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Black Sabbath - New Box Set Details


Black-Sabbath.com has posted the artwork for Black Sabbath's upcoming five-disc boxed set, "The Rules Of Hell".

A press release posts the following:

"Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath were reborn in 1980 when founding members Tony Iommi and Terry "Geezer" Butler added vocalist Ronnie James Dio to the lineup. The band's short but memorable time together added an unforgettable chapter in Sabbath's storied history. Rhino relives the demonic fury conjured by the Dio era with "The Rules Of Hell", a boxed set featuring all three of the band's studio releases ("Heaven And Hell", "Mob Rules", "Dehumanizer") and their double live collection ("Live Evil") - each recently remastered for the first time. The set comes packaged in a deluxe slipcase with extensive liner notes featuring all new interviews with the band. This five-disc boxed set will be available from Rhino on July 22 at all physical outlets, as well as www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $54.98. The set will also be available the same day at all digital outlets for a suggested list price of $24.99.

Two years ago, Dio, Iommi and Butler and drummer Vinny Appice reunited to record a trio of new songs for Rhino's Black Sabbath: The Dio Years before launching a highly anticipated and greatly acclaimed world tour under their new moniker Heaven And Hell. Revitalized by the reunion, the lineup is back in the studio now recording the first ever full-length studio album from Heaven And Hell, set to be released by Rhino in early 2009. To whet the fans' appetites for the new album, Heaven And Hell will return to the road for a short stint on the Metal Masters Tour, a month-long North American trek with Judas Priest, Motörhead, and Testament. This blistering metal juggernaut will launch August 6 in Philadelphia.

The Dio-era's first effort, Heaven And Hell, hit the racks on April 25th, 1980. Greeted by ecstatic reviews, the album peaked at #9 in Britain. In the U.S., its Top 30 success gave the group its first platinum disc in six years. Opening with the chugging anthem "Neon Knights", the album also includes the epic title track, "Wishing Well", "Die Young" and "Lonely Is The Word".

The group's follow-up, "Mob Rules", was the first without original drummer Bill Ward, who was replaced with Appice. The album bristles with Iommi's signature dark riffs, Butler's elaborate bass lines, Appice's hammering behind the drums and Dio's inimitable growling. The album includes the high-octane tracks "Falling Off The Edge Of The World", "Turn Up The Night", and the title track - plus the mid-tempo rocker "Voodoo" and the slow-churning epic "The Sign Of The Southern Cross", a favorite among band members and fans alike.

Released in December 1982, "Live Evil" stands as a modern metal masterpiece and a testament to the power of the Dio, Iommi, Butler and Appice lineup. Recorded in Seattle, Dallas, and San Antonio, the sound is upfront and aggressive, a virtual front-row seat for epic versions of their classics including "Neon Knights", "Children Of The Sea", "The Sign Of The Southern Cross" and "Heaven And Hell".

"Dehumanizer" (1992) is seen by many metal aficionados as one of - if not the most - underrated work to ever carry the Sabbath name. After the lineup fell apart in 1982, the group reconvened a decade later to release this lost classic. The album forged something new, pushing its legend to a new generation of metal heads with incredible tracks like "I", "Computer God" and "TV Crimes"."

"The Rules Of Hell" tracklist:

Heaven And Hell
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

Mob Rules
01. Turn Up The Night
02. Voodoo
03. The Sign Of The Southern Cross
04. E5150
05. The Mob Rules
06. Country Girl
07. Slipping Away
08. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
09. Over And Over

Live Evil

Disc 1
01. E5150
02. Neon Knights
03. N.I.B.
04. Children Of The Sea
05. Voodoo
06. Black Sabbath
07. War Pigs
08. Iron Man

Disc 2
01. The Mob Rules
02. Heaven And Hell
03. The Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven And Hell
04. Paranoid
05. Children Of The Grave
06. Fluff'

Dehumanizer
01. Computer God
02. After All (The Dead)
03. TV Crimes
04. Letters From Earth
05. Master Of Insanity
06. Time Machine
07. Sins Of The Father
08. Too Late
09. I
10. Buried Alive
11. Time Machine (Wayne's World Version)

Source: black-sabbath.com
Band profile: Black Sabbath
Posted: 26.05.2008 by Nox Lux


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Comments: 7   Visited by: 87 users
26.05.2008 - 16:58
Fucked Upstairs!
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$$$
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26.05.2008 - 19:29
Omni
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Think I'll pass tbh...
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26.05.2008 - 21:08
ArtiA
Robin Goodfellow
that is a kind of notice for all metallers that roots of metal are alive yet . hail..... black sabbath
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"The WAY" is perfect and complete like boundless space nothing redundant but because the mind continues to make distinction.
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26.05.2008 - 21:50
Fucked Upstairs!
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Written by ArtiA on 26.05.2008 at 21:08

that is a kind of notice for all metallers that roots of metal are alive yet

wtf are you talking about? i worship black sabbath, but this box set is just one out of 100 black sabbath best-of/compilaton albums! this album doesn't do anything for the fans, it's just for the $$$ (cash!), so scip this album.
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27.05.2008 - 07:24
LeChron James
Helvetesfossen
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wtf are you talking about? i worship black sabbath, but this box set is just one out of 100 black sabbath best-of/compilaton albums! this album doesn't do anything for the fans, it's just for the $$$ (cash!), so scip this album.

yeah this is a total joke.
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Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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27.05.2008 - 11:44
ArtiA
Robin Goodfellow
Written by [user id=26778] on 26.05.2008 at 21:50

Written by ArtiA on 26.05.2008 at 21:08

that is a kind of notice for all metallers that roots of metal are alive yet

wtf are you talking about? i worship black sabbath, but this box set is just one out of 100 black sabbath best-of/compilaton albums! this album doesn't do anything for the fans, it's just for the $$$ (cash!), so scip this album.

that is your mind , each band release sth for shows how their act . now that is sth for fans that support and uphold them . this my mind and believe in
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"The WAY" is perfect and complete like boundless space nothing redundant but because the mind continues to make distinction.
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27.05.2008 - 16:23
addiction
this is only good for someone that doesnt have these albums so they can get them all together and have some extras...to be honest i dont think that that many people will buy this....and generally speaking i dont like this idea of finding ways to create more and more products with no point...
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