Tyr (album)

Tyr
Black Sabbath studio album
Publication (s)	20th August 1990
admission	February-June 1990
Label (s)	IRS Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
Title (number)	9
running time	39:58
occupation	Tony Martin - vocals Tony Iommi - guitars Neil Murray - electric bass Cozy Powell - drums Geoff Nicholls - keyboards
production	Black Sabbath
Studio (s)	Rockfield and Woodcray Studios, Wales
chronology Headless Cross (1989) Tyr Dehumanizer (1992)

Tyr (also in runic script TYR on the cover ) is the fifteenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath . It was released in August 1990.

Emergence

One year after Headless Cross , Black Sabbath went back to the studio in the spring of 1990 to record the self-produced successor. Stylistically, the album differed significantly from previous albums, it contained many dark keyboard passages by Geoff Nicholls . In terms of content, it was loosely based on Nordic mythology , which is also reflected in the album title Tyr .

reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Tyr   DE 12 09/03/1990 (14 weeks)   AT 24 09/23/1990 (5 weeks)   CH 24 09/16/1990 (5 weeks)   UK 24 09/01/1990 (3 weeks)

Martin Groß wrote in Metal Hammer that Tyr was "less grippy in terms of the songs than its predecessor, but also not to be seen as an infusion, but rather captivates with the brilliance that emanates from the outstanding musicians who are at work here." These qualities made “ Tyr a record that perfectly maintains the balance between feeling and originality.” He awarded seven out of seven possible points. The album reached number one in the “Soundcheck” in the Metal Hammer with an average rating of the editors of 5.90 (out of seven).

In issue 43 of the German music magazine Rock Hard , "TYR" is described as a "fantastic and great album", which in parts sounds "demonic" and "dark", but also has Power Metal parallels. However, the album lacks a "revolutionary approach". "TYR" received 9 out of 10 points in the soundcheck.

Allmusic's James Chrispell writes in retrospect that with Tyr Black Sabbath sounded "as serious as it gets ". A scary approach mixes with “breaking guitar riffs”. It awarded three out of five stars.

Track list

The music is by Black Sabbath , the lyrics by Tony Martin .

1. Anno mundi (The Vision) - 6:12
2. The Law Maker - 3:54
3. Jerusalem - 3:59
4. The Sabbath Stones - 6:48
5. The Battle of Tyr - 1:08
6. Odin's Court - 2:42
7. Valhalla - 4:41
8. Feels Good to Me - 5:43
9. Heaven in Black - 4:05

Trivia

The runes on the cover were taken from the Rök rune stone in Sweden . The middle rune, algiz, translates using the modern letters x or z, not y.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} James Chrispell: Review: Black Sabbath, Tyr. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 11, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sources chart placements:
   • Tyr in the German album charts on OfficialCharts.de
   • Tyr in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • Tyr in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • Tyr in the Official UK Charts (English)
3. ↑ Martin Groß: Best of All, Tyr . In: Metal Hammer , No. 17/18, 1990, p. 57, p. 60.
4. ↑ BLACK SABBATH - Tyr. Accessed March 31, 2019 .