddp

19 күн бұрын

Hes best production was "Rising" by Rainbow 1976

@bernardcarpenter6949

19 күн бұрын

I sometimes wonder what Born Again would have been like had he produced it.

@langdalepaul

18 күн бұрын

I’m not a great fan of Born Again, and not just because the production wasn’t very good. I don’t think Gillian’s voice suits Sabbath, for a start, but the composition isn’t the best, either. Less melodious than they usually are.

They tuned down 1/2 step for this record. Absolute masterpiece...

@jeffschwartz8900

23 күн бұрын

Does that make it E-flat, or D-sharp , they are tuned to ❓️

@farn451

23 күн бұрын

@@jeffschwartz8900 for me it's Eb and write it as E standard.

@zddoodah

23 күн бұрын

Sabbath tuned down for most of their albums - primarily because of Tony's fingers. He needed the strings to be more slack, and the tuning down helped with the Sabbath sound.

@soloridertv

2 күн бұрын

No metal band is going to write in G sharp minor. They are playing in A minor tuned down a half step. Climate Change is a hoax to accomplish a Globalist power grab. Wake up!

The dynamic of the chemistry that Ronnie James Dio brought to Black Sabbath reinvigorated the band and brought them back to their roots - the heavy riffs, huge melodies... ominous lyrics... Everything fans loved about Black Sabbath but were missing in Ozzy's last years (Not because of Ozzy - he had little to do w/ his last Sabbath records) However, it also sounded like a different band. The way the original Black Sabbath worked w/ Ozzy was that Tony Iommi (guitar) would have an idea... Geezer (bass) and Bill (drums) joined in to jam the riff idea... Ozzy would come up w/ vocal melodies... and then, Geezer would have to write the lyrics w/ Ozzy's melodies. But by 1979, that dynamic was not working because of drugs and alcohol... Geezer was burnt out and so was Bill... Ozzy didn't like what he was hearing and his ideas were being rejected constantly. After months of nothing being recorded, Tony Iommi finally made the decision to fire Ozzy Osbourne; he had met Ronnie James Dio in L.A. and they talked about writing new music together. Ronnie James Dio had just been fired from the band Rainbow in 1979 and he was also looking for a new gig... Black Sabbath had been an inspiration and he was excited at the chance to work w/ the band... This new dynamic where Tony Iommi would play him an idea on guitar and Ronnie immediately had melodies, lyrics and his own ideas for the song seemed more productive. Geezer Butler had quit but decided to come back to Sabbath; he was ecstatic that he didn't have to write lyrics anymore... Geezer could concentrate on jamming w/ Iommi and putting his own input forward musically... Drummer Bill Ward agreed to record the drums for 'Heaven and Hell'... but he was messed up on alcohol and he revealed that he hated the band's new direction - it didn't feel right to him... So, Ward quit the band as the tour started and Vinny Appice (drums) joined the band and did the next album 'Mob Rules' in 1981 before Ronnie James Dio was sacked in 1982. Ronnie James Dio formed the band Dio in 1983 and he was determined to carry that vision of heavy metal that Black Sabbath had w/ him... He loved the dark, heavy and aggressive elements and it was more natural to record those kinds of songs, rather than what Ritchie Blackmore was doing in Rainbow.

I was the luckiest little metalhead, when Dio returned for "Dehumanizer" and later for "The Devil you know". I❤Dio

@godmaentertainment4375

15 күн бұрын

I seen both Mob Rules and Live Evil in Toronto

One of my favorite Black Sabbath songs in the Ronnie James Dio era.

Over and over should be next. Great bluesy song with wailing vocals and possibly one of Tonys best solos. Definitely should give it a listen

@Dios67

24 күн бұрын

Falling Off the Edge of the World 🙂

@zddoodah

23 күн бұрын

@@Dios67 That is such an underrated song! I was so happy when Heaven and Hell (the band) played it when I saw them live in 2007.

@chrislyne377

23 күн бұрын

​@@Dios67Falling Off the Edge of the World is an utter diamond of a song. I'm always impatient to get to it when I listen to Mob Rules!

@RalfEngelmann

22 күн бұрын

Overall I love Over and Over and I hear it often. But I don't like the solos. They don't really support the song. They drift from away from the songs mood, melody and its bluesy base theme.

Sabbath w/Dio Over and Over Falling off the Edge of the World "I" Sign of the Southern Cross Thank you for your focus and reaction.

@charleskandrut7022

23 күн бұрын

Falling is so damn good!!!

@danhowes41

22 күн бұрын

How about Country Girl

Absolutely adore this Sabbath song. RJD was an absolute god tier vocalist. Sadly missed 😢

The BEST MUSICAL LINEUP EVER!!! You can never go wrong with Black Sabbath and Dio!! Dio is the man!!!💜🤘

One of my favorite albums by any band.

I was 17 when this came out. I fell in love with this album immediately

Dio Sabbath is the apotheosis of the heavy metal genre.

Great stuff! And another fact which makes this even more perfect for Earth Day : the original name of Black Sabbath was Earth.

@hectorfosado5905

23 күн бұрын

Exactly where I thought Doug was going during the intro, I was sure he was going to mention this fact :) Even happier coincidence, then that he chose it for Earth day

Also Martin Birch doing his magic!

One of the best mixed albums ever! You can clearly hear every instrument.

I forgot how good this song was. Dio is a legend (also sang "Butterfly Waltz", a Roger Glover song (the bass player of Deep Purple). Its flats coz he is most probably playing guitar detuend to Eb

I've said it before, "Heaven & Hell" and "Mob Rules" proved Sabbath didn't need Ozzy to make great records. But,Tony did need Ronnie. Just as "Blizzard of Oz" and "Diary of a Madman" proved Ozzy didn't need Sabbath to make great records. But, Ozzy did need Randy Rhodes.

@LiamWhiskers

23 күн бұрын

Laughably wrong. Sabbath already stunk by the time technical ecstasy was released. Dio Sabbath is cringe as it gets. Every song is Dio doing the same vocals with watered down styx/kansas riffs.

@tomfabozzi5353

23 күн бұрын

I think you’ll find you’re in a very small minority on this thread, mate. Loved both those eras of the band (and even liked Born Again and Eternal Idol), but there’s always people who can’t get past the 1st 6 Sabbath albums. Fair enough. That’s your vie. But don’t shove it down people’s throats

@archie6962

23 күн бұрын

Sabbath did other great records without Ronnie or Ozzy like Born Again, Headless Cross and Tyr. Ozzy did great records without Randy like Bark At The Moon, No Rest For The Wicked and No More Tears.

@gazzie12000

23 күн бұрын

@@LiamWhiskers I think perhaps it's you that are "laughably wrong", and in a very small minority! I saw Sabbath with Dio quite a few times and they were fantastic live. Also Dirty Women on Technical Ecstasy is a stone wall Sabs classic.

No one gives Geezer his props on the bass. Excellent bass riffs all around. I believe this song is about Atlantis. The mythical island that sank into the Ocean. Not about "Earth day". whatever that is. Everyday is Earth day. As long as that star keeps burning, and this planet keeps spinning...

Check out Falling Of The Edge Of The World from Mob Rules. A phenomenal song with many layers.

This is my favorite sabbath song, and my favorite song with Dio singing (maybe tied with heaven and hell).

Absolute banger of an album. Start to finish.

My favorite Dio Sabbath song as well. Reckon the best version is of the Live Evil, a bit slower and heavier and Dio's vocals are off the scale.

Oh, such an amazing song from Sabbath. Dio is simply one of the best vocalists of all time. Great reaction, Doug!

And so finally you get to one of my absolute favorite metal songs. Ozzy is great, but Dio was fantastic. He brought philosophy and deep existential contemplation to the genre like few others before him. Maybe he was the very first to do it.

Can't forget about Bill Ward and Geoff Nicholls. Some of Bill's best work and Geoff adding that extra layer of atmospheric landscape. 🥁 🎹

Please check out Black Sabbath - When Death Calls! You need to listen to the Tony Martin era Black Sabbath which is much darker than the rest of their music. He is such an underrated singer. This song even has a guest solo from Brian May of Queen!

@kerriloid_

22 күн бұрын

++++++++++

Tony Iommi is the greatest riff master and yet here he shows how he can play acoustically beautiful guitar as well! His great guitar playing and Ronnie’s incredible vocals combine to make some truly magical musical moments like this one!

The first song that Dio and Iommi wrote together

Heaven and Hell is an immortal masterpiece and as much as I adore the (early) Ozzy phase of Sabbath, this is where all stars aligned imho. Epic. ❤

One of my favorite Sabbath tunes! I’m pretty sure Tony always played tuned down after he lost his fingertips.

@wayneeisman2657

24 күн бұрын

That is why he tuned down

@sarty23

23 күн бұрын

First time downtuned was actually Master of reality

THIS is my fave DIO song of all time, thank you! I think it's a masterpeice and deserves more recognition among the other DIO "greats" (Heaven and Hell, Holy Diver, Last In Line, etc.)

Takes me back to my high school days and don't forget Neon Knights.

Old enough that the first Black Sabbath tour I saw and the first new album available was this. I loved the older albums but this album was like Black Sabbath going from 2D to 3D.

This was the first song they wrote together!!!

@rickthomsen3133

24 күн бұрын

Dio also played bass on heaven and hell!!!

I love your commentary, watched your videos for a couple of years now. My critique from a humble guy from Canada. The planet will be fine. Two thumbs up!

I saw them on this tour and they were fantastic. Rip Ronnie.

@TheSimba3062

16 күн бұрын

I did, too. They were phenomenal. Dio is the greatest metal singer of all time!

My favorite cut off of this album is "Neon Knights." Phenomenal!

This is Top 3 Favorite Albums of Mine. And Dio is my Favorite Singer, No Offense to Ozzy.

FWIW regarding the key of the song, they're tuned down a half step and playing the song in what is normally the open A position -- great video Doug!!

This is my favourite singer thank you

Please do the title track from Dio's The Last in Line. IMO its his solo career masterpiece

Really love the spooky ghostly sound of the end of the solo. That's the kind of "disruptive" stuff that allways was a trademark of the best Band in the world.

I was a massive Dio fan in the 80's but having heard many good metal vocalists since then i am only now appreciating how good Ronnie was, at the top along with Ozzy, Bruce Dickinson

@michaelkruska6097

24 күн бұрын

Sorry. The trinity is Dio Bruce Dickinson Rob Halford

@Tim091

23 күн бұрын

@@michaelkruska6097 I'd put Bob Catley from Magnum in that list. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5-FmclqaN2voKg.html

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

23 күн бұрын

​@@michaelkruska6097though I'm more into Ozzy as a vocalist than Rob, I can't disagree with you, your trinity probably the best three in metal history

Lyrically, Ronnie has a remarkably consistent point of view. Throughout his career, his lyrics advocated strength, but at the same time warned against complacency. He's a sort of avatar of vigilant stoicism.

One of my all time favourite Dio era songs. Thanks Doug. I’d love you to do “Bible Black” and “I” at some stage, please. 🤘😎🤘

@glennkirchens7970

10 күн бұрын

I 2nd that emotion

My favorite Dio-era Sabbath song! 🤘 You always manage to review my favorite things.

Still the best heavy metal voice ever! Hit every note live too!

this should be awesome thank you

1980 was truly the dawn of a new age for metal.So many great albums and bands that year. I'm told the background chorus on this song is from the same source as Supertzar. H&H was a perfect album.

This song was originally created when Ozzy was in the band yet! So can you imagine? I would love to hear. As I love hearing Tony Martin singing Dio and Ozzy. Music is just the BEST thing. Thanks for all metal mondays and for the love and respect for Black Sabbath, in any era, with every singer.

A fantastic track and one of my favourites

Hi Doug. How good is DIO? And adding his voice to Black Sabbath back in the 80's is like 2 peas in a pod. Insane. But if you enjoyed that song sung by DIO, then you need to listen to my all time favourite "DIO/Black Sabbath rif". It's called "Falling off the Edge of the World", and it's on the "Mob Rules" album. Once again, I really enjoy your channel so PLEASE, never stop. Cheers 😉

The song is in the concert key of G#/Ab. But guitar and bass are tuned a half step flat. So as guitarists and bassists we think of it being in A because that's where it falls physically on a guitar tuned a half step flat.

Great choice Doug 👍Thanks for the amazing analysis as always!

Every time I hear it...I'm with my buddy Patrick in his 74 4 door Impala, with the 8 track player and Jensen triaxles. Not a care in the world.

Dio Sabbath Rules!

My 2 fav singers ever, the two Ds: DIO and Dimash! It's actually almost eerie how many similarities they have. The way they play with vowels, tones/colours, power/soft, vibrato / no vibrato, holding the notes out legato style, singing very melodically, singing with lots of dynamics, having the opera and/or classical style come through at times, etc.

I love how you added the keys into your analysis. Awesome discussion and breakdown Doug.

Thanks Doug! You hit on many points there!

Dio breathed life back into the old girl! Incredible album!

This album means the adulthood of heavy-metal. It's heavy, dark and classy showing the world what heavy music is all about.

I really hope this doesnt sound like im crapping on Ozzy, especially early Sabbath Ozzy, but....Dio had way more talent. That voice man. And thats coming from the kid who had the most Ozzy cassettes back in the day.

@ratty860997

24 күн бұрын

Mob Rules is my fav Sabbath album.

@75sliver

24 күн бұрын

No

@Silber7

24 күн бұрын

I think that can be agreed on as fact. Without taking anything away!

@philippemojon5612

24 күн бұрын

MOB RULES IS GOOD, BUT THERE. ARE BETTR SONGS THAN THIS. LADY EVIL FEX BUT DIO IS SINGING AND THAT IS GREAT . THANKS DIO FOR YOUR LYRICS AND RIP BRO.🤘

@ny7294

24 күн бұрын

​@75sliver "no" ? You disagree that RJD is on a whole different level as a singer , songwriter, and performer ?

High Doug I've been subscribed to your channel for sometime now and I always enjoy your reviews of all things music I love the way you always seem to educate your audience in some way. As for this song it's probably one of my favourite dio/Sabbath songs such a great rif and classic vocals from Ronnie keep em coming.

Was blessed to see this on tour in Bristol England. Blew me away hearing Ronnie's fantastic voice, he truly was an amazing powerhouse. Deeply missed but forever in our minds

Such an amazing song from such an amazing album.

Glad to see you becoming welcomed on KZread.

I'm always a little surprised when I hear this studio version. I think they tended to slow it down and make it more ponderous (in a good way) for live performances. The studio version races along in comparison.

Great video doug.

Thanks Doug! I'll be back next Monday!!!

More Dio is always a bonus! love Ozzy but Dio was next level, greatest singer in rock/metal 🤘

Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘

Been nice seeing the the transition of you.

Dio live is on a whole different lvl. Should check that out as well!

I remember purchasing this LP from my local record shop when it was released. Great daze indeed!

Lady Evil. If there is any question why Ronnie had to join Sabbath. Listen to "Lady Evil". 🤘🤘🤘

@dg6729

24 күн бұрын

Weakest track on side 1 of the album, imo.

@shawnd6291

24 күн бұрын

Man, I love that song. There a live version on KZread from '81 recorded live in Japan that's killer.

This one can move ya to tears! 🤘

the live at wacken version of this song is the best

man I love this song. It very fun to listen to it, but playing the guitar riffs and the solos are...mmwah! incredible.

I think the Live Evil album version of this song is even better than the studio cut!

I still get chills every time I hear it, even 44 years later. This and the "Mob Rules" tours were some of the best shows I've seen. BTW oil is the second most common fluid on the planet and Yes it does replenish itself. Climate Clowns are always wrong, since we were supposedly going to run out of oil in the late 60's.

Bass line is incredible

Love this song, but Revelation Mother Earth by Ozzy would've been a more Earth Day type of song.

Great to hear you speak out about Earth Day Doug. I think you’re spot on with your thoughts about Ronnie’s lyrics.

Did he ever do an overview of any of the songs from Black Sabbath's 1992 Dehumanizer album? That's a less well known Sabbath album when Ronnie James Dio rejoined Sabbath again just for that one album and tour. But ended up leaving the band again because of refusing to open up for Ozzy Osbourne at his Ozzfest concert. The line-up on the Dehumanizer album was the same as the Mob Rules Black Sabbath line-up: Tony Iommi-Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Vinnie Appice & Geoff Nichols.

Finally !!! Someone gets it. I've been screaming about all these things you just said since the first time I heard it. It's a warning of where we are going. Finally !!! Thank you Doug. I thought I was the only one that got it. RJD has been my favorite vocalist since I was a kid. I HIGHLY recommend Street Walker by Elf. Ronnie really showcases his abilities in this song, and the content is worth a listen. It's a well written song with everything from hard rock to caberet/lounge music. Very captivating.

That album is all killer, no filler 🤘

When you put the riff Lord with The Metal Voice, it's just impossible to happen nothing but masterpieces

I forgot how powerful that song is - brings me back to high school when I discovered that album. The energy of it makes me feel like I can sing along with him it’s just so energizing but….no way…his voice is incredible

FYI - the band were called 'Earth' before Black Sabbath

Absolutely fantastic song. Ronnie at his best🤘🏻 Suggestion for a future Earth Day…Devin Townsend did a song called Earth Day. Maybe I’m being a bit literal, but that seems a good fit

Heaven and Hell is such an amazing album🤘🏼

The original name of the band was called Earth.

You need to react to King Diamond - Sleepless Nights - live at the Fillmore