Heaven & Hell - "The Devil You Know" (2009)

At a time when it seems like everyone and their uncle are swinging by Candlemass' nuts and praising their new, seriously lack-luster album, it refreshing to hear the master of the doom riffs is back doing what he does best - putting lame imitators in their place like the little punks they are.

This is the first album by Heaven & Hell, consisting of course of the early 80s line-up of Black Sabbath: Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommiy, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice.

While The Devil You Know (release date April 28th) doesn't hold a candle to Heaven & Hell (1980), I can't remember the last time I heard Iommi grind out riffs this bloody and ominous, and how Dio can still belt out those majestic vocals at the ripe age of 82 I'll never understand.

I didn't want to post the whole album (that's just not how I roll, Holmes), and picking only three tracks was like pulling teeth, since this is the kind of album where you get a new favorite song every time you listen to it.

Pick up this album, kids. You need this album in your life to purge all that Lamb Of God gunk out of your system. Follow The Tears is the only proof you need of this album's ass-kickery.

Här ska doomskåpet stå, gubbjävel.

(mp3) Heaven & Hell - Atom & evil
(mp3) Heaven & Hell - Eating the cannibals
(mp3) Heaven & Hell - Follow the tears (highly recommended!)

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