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The Devil You Know |  | Artist: Heaven & Hell
Label: Rhino Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 8793
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 518862
UPC: 081227986810
EAN: 0081227986810
ASIN: B001UREJWM
Release Date: April 28, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Atom And Evil | | • | Fear | | • | Bible Black | | • | Double The Pain | | • | Rock And Roll Angel | | • | The Turn Of The Screw | | • | Eating The Cannibals | | • | Follow The Tears | | • | Neverwhere | | • | Breaking Into Heaven |
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 28-APR-2009
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 142
 Above average March 17, 2010
Maris Ginters (Riga, Latvia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can understand die-hard fans but to my mind reviews starting with "this is the best something ever" are usually too emotional and exaggerated. I'd say that the album is good enough but not more than that. Yes, it was long awaited. Yes, the voice, the guitar and the sound is still there. But I think it could have been better anyway. At least 4 songs are really good (they're tight, have good melody and riffs) - Fear, Bible Black, Eating The Cannibals and Neverwhere. That's where the energy and power is! The rest are mostly slow (seem to be forced at times) and similar to a certain extent (try listening to the last song of the album and then to the first one). So, the way I see it, the album is a mix of great and casual songs.
And what's with the artwork? It's really unpleasant. I threw the booklet out because of the cover.
Tired and plodding album from the old masters.. January 20, 2010
Mr. Timothy S. Jones (Kedron, Qld, AU)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love these guys, they have produced some all time classics over the years, but this album just sounds tired. Firstly, there are no strong melodies/hooks on here-previous albums had some great melody lines, like Die Young, Heaven and Hell, Voodoo etc. The songwriting here is very flat and lacking in ideas by comparison, some of it even sounds recycled from previous work, ie- 'Bible Black' musically sounds like a retread of something from Dios' 'Magica' album, I can't think which exact song at the moment. Also, the material is predominantly plodding in pace and lacks any real energy/excitement. I know these guys are in their 60's now, in a way its' unfair to compare it with what they achieved in their 20's/30's- but there is definitely a lack of inspiration here to my ears and Dio has lost most of his once mighty roar as well- I'll give it a generous 3 stars, mainly out of respect for what these legends achieved in their prime..
 A Metallic Masterpiece January 16, 2010
Eddie Rowan (Sullivan, IN, USA)
Before I heard this album, I wasn't exactly a Black Sabbath (w/Dio) fan. But as soon as I saw the video for "Bible Black" air after That Metal Show, the song blew me away and I had to hear more. I waited eagerly for the release and rushed out to buy it. Glad I did. The album kicks ass and there's not a single bad song on here. I'd also like to thank this album for getting me into the heavier side of metal. I still listen to this album regularly and even try to learn a few songs from it on guitar (I can play most of "BB" except for the solo). I look forward to more H&H material as soon as Ronnie recovers from cancer.
Get well soon, RJD
Ok, but short of the mark January 8, 2010
wizey (Margate, Tasmania, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As we all know this is really the return of Black Sabbath MKIII with a new album. Released after much publicity and to the great expectations of legions of fans of this legendary band, The Devil You Know promised much. But does it actually deliver? Unfortunately no, it doesn't.
Comparing Heaven & Hell to other incarnations of Black Sabbath is probably a bit unfair as everyone has their own opinion as to who they prefer as vocalist and which are their classic albums. But although there are some great moments on this album, this is no Heaven And Hell or Mob Rules. In fact it's far from it. Some might argue that we have no right to expect an album the likes of those classics and that's fair enough, but with the abilities of these musicians it just seems a bit below par. Although a better album than the last Dio era album Dehumanizer, with the passage of time this album will not be remembered as one of their best either.
I like (and expect) albums to kick off with a bang, but the opener Atom And Evil is a plodder that sets the tone of things to come. Despite some dark, heavy and cool riffs, the rest of the album hardly ever gets out of second gear. The best tracks are from three to five: Bible Black, Double The Pain, Rock And Roll Angel. With these tracks we get some of the stuff that we love about Black Sabbath, atmosphere, subtlety mixed with raw power, something to bang your head to, and some stylistic variety that is so lacking on the rest of the album. I just wish there were more like this!
Eating the Cannibals has a faster tempo but is still really an average song, and that is what drags this album down; it consists mostly of average songs. As far as musicianship, vocals, production and packaging go it's great (especially if like me, you have the bonus dvd version), but the album suffers from a lack of enough songs to grab you in the first place, let alone keep you interested. The best of the rest are probably Fear and the closer Breaking Into Heaven, but even this song plods along for almost seven minutes with about a minute in the middle at a very welcome quicker tempo.
I actually wonder how much input Iommi or Butler had in the song writing department, because to me it sounds (and suffers) very much like the last couple of Dio albums. There is nothing here to grab new fans but there's also very little to satisfy old (or is it older?) ones either. Although these guys are starting to get up there in the age stakes they can still rock, but sadly this album is in need of some Viagra.
Classic! December 23, 2009
Bender Fan (Richmond, VA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've enjoyed the work of these 4 guys as individuals or in their respective bands you should like this disk. If you haven't then you won't. Their past styles can be heard all throughout the record.
Highlights are "Bible Black", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Double The Pain" and "The Turn Of The Screw". I don't care for the intro on "Follow The Tears" but after that it's a good song.
The title and chorus of the weakest song, "Eating The Cannibals" is almost laughable and the song sounds like they were doing an Iron Maiden impression, a bad Iron Maiden impression.
"Neverwhere" sounds like a nod to Judas Priest, intentional or not.
Ronnie's typical but comforting familiar lyrical content is present. "Rock And Roll Angel" and "Neverwhere" remind us to believe. "Breaking Into Heaven", and to some point with "The Turn Of The Screw" and "Follow The Tears", Ronnie weaves again what could be construed as political views and statements, you decide.
This is good ole' classic metal at it best.
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