"Secret 7’’s first foray into the dark art of heavy metal! Taken from their 19th studio album released in 2013; the first to feature original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for 35 years. The album topped the charts in over 50 countries."
"Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward"
Lyrics:
"Do you hear the thunder, raging in the sky? Premonition of a shattered world that's gonna die In the age of reason, how do we survive? The protocols of evil ravage through so many lives So many lives (x2)
Mystifying silence, talking peace on Earth We should just join for ourselves, not what we're worth Sustainable extinction, a fractured human race A changing revolution disappears without a trace Without a trace (x2) Alright yeah!
Always felt that there'd be trouble Mass distraction hides the truth Prozac days and sleepless hours Seeds of change that don't bear fruit
Oh yeah! These times are heavy And you're all alone The battle's over, but the war goes on Politics, religion, love of money too It's what the world was built for But not for me and you, oh yeah!"
As mentioned in a description of the mood of the song, I feel it is very war chant like and as if Ozzy is trying to inform/aggressively educate the audience into some kind of political uprising, in a sense.
The lyrics, unaccompanied by the backing track, or read aloud, seem in a shade, close to that of Michael Jackson's earth song, with the rhetorical questions and repetition.
The song sticks to it's rock roots and quotes drugs, even if they are prescription ones.
Tone, instrumental and backing track:
With Black Sabbath being a rock band which is prolifically rather heavy and dark, this song start off with rhythmic bangs of a drum which then gets accompanied by a heavier, most complex range of chords from a bass guitar which then ascends into lyrics from the lead vocalist, Ozzy Osbourne.
The song sticks with this heavy, rather distracting Bass guitar through-out which does have a very good rhythm, and is very fitting the informative and opinionated lyrics which Ozzy seems to be shouting.
This single progresses into a louder guitar solo which is free from lyrics and sets quite a 'doomsday' sort of feel to the whole song, which then Ozzy rejoins with his vocals, and sets a new slightly slower and more retrospectical vibe to the entire song, which finally ends with loud guitar chords, which are faster paced and more of a rallying call/war chant.
Evaluation
This song's genre isn't particularly something that i'd actively listen to, but I do feel I have been enlightened in listening to it, and the lyrics in conjunction with the rock tempo that it has going on set a really strong tone and atmosphere to the audience.
I do feel that I could create a piece of design representing this single on a cover, but for the time being, i'd like to see the other songs which are available.
