The End (Black Sabbath album)

The End
Studio album with live tracks by Black Sabbath
Released 20 January 2016
Recorded 2012 – 2014
Studio Shangri La Studios (Tracks 1–4)
(Malibu, California)[1]
Genre Heavy metal
Length 55:09
Label BS Productions Limited
Producer Rick Rubin (Tracks 1–4)
Black Sabbath chronology
13
(2013)		 The End
(2016)

The End is a limited edition album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and is their final release as a group. It was released on January 20, 2016. The exclusive, limited-edition CD was only available for purchase at tour dates for their final tour 'The End'.[2][3] The first half of the album is leftover tracks from the 13 sessions, and the second half is live tracks recorded on tour between 2013 and 2014.

Background

The band recorded tracks at Shangri La Studios in Malibu with producer Rick Rubin during the sessions for 13, their 19th album. While Sabbath had been planning a follow-up to 13, the album was ultimately scrapped. Guitarist Tony Iommi had written "a whole load of riffs" for the abandoned LP, but "Geezer (Butler) didn't particularly want to do another album" Iommi said of the bassist. Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne also voiced not wanting to record another album saying "If we were to do an album before the tour, it would take three or four years to complete the album."[4]

Release

The album was intended to be promoted with The End Tour, being only available for purchase at live dates. However, none of the studio tracks on the LP were played live on the tour. "God Is Dead?", included in a live recording, was performed sparsely, appearing 5 times in total. Cover art for the disc was created by OBEY founder and artist Shepard Fairey.[5] The End was placed at number 20 on Rolling Stone's top metal albums of 2016.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Season of the Dead"7:22
2."Cry All Night"6:58
3."Take Me Home"4:57
4."Isolated Man"5:31
5."God Is Dead?" (Live in Sydney, Australia on 27 April 2013)9:49
6."Under the Sun" (Live in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 April 2013)4:36
7."End of the Beginning" (Live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 11 April 2014)8:09
8."Age of Reason" (Live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 11 April 2014)7:46
Total length:55:09

Personnel

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ http://www.black-sabbath.com/2016/01/pictures-of-the-end/
  2. ↑ "Black Sabbath: Four Previously Unreleased Songs From '13' Sessions To Be Made Available On 'The End' CD". Blabbermouth.net. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Sabbath Music – ONLY AT SHOWS". Black-Sabbath.com. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-sabbath-prep-limited-tour-cd-with-four-new-songs-20160114
  5. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/black-sabbath-the-end-cd/
  6. ↑ Grow, Kory. "20 Best Metal Albums of 2016". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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