“With a magic in their music as they eat raw liver”
I’m reliably informed that, while I was listening to Black Sabbath’s Zero The Hero in the office today, I gurned. Like Phil Anselmo feeling the money riff. Specifically about a minute in, when Ian Gillan’s vocals kick in for the first verse. It’s a sure fire sign a song is a winner. And Zero The Hero is a winner. Creepy crawly riff, spooky FX and pure attitude from Gillan as he vents his ire on some mediocre unfortunate. I usually prefer Sabbath songs to have a bit more of a riff journey going on. This song is more of a vibe. But what a vibe, capped off with a great atmospheric guitar solo from Tony Iommi. It’s popular nowadays to point out the riff similarity with GnR’s Paradise City but that song never makes me gurn like Zero The Hero does. I guess the Gunners just didn’t eat enough raw liver.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
No disagreement here my friend! You know how I feel.
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You’re a true metal gurner for sure
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Confirmed. There is photographic proof.
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Apparently, so called critics trashed this song, I really like it.
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Never pay attention to reviewers, that’s what I always say!
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Hear hear!
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But you are a reviewer!!!
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Whaaat
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LOL!!!
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80smetalman said some people out there disliked this song? What? Error 404. Does not compute.
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Great call on the Paradise City riff copy. And definitely the best track on the album.
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I think I maybe like Disturbing The Priest even more than this one! It’s a great album. Title track is awesome too.
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Thanks for the new verb HMO, ‘to gurn’ – and I’m pleased that there is a correlation between quantity of raw liver ingested by the performers and the eventual amount of listener gurning!
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Can’t believe Sabbath ripped off GNR like this. Sad.
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I know. And the less said about the song where they recorded Geezer having sex, the better.
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Please don’t, the ear buds can’t go in far enough to clean that sound away.
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I like “Zero the Hero” way more than “Paradise City”!
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