In spite of the opinions that this album has nothing to do with Ozzy, I find this album very successful and personally it is one of my favorites, but of course everyone has a different opinion. For this album, he has left a lot of time because the last was from 2001 that is 6 years, but you can hear that, because the album is very well thought out. The style has also changed in some cases. There is now not a real heavy metal anymore, but goes more in the direction NuMetal. On the album, of course, have heard too many guitar solos and riffs, but there are a lot of keyboard sounds. In addition, the song of Ozzy is very alienated. It is heard that the bass blends very well with the drums, which creates a good balanced sound. The cover I find also very nice. For, as Ozzy that he had the idea for it when he saw a film about the Hiroshima bomb, because it had been raining then black. I find also good that in the CD, the lyrics are to find that you have no longer these days in each CD. Conclusion: All in all, I find it very successful and varied as the alienation of the voice and the use of electronic and stylistic means each song own and sounds different. I can recommend it only. But I can also understand when fans of early music not so much like this.
