Tracklist habe ich auch keins… die Infos von der BS Homepage… sollte es doch mehr werden… wird es maximal ein 2-CD Set!
RUMOUR: The „box set“ has been reduced to a single disc to be released in Feb 2007.
PERSONAL SPECULATION: If the set does get reduced to a single disc, I hope we eventually DO get a „Black Box II“, and that this single disc is a precursor to Black Box II like the „Symptom“ set from 2002 was to „Black Box“. These albums should get the same kind of sonic upgrade that the original albums did. Rumour was that record company pressure is forcing this to a single disc. Do these people forget how well Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules sold in the early 80’s? There’s a shitload of Sab fans out there who have been clamoring for a sonic upgrade to these albums, and if we lose that upgrade due to record company pressure, well, then „middle finger“ from me.
Overnight some new information about the Dio Years disc has come to light, so we’ll get straight to it. The music site „Brave Words“ has an article which has an interview with Tony Iommi by our old friend Martin Popoff. This is significant, because it names the three new tracks and gives a description of them. Here’s the relevant text from the article:
Shadow of the Wind: The slow one is quite a heavy track. It’s called ‚Shadow Of The Wind‘. And Ronnie presented the first idea for that, and then I just came up with more stuff to go with it, and it’s a really good track. Very similar to the old Sabbath style of writing. There’s not loads of things on it. It’s just really basic with the vocal. Probably about six minutes or something like that.
The Devil Cries: And then we’ve got ‚The Devil Cries‘, which is a mid-tempo one, which again is quite a powerful song. And I must say that Ronnie has done a fantastic job on the vocals on all of these. He really has, and the lyrical content and the actual melodies are very good. So that’s the mid-tempo one. That’s an interesting track.
Ear in the Wall: And then we’ve got a fast one which is called ‚Ear In The Wall‘, and that’s a fast one (laughs).
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