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G/Z/R Ohmwork (Sanctuary) (2005)
While Black Sabbath bassist and songwriter, Geezer Butler, grew bored
waiting to pen material for the next (?) Sabbath album, he has found an
outlet for talents on this, the third album under the G/Z/R guise.
I was a big fan of the debut G/Z/R album, some ten years ago, which featured
the mighty voice, of Fear Factory's, Burton C. Bell. I some how missed the
follow up, so I arrived at 'Ohmwork', with more than the normal sense of
anticipation.
'Ohmwork', is essentially a traditional heavy metal album, with no visible
Sabbath influences, Geezer has penned strong set of songs with his usual
vigour and lyrics that pack a punch and leave not much up to the imagination
of the subject and content.
Butler is joined ably by singer, Clark Brown, who has a fine set of lungs, that propel Geezers biting lyrics and carry his
grandiose vocal melodies. Spontaneity is the name of the game here, recorded
quickly in just 10 days, which by modern standards, is about as fast as it
gets... Some bands spend that time just get the right guitar sound or setting up
drum mics!
10 songs that will leave even the toughest metalhead smiling, while not
quite on par with Black Sabbath's best output, then what is? None the less,
a solid slab of metal, from one of the genre's legends.
****
Review by Graham Boyle
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