“Give me more wine, I don’t need bread”
If you’re going to trudge through a slow doomfest you need quality riffs and lyrics, depth of feeling and strong atmosphere and Black Sabbath’s God Is Dead? falls flat on all fronts. It goes on way too long, the brickwalled production has zero atmosphere, the vocals are flat and the lyrics are either boring or clumsy light/night, doom/tomb stuff. The chorus is pretty good, especially the second time round where it is extended out in a moment of rousing emotion. But the band don’t capitalise on this flash of brilliance and the song continues with a series of unremarkable riffs and an unusually uninspired solo from Tony Iommi. Not sure if God has snuffed it or not but this song is disappointingly bereft of life.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
HAHAHA. Everything you wrote about I feel opposite. I dig this track as like that lumbering stomp but I do agree with you that they could have shaved off a few minutes.
Still though I’m actually quite fond of that 13 album ,even today.
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I daresay a few folk will disagree with me on this one but they’re all wrong haha! I never liked 13 at all.
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Your blog your rules you win. (for now lol)
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I will say it’s been a while since I listened to 13 and I enjoyed this song a wee bit more than I expected. I thought it was gonna get a 0 or a 1 but that chorus isn’t bad.
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HMO’s Metal Heart is softening up! A bit lol
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Lol it’s not bad Deke, but…..
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I’s feelig bullied haha
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What is it with Rick Rubin and brickwalling all his shit?
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It’s strange. He’s so into everything sounding retro but then goes and does that.
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Well I think you know where I stand on Rick Rubin. No shoes, get off the couch.
I dunno, I was really psyched for this album back in 2013. I never play it now. I remember liking this song but it was never the best song. Maybe the easiest to use as a single.
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Yes there is better songs on the album. But only just. I was thinking about your Ozzy review when I wrote this. How often do people listen to 13 now?
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I don’t. Interestingly I was reading interviews with Akira from Loudness and InFinite by Deep Purple was his favourite album of 2017. I liked it too. Never listen to it.
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A shame the song isn’t stronger – I liked the punctuation in the title!
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Best bit of the song!
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Did you ever see Anchorman? It reminds me of when someone accidentally put a question mark on the teleprompter and the anchor read, I’m Ron Burgundy?
The statement becomes a question?!
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Haha yes! That scene cracked me up.
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I didn’t mind the 13 album but it was just typical of what was been released at that point in time btw 2008 and 2013.
Bands going back and recreating popular songs and album feels. Metallica did it, Dream Theater did it, Def Leppard did it and a few other bands that I can’t remember right now.
2 out of 5 seems fair
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That’s a good point. And I wasn’t liking much of that stuff. There’s a point where it feels like boxes being ticked and no imagination. I like bands to progress.
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I thought everything off 13 was good, but far too long. Should have got Dio in via hologram for that LP.
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Haha true. And Bill Ward!
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That quote has become something of a rallying cry for the isolated. As one of my friends said, ‘I’m becoming a fat alcoholic’.
BTW, re the song review, how do you rate Sleep, HMO?
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I don’t think it’s meant to be funny but that line makes me chuckle every time I hear this song.
I’ve got a few Sleep albums but I find them a bit dull. I prefer my doom evil and/or epic. The bands that are more stoner-y tend to leave me a bit cold.
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