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| | Blogcritics.org: Weekly Artist Overview: Black Sabbath |
 | | Black Sabbath had once earned the nearly universal scorn of the rock critic establishment for their oppressively heavy, simplistic riffs, the bad rhymes of their lyrics, their melodrama, their lumbering, plodding tempos, their sludgy sound and their Christian/Satanic/Druggy/Magical iconography. |
 | | Black Sabbath took this approach a step further, slowing down the tempos, stripping away the psychedelia, increasing the volume even more, playing up their mystical and frightening lyrics, and shining a spotlight on Ozzy Osbourne's bluesy wail. |
 | | Black Sabbath decided their next release would be a concert recording, containing classics from both the Osbourne and Dio eras, all sung by Dio. |
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