Dehumanizer
| Black Sabbath
Dehumanizer
Dehumanizer is the 16th studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in June 1992. It was Sabbath's first studio album in over a decade to feature vocalist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice, and their first in nine years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler. Initial writing and demo sessions at Rich Bitch Studios in Birmingham featured drummer Cozy Powell; bootlegs of these sessions exist. The album's lineup – Dio, Appice, Butler and guitarist Tony Iommi – reunited in 2006 for a greatest hits set, Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, and a new studio album in 2009, The Devil You Know (billed as Heaven & Hell). The album was re-released, with bonus content, on 7 February 2011.-"Wikipedia"
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Metal Archives
"Dehumanizer" suffers from an artwork that every demo combo would reject, but the songs have a heavy fundament, catchy riffs and strong choruses.
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Metal Storm
Where Mob Rules and Heaven And Hell had a more melodic, mellow atmosphere, Dehumanizer is a tad more up front and in your face. But in a way, this can be taken as a good thing, because it shows that this incarnation of the band tried something a little different with each effort, instead of sticking to the same general formula, and variation is (at least in my eyes) a good thing.
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Sputnik Music
Despite some clunkiness here and there, Dehumanizer still has plenty of heavy, vintage-Iommi riffs, pounding drum work from Appice, good solos, and Geezer's groovy bass lines, and all of that, combined with its uniquely dark, heavy take on the melodic Dio-era means it should please almost any Sabb fan out there.
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All Music
Dehumanizer isn't terrible, but it should have been the sign for the band to call it a career.
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Metal Reviews
Despite their struggle, their lack of inspiration and the tension between the two main men, they managed to create an outstanding album that didn’t and still doesn’t sound forced in any way, shape or form. While Black Sabbath at their absolute best may have faded with Mob Rules, this is Black Sabbath at their absolute next best. Go get.
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Stereogum
Dehumanizer remains a riveting listen and a vital piece of the Sabbath discography.
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Mikeladano
Dehumanizer is marked by outstanding production (by Mack of Queen fame), newfound seriousness in the lyrical department, and a certain rhythmic thrift courtesy of Appice.
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