Heaven and Hell – The Devil You Know (2009)

ALL YOU “GUITAR HEROS” TAKE NOTE! HERE IS A LESSON BY THE ORIGINAL GUITAR HERO! His name you ask? Well if you don’t know you should study him, his name is…TONY IOMMI! Entitled the Devil You Know due to the fact that this is Dio-era Black Sabbath under a different name, this is everything you would expect from a Sabbath album! Simply awesome! This album picks up where Dehumanizer left off with a sprinkle of magic from the Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell albums. You can tell that Dio, Geezer, Iommi and Apprice are just enjoying themselves while creating what I would dub to be the Metal album of the year. The standout track has to be the first single, “Bible Black” which is just chillingly good! Other notable tracks are “Eating the Cannibals”, “Breaking into Heaven”, "Follow the Tears" and “Atom & Evil”. If you love Sabbath, Dio or just Metal, I recommend this album! As for a rating? No brainer for me personally as this gets a rare 10 devil horns out of 10 as the band is just ON, simply giving Metal a good ass kicking to say HEY! Remember us? We are back! ‘Cause, simply put, they are back!