From the group many credit with creating metal, guitarist
Tony Iommi resurrected an earlier lineup of
Black Sabbath for
Dehumanizer. As is their wont,
the Sabs show concern for humanity's future. Lead track "Computer God" tackles mankind's capitulation at the altar of technology. "After All" evokes the morbid/mystical themes and sonic plod of earliest
Sabbath.
Dehumanizer breaks little new ground. But with hundreds of other groups expropriating the sound these days, it's comforting to find that, 22 years on, there's still no one who can churn out those sinister, almost orchestral three chords quite as effectively as
Iommi and
Butler. ~ Roch Parisien