Dehumanizers

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Dehumanizers
Black Sabbath studio album

Publication
(s)

June 22, 1992

Label (s) Warner Bros. Records (US)

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Heavy metal

Title (number)

10

running time

56 min 27 s

occupation

production

Reinhold Mack

Studio (s)

Rockfield Studios / Wales

chronology
Tyr
(1990) 		Dehumanizers Cross Purposes
(1994)

Dehumanizer is the 16th studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath . It was released in June 1992.

History of origin

After Ronnie James Dio left Black Sabbath to start his solo project Dio , Deep Purple singers Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes took up the position of singer, but were later replaced by Tony Martin , with whom three albums were released . However, since these albums did not bring financial success, Tony Martin was released by the band head Tony Iommi . He now wanted Ronnie James Dio to take up the position of singer again in order to build on the old successful times ( Heaven and Hell , Mob Rules ). In fact, Ronnie James Dio interrupted his solo project to record the 1992 Dehumanizer album with Black Sabbath.

The line-up did not last. On the follow-up Cross Purposes Tony Martin went back as a singer and Vinny Appice was replaced by Bobby Rondinelli.

Music style and achievements

Stylistically, it differs very much from the previous and later Black Sabbath albums. The sound of this album is rougher and heavier. At the time of publication, this put off many fans. As a result, Dehumanizer was hardly successful. Nevertheless, the album reached number 28 on the British album charts. The single TV Crimes was also number 33 in the British charts a few days after its release. In the USA, the album reached number 44 on the Billboard charts. Despite the limited success, many songs on this album were up to Dios death in Heaven-and-Hell - Playlist . Dio himself also played songs from the album at his concerts until his death.

Track list

  1. Computer God - 6:17
  2. After All (The Dead) - 5:41
  3. TV Crimes - 4:02
  4. Letters from Earth - 4:16
  5. Master of Insanity - 5:54
  6. Time Machine - 4:15
  7. Sins of the Father - 4:46
  8. Too Late - 6:54
  9. I - 5:13
  10. Buried Alive - 4:49
  11. Time Machine (Wayne's World Version) - 4:18 (bonus track of the Japanese and US versions)

Trivia

  • The song Time Machine appears in a modified version in the movie Wayne's World .
  • All songs were written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ronnie James Dio.
  • In several interviews Ronnie James Dio says that his favorite song of his time with Black Sabbath I is.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UK Top 40 Chart Archives, British Singles & Album Charts . everyHit.com. March 16, 2000. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ (((Dehumanizer> Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums))) . allmusic. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ Last interview in Germany , interview from June 10, 2009 in Bamberg.
Black Sabbath
Bill Ward  • Ronnie James Dio  • Vinny Appice  • Geoff Nicholls • Tony Martin  • Ian Gillan  • Glenn Hughes  • Ray Gillen  • Cozy Powell  • Neil Murray  • Bev Bevan  • Jo Burt • Terry Chimes  • Bob Daisley  • Bobby Rondinelli  • Eric Singer  • Dave Pointed • Dave Walker


Studio albums

Black Sabbath (1970) • Paranoid (1970) • Master of Reality (1971) • Volume 4 (1972) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabotage (1975) • Technical Ecstasy (1976) • Never Say Die! (1978) • Heaven and Hell (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Born Again (1983) • Seventh Star (1986) • The Eternal Idol (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Tyr (1990) • Dehumanizer (1992 ) • Cross Purposes (1994) • Forbidden (1995) • 13 (2013)

Live albums

Live at Last (1980) • Live Evil (1982) • Cross Purposes Live (1995) • Reunion (1998) • Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Compilation albums

We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (1976) • The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 (2007) • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) •

Singles

Black Sabbath (1970) • Evil Woman (1970) • NIB • Paranoid (1970) • The Wizard (1970) • Iron Man (1971) • War Pigs (1971) • Fairies Wear Boots (1971) • Sweat Leaf (1971) • Children of the Grave (1971) • After Forever (1972) • Snowblind (1972) • Tomorrow's Dream (1972) • Supernaut (1973) • Changes (1973) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabbra Cadabra (1974) • Am I Going Insane (1975) • Hole in the Sky (1975) • Symptom of the Universe (1975) • Rock'Roll Doctor (1976) • Never Say Die (1978) • Hard Road (1978) • Dirty Woman (1979) • Neon Knights (1980) • The Young (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Turn Up the Night (1982) • Voodoo (1982) • Trashed (1983) • No Stranger to Love (1986) • The Shining (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Devil and Daughter (1989) • Feels Good to Me (1990) • TV Crimes (1992) • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1994) • Psycho Man (1998) • Selling My Soul (1999) • The Devil Cried (2007) • God is Dead? (2013) • End of the Beginning (2013) • The Loner (2013)