NEWS 2020/02/21
Ozzy Osbourne might have been going through a tough time with his health, but the Prince Of Darkness makes a return today with his first new solo album in a decade. That’s reason enough to celebrate in and of itself, but does Ordinary Man reach extraordinary heights? Let’s delve in and find out… Straight To Hell Straight To Hell opens on a heavenly choral effect, before the rolling riff kicks in and Ozzy declares, ‘All right now’ just as he did on Black Sabbath’s Sweet Leaf all those years ago. The riffs are pure solo-era Oz though; lighter and sharper than Sabbath as they cut around the jerky vocal lines of the verses (and with a blazing solo from Slash). Oz has always been adept at crafting vocal melodies that act as hooks right through the song, and the ones on this tale of drug th...