I'm expecting the papers to declare tomorrow's public holiday a day of mourning in the south east, after all the grand final loses we had these last 2 days. Is 0 from 4 just bad luck?
Yeah. Other main difference is league has 6 tackles, then the other team gets the ball, while union has unlimited tackles. League teams will usually kick the ball downfield on the 5th.
League is mainly played in eastern Aus, northern England, PNG and some of southern France. Aus and PNG are the only places where league is bigger than union
Disc I 01. Neon Knights 02. Children Of The Sea 03. Lady Evil 04. Heaven And Hell 05. Wishing Well 06. Die Young 07. Walk Away 08. Lonely Is The Word
Disc II[2010 deluxe edition bonus] 01. Children Of The Sea [live] 02. Heaven And Hell [live] 03. Lady Evil [edited version] 04. Neon Knights [live] 05. Children Of The Sea [live] 06. Heaven And Hell [live] 07. Die Young [live]
Line-up Ronald James "Ronnie Dio" Padavona - vocals Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi - guitars William Thomas "Bill" Ward - drums Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler - bass
The year is 1979, Black Sabbath returned from touring in support of Never Say Die!. Tony Iommi was unhappy with Ozzy Osbourne and he decided to fire him from band. Ronnie James Dio left Rainbow in 1979 due to creative differences. Sharon Arden suggested Dio to Iommi and he officially joined the band. They started to work on a new album, which will become some of the most essential ''reading'' for every metalhead on the world.
The album, the name, and the last band Ronnie toured with. This album turned 30 years old last month, which is surely testament to the timeless quality of this true heavy metal classic. There's no better time than now to blast it out one more time.
This absolute masterpiece of heavy metal turns 40 today. Timeless and essential in any metalhead's collection; in dictionaries they could have its cover art to portray the word "classic".
This absolute masterpiece of heavy metal turns 40 today. Timeless and essential in any metalhead's collection; in dictionaries they could have its cover art to portray the word "classic".
IMO musically it has higher value as latest few whit Ozzy , if there would be thing as true HM, I would add to Dio era BS such thing as true HM. I love all 3 his works in BS
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Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
I remember first listening to this thinking, this does not sound typical Black Sabbath to me, I was pleasantly surprised tho, sounded like one of Dio's very own solo albums, he brought new life and direction to Sabbath, and it's proven to be one of their finest albums, every song is enjoyable and Dio's vocals are on top form. The title track is probably the best title track to an album I've ever heard, and Children of the Sea defenitly deserves a mention too. Tbh I like every song on the album.
Different from Sabbath's early doom metal, this album has a lot of energy (Neon Knights), emotion (Heaven and Hell), and also softer moments (Lonely is the Word). Every song is fantastic - the pinnacle of Dio's magic; a great balance of the emotion of Rainbow, the riffs of Black Sabbath, and the energetic and operatic voice of the one and only Dio!
My third favourite Sabbath album after Paranoid (9.7/10) and Master of Reality (9.5/10). I remember buying this CD in HMV and listening to it in the car on the ride home thinking how amazing Dio (RIP) sounded (especially on the title track).
9.3/10 for me - 'Neon Knights' and 'Heaven And Hell' are the standout tracks. 'Children Of The Sea' and 'Die Young' are both also great.
Robb Flynn's acoustic solo cover of 'Die Young' is worth checking out. I believe he recorded this when Dio died as an honoring of his legacy:
My third favourite Sabbath album after Paranoid (9.7/10) and Master of Reality (9.5/10).
How do you differentiate a 9.5 from a 9.7, what's the real difference between the two ? I always see you give these extremely precise ratings and it got me curious
My third favourite Sabbath album after Paranoid (9.7/10) and Master of Reality (9.5/10).
How do you differentiate a 9.5 from a 9.7, what's the real difference between the two ? I always see you give these extremely precise ratings and it got me curious
Goes without saying, but this album is a masterpiece. Listening to it still makes me feel just like the first time, like I'm experiencing something truly special and out of this world. The production by the legendary Martin Birch is on point and I love it, the nice clean melodic bass, the perfect guitar tone, the powerful vocals by Ronnie James Dio, that small break in Die Young just before the climactic solo kicks in... I love this album.
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How do you differentiate a 9.5 from a 9.7, what's the real difference between the two ? I always see you give these extremely precise ratings and it got me curious
I also use a first digit in my books for all albums I rate 7 or higher. But the first digit only has a relative meaning for me, there is no absolute interpretation. So, say for example, I have as of now rated 286 albums 8/10. Now, I have a list offline in which I rank these 286 albums (among all other albums I rated 7 or higher) in order of preference. The album with 'my highest 8' gets a rating of 8.4 and the album with 'my lowest 8' gets a 7.5. In between these two albums I allocate numbers from this range as evenly as possible.
Does that make sense?
I also use a first digit in my books for all albums I rate 7 or higher. But the first digit only has a relative meaning for me, there is no absolute interpretation. So, say for example, I have as of now rated 286 albums 8/10. Now, I have a list offline in which I rank these 286 albums (among all other albums I rated 7 or higher) in order of preference. The album with 'my highest 8' gets a rating of 8.4 and the album with 'my lowest 8' gets a 7.5. In between these two albums I allocate numbers from this range as evenly as possible.
Does that make sense?
It does and I really like that idea, I'd like to do something like that but I have too many ratings now haha
I'd like to do something like that but I have too many ratings now haha
Your distribution of ratings looks good to me. You could start with ranking all albums rated 8 or higher, that seems manageable. Once you feel comfortable with these numbers, go over to your 7s, they might take a bit more time. Then you might decide to leave all albums rated 6 and lower alone because they dont really deserve to be ranked in detail.
I also use a first digit in my books for all albums I rate 7 or higher. But the first digit only has a relative meaning for me, there is no absolute interpretation. So, say for example, I have as of now rated 286 albums 8/10. Now, I have a list offline in which I rank these 286 albums (among all other albums I rated 7 or higher) in order of preference. The album with 'my highest 8' gets a rating of 8.4 and the album with 'my lowest 8' gets a 7.5. In between these two albums I allocate numbers from this range as evenly as possible.
Does that make sense?
Over the last few months I've been working on revisiting my old favorites (rated 9 or 10) and ranking them based on the average of song ratings (nonZero-style). Sometime I'll publish the result in a list here
Your distribution of ratings looks good to me. You could start with ranking all albums rated 8 or higher, that seems manageable. Once you feel comfortable with these numbers, go over to your 7s, they might take a bit more time. Then you might decide to leave all albums rated 6 and lower alone because they dont really deserve to be ranked in detail.
My MS profile is the tip of the iceberg, I have twice as many ratings over on RYM haha