Black Sabbath: Vol 4


(1972, Castle Communications)


    Tracklist:
  1. Wheels of confusion
  2. Tomorrows dream
  3. Changes
  4. FX
  5. Supernaut
  6. Snowblind
  7. Cornucopia
  8. Laguna sunrise
  9. St. Vitus dance
  10. Under the sun
Band members:
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Guitars
Geezer Butler - Bass guitar
Bill Ward - Drums

    Rating:
    Suddenly after 3 awesome albums Sabbath comes up with this. It's beginning to sound very uninspired here, and definitely not as heavy as before. It's like most of the songs were written while they were high on cocaine.
    It isn't as horrible as it sounds though. Tracks 1-4 I don't care about at all but the rest of the album is quite good. Sure "Supernaut" is a bit spaced out too but it's got a great riff so I won't complain. That goes for "Snowblind" too, it's way heavier than the first songs. Though "Laguna sunrise" is a very boring acoustic instrumental which I never cared the least about.
    But both "Cornucopia" and "Under the sun" are among Sabbath's heaviest compositions, and "St. Vitus dance" isn't a really bad track either so I'm not that disappointed.
    It's just that you expect so much more than this from Sabbath.





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