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Black Sabbath is one of the most important bands in the
history of modern rock music or even modern music in general but have you ever
wondered what they would have sounded like if they had been performing 500 or
600 years ago? Perhaps not but these thoughts came early to Mihkel Raud,
formerly known as the lead singer and songwriter of an Estonian band called
Mr. Lawrence, who is the producer and brain behind this project to recreate
the classic Black Sabbath tunes into an early or medieval music version. In
his quest to find suitable musicians his choice came upon Rondellus, a
well-known early music band from Talliin (the capital of Estonia), consisting
of five professional and classically trained musicians. All the electric
instruments have been replaced by harps, lutes, fiddles, organs and so on
while Ozzy's unique voice has been replaced by something equally unusual -
male and female medieval vocals that sound crystal clear and very powerful as
if sung in a church. Also, all lyrics have been translated into latin which is
my favorite language next to English. It feels a little weird hearing Black
Sabbath this way but I really like this album. Fans of the band should without
a doubt check this album out because this kind of tribute album has never been
done before, at least not to my knowledge. Perhaps the melodies have been
slightly lost in a couple of tracks but Rondellus have still done a very good
job.
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1. Verres Militares (War Pigs) 2. |
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Oculi Filioli (Junior's Eyes) 3. Funambulus Domesticus (A National |
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Acrobat) 4. Symptoma Mundi (Symptom Of The Universe) 5. Post |
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Murum Somnii (Behind The Wall Of Sleep) 6. Post Aeternitatem (After |
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Forever) 7. Magus (The Wizard) 8. Solitudo (Solitude) |
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9. Rotae Confusionis (Wheels Of Confusion) 10. Planetarum Vagatio |
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(Planet Caravan) 11. Via Gravis (Hard Road) 12. Architectus |
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Urbis Caelestis (Spiral Arcitect) |
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