OFF: TYR (was OFF: Other bands)

[Brian Halligan]

Neil Shilladay wrote:

> Hey, I liked that album too. I was just a shame the band didn't feel
> confident enough to play more songs from it when they toured that album.
> Certainly worth more than one star.
>
> Ob Tyr tune : Valhalla

You, me, Theo, that makes three. Anyone else want to fess-up? I love the
Latin chanting/singing at the beginning of Anno Mundi, and the way the
balady Odin's Court melds into the crushing Valhalla.

I checked All Music again and it did receive one star. But the reviewer
liked it. I guess the ratings aren't tied to the review?

> Gothic in approach, but crushing guitar riffs galore, T Y R followed Black
> Sabbath's previous return to the spotlight by less than a year. Again leaning
> heavily on the darker side of life, or perhaps, death, T Y R is a set of tunes
> loosely based around the Norse tales of Odin and the gods of war. "Valhalla"
> is unlike anything the old Sabbath tried, yet still sounds familiar. "The
> Sabbath Stones" mix myth with metal in a crushing display of musical
> synthesis. With T Y R, Black Sabbath sounded as serious as can be. ‹ James
> Chrispell

Brian

"Leading us on to the land of eternity. Riding the cold, cold...winds of
Valhalla!" [blanga blanga, etc.] :-)