END OF THE BEGINNING

VERSE 1 IS THIS THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END? LOSING CONTROL OR ARE YOU WINNING? IS YOUR LIFE REAL OR JUST PRETEND? HEAVY VERSE 1 REANIMATION OF THE SEQUENCE REWINDS THE FUTURE TO THE PAST. TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SOLUTION THE SYSTEM HAS TO BE RECAST. FAST RIFF 1 RELEASE YOUR MIND. FAST FORWARD TO THE SECRETS OF YOUR CODE. YOUR LIFES ON OVERLOAD. DELETE OR SAVE THE UNITS THAT MAKE YOU AN ENTITY. THATS YOUR IDENTITY. B SECTION IF YOU DONT KNOW, WHICH WAY TO GO YOU MAY FEEL LOST AND CONFUSED. A SECOND CHANCE YOUR TIME TO LOSE. BRIDGE REGENERATION OF YOUR CYBER SONIC SOUL, TRANSFORMED IN TIME AND SPACE BEYOND CONTROL. RISE UP RESIST AND BE THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE. DONT LOOK BACK, LIVE FOR TODAY, TOMORROW IS TOO LATE. OUTRO YOU DONT WANT TO BE A ROBOT GHOST OCCUPIED INSIDE A HUMAN HOST. ANALYSED AND CLONED RELENTLESSLY, SYNTHESIZED UNTIL THEY SET YOU FREE. ALRIGHT, OKAY, ALRIGHT TILL THEY SET YOU FREE. ALRIGHT, OKAY TILL THEY SET YOU FREE. FREE. FREE. IM FREE. BE FREE. I DONT WANNA SEE YOU YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. I DONT WANNA SEE YOU YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH.

GOD IS DEAD
VERSE 1 LOST IN THE DARKNESS, I FADE FROM THE LIGHT. FAITH OF MY FATHER MY BROTHER MY MAKER AND SAVIOR. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. BLOOD ON MY CONSCIENCE AND MURDER IN MIND. OUT OF THE GLOOM I RISE UP FROM MY TOMB INTO IMPENDING DOOM. NOW MY BODY IS MY SHRINE. CHORUS 1 THE BLOOD RUNS FREE, THE RAIN TURNS RED. GIVE ME THE WINE, YOU KEEP THE BREAD. THE VOICES ECHO IN MY HEAD. IS GOD ALIVE OR IS GOD DEAD? IS GOD DEAD? VERSE 2 RIVERS OF EVIL RUN THROUGH DYING LAND. SWIMMING IN SORROW, THEY KILL STEAL AND BORROW. THERE IS NO TOMORROW. FOR THE SINNERS WILL BE DAMNED. ASHES TO ASHES, YOU CAN NOT EXHUME A SOUL. WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN CORRUPTION AND LUST, CREED OF ALL THE UNJUST LEAVES YOU EMPTY AND UNWHOLE? BRIDGE A WHEN WILL THIS NIGHTMARE BE OVER? TELL ME. WHEN CAN I EMPTY MY HEAD? WILL SOMEONE TELL ME THE ANSWER, IS GOD REALLY DEAD? IS GOD REALLY DEAD? M8 / BRIDGE B TO SAFEGUARD MY PHILOSOPHY UNTIL MY DYING BREATH. I TRANSFER FROM REALITY INTO A LIVING DEATH. I EMPATHIZE WITH ENEMIES UNTIL THE TIME IS RIGHT. WITH GOD AND SATAN AT MY SIDE, FROM DARKNESS WILL COME LIGHT. CHORUS 2 I WATCH THE RAIN AS IT TURNS RED. GIVE ME MORE WINE I DONT NEED BREAD. THESE RIDDLES THAT LIVE IN MY HEAD. I DONT BELIEVE THAT GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. SWING RIFF NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE. WONDERING IF WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE. DO YOU BELIEVE A WORD WHAT THE GOOD BOOK SAID? OR IS IT JUST A HOLY FAIRYTALE AND GOD IS DEAD? GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. RIGHT. CHORUS 3 / OUTRO BUT STILL THE VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE TELLING ME THAT GOD IS DEAD. THE BLOOD POURS DOWN, THE RAIN TURNS RED. I DONT BELIEVE THAT GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD. GOD IS DEAD.

LONER
HES JUST A LONER. HE NEVER SAYS HELLO. A FRIEND TO NO ONE. HES GOT NO PLACE TO GO. HE DONT LOOK HAPPY. HE LOOKS THROUGH FURTIVE EYES. HE AINT GOT NOTHING. NO ONE TO SYMPATHIZE. HE HIDES HIMSELF AWAY. HIS SECRETS NOT REVEALED. AS LIFE JUST PASSES BY HE KEEPS HIMSELF CONCEALED. A SOLITARY MAN. AN ENIGMATIC CHILD. A RIDDLE NEVER SOLVED. A PRISONER EXILED. I WONDER IF THE LONER CAN ASSIMILATE. A LIFE LESS LIVED ALONE PLAYS DEVILS ADVOCATE. HAS HE EVER TRIED TO BE HAPPY? REACHED OUT FROM INSIDE. SOMEONE ON WHO HE CAN DEPEND. ITS GETTING TOO LATE TO RECOVER. HE WONT STAND A CHANCE AND INTO HIS OWN HELL HELL DESCEND. DONT DESCEND. NO UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW. HE HAS TO LIVE HIS LIFE AND JUST LEARN HOW TO LET GO. COMMUNICATIONS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. HIS OWN BEST FRIEND BUT HES HIS OWN WORST ENEMY. THE SECRETS OF HIS PAST LOCKED DEEP INSIDE HIS HEAD. I WONDER IF HE WILL BE HAPPY WHEN HES DEAD.

ZEITGEIST
VERSE 1 ASTRAL ENGINES IN REVERSE. IM FALLING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE AGAIN. DOWN AMONG THE DEADMENS VISION. FADED DREAMS AND NUCLEAR FISSION SPENT. CHORUS 1 THE STRINGS OF THEORY ARE HOLDING UP THE RACE. THE PUPPETS FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE LOVE I FEEL AS I FLY ENDLESSLY THROUGH SPACE. LOST IN TIME, I WONDER WILL MY SHIP BE FOUND. VERSE 2 ON THIS SINKING SHIP I TRAVELFASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT. NOT SO SUPERNOVA BURNS, THE BLACK HOLES TURN AND FADE FROM SIGHT CHORUS 2 THE STRINGS OF THEORY HIDE IN THE HUMAN RACE. THE ANSWERS BURIED UNDERGROUND. THE LOVE I FEEL AS I FLY ENDLESSLY THROUGH SPACE. LOST IN TIME, I WONDER WILL MY SHIP BE FOUND. OUTRO AND VERY SOON THE BOMBERS MOON WILL SHOW US LIGHT AND AS WE CRASH WELL PRAY AND KISS AND SAY GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT.

AGE OF REASON
VERSE 1 DO YOU HEAR THE THUNDER RAGING IN THE SKY? PREMONITION OF A SHATTERED WORLD THATS GONNA DIE. IN THE AGE OF REASON, HOW DO WE SURVIVE? THE PROTOCOLS OF EVIL RAVAGING SO MANY LIVES? VERSE 2 MYSTIFYING SILENCE TALKING PEACE ON EARTH. WE SHOULD JUDGE EACH OTHER FOR OURSELVES NOT WHAT WERE WORTH. SUSTAINABLE EXTINCTION, A FRACTURED HUMAN RACE. A JADED REVOLUTION DISAPPEARS WITHOUT A TRACE. MID 8 ALWAYS FELT THAT THERED BE TROUBLE. MASS DISTRACTION HIDES THE TRUTH. PROZAC DAYS AND SLEEPLESS HOURS. SEEDS OF CHANGE THAT DONT BEAR FRUIT. VERSE 3 THESE TIMES ARE HEAVY AND YOURE ALL ALONE. THE BATTLES OVER BUT THE WAR GOES ON. POLITICS, RELIGION, LOVE OF MONEY TOO. ITS WHAT THE WORLD WAS BUILT FOR BUT NOT FOR ME AND YOU.

LIVE FOREVER
VERSE 1 JUST BEFORE YOU DIE THEY SAY YOULL SEE YOUR LIFE GO FLASHING BY. COLD DARK ENDLESS NIGHT, TO BURN IN HELL OR BATHE IN HEAVENS LIGHT. CHORUS 1 WELL I DONT WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BUT I DONT WANT TO DIE. I MAY BE DREAMING BUT WHATEVER, I LIVE INSIDE A LIE. VERSE 2 DAYS PASS BY TOO SOON, WAITING FOR THE RISING OF THE MOON. NO ESCAPE FROM HERE, FACING DEATH BUT IS YOUR CONSCIENCE CLEAR. CHORUS 2 I MAY BE DREAMING OR WHATEVER, WATCHING MY LIFE GO BY. AND I DONT WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BUT I DONT WANT TO DIE. CHORUS 3 WELL I DONT WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BUT I DONT WANT TO DIE. I MAY BE DREAMING BUT WHATEVER, I LIVE INSIDE A LIE. OUTRO DONT WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BUT I DONT WANT TO DIE. DONT WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BUT I DONT WANT TO DIE.

DAMAGED SOUL
VERSE 1 BORN IN A GRAVEYARD ADOPTED BY SIN, I CULTIVATE EVIL THATS LIVING WITHIN. A PREACHER TRIED SAVING MY BLACK DAMAGED SOUL, POSSESSED BY A DEMON THAT HAD FULL CONTROL. VERSE 2 THE TIME IT IS COMING WHEN ALL LIFE WILL END, WITH DOOMSDAY APPROACHING TO HELL WELL DESCEND. RELIGION WONT SAVE ME, THE DAMAGE IS DONE. THE FUTURE HAS ENDED BEFORE ITS BEGUN. MIDDLE 8 DEATHS HAND AND THE CRAZY, I CANT STAND THE LIGHT OF DAY. WATCHING ALL THE VICTIMS ON THEIR KNEES AS THEY PRAY. GOD OF THE ALMIGHTY NEVER ANSWERS THEIR CALL. SATAN IS JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHTEOUS TO FALL TO HIM. VERSE 3 I DONT MIND DYING CAUSE IM ALREADY DEAD. PRAY NOT FOR THE LIVING ILL LIVE IN YOUR HEAD. DYING IS EASY ITS LIVING THATS HARD. IM LOSING THE BATTLE BETWEEN SATAN AND GOD.

DEAR FATHER
VERSE 1 A CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE WAS DROWNED IN YOUR TEARS. THE DEMONS THAT YOU FOUGHT ARE FEEDING YOUR FEARS. THE POISONED SECRETS OF YOUR LIFE STAND REVEALED. THE TRUTH DESTROYS YOU, ITS NO LONGER CONCEALED. CHORUS 1 DEAR FATHER FORSAKEN, YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING. IN SILENCE YOUR VIOLENCE HAS LEFT MY LIFE IN RUIN. YEAH, IN RUIN, YEAH. VERSE 2 YOU PREYED UPON MY FLESH THEN PRAYED FOR MY SOUL. BELIEF BETRAYED BY LUST, THE FAITH THAT YOU STOLE. INDOCTRINATION BY A TWISTED DESIRE, THE CATECHISM OF AN EVIL MESSIAH. CHORUS 2 DEAR FATHER FORGIVE ME, I KNOW JUST WHAT IM DOING. IN SILENCE THIS VIOLENCE WILL LEAVE YOUR LIFE IN RUIN. YEAH, IN RUIN, YEAH. M8 PREACHER OF THEOCRACY HIDING YOUR HYPOCRISY. UNDER A FALSE SANCTITY, HOLY PHONEY EMPATHY. YOU HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE, NOW ITS YOUR TURN TO DIE. BRIDGE B W/ MOD CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES DO YOU THINK OF ALL THE PAIN FROM YOUR LIES? OR DO YOU DENY YOURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE SINS YOU DEVISED? WHAT YOU GONNA TELL THEM WHEN THEY ASK YOU? WELL THEN IS YOUR CONSCIENCE PURE IN YOUR HEART? THERE IS NO EXEMPTION WHEN YOU SEEK REDEMPTION FOR ALL THE LIVES THAT YOUVE TORN APART. VERSE 3 YOUR MOLESTATIONS OF THE CROSS YOU DEFILED, A MAN ONCE HOLY NOW DESPISED AND REVILED. YOU TOOK POSSESSION WHILE CONFESSING MY SINS AND NOW YOU HAVE TO FACE WHATEVER DEATH BRINGS, YEAH. CHORUS 3 DEAR FATHER FORSAKEN, YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING. IN SILENCE YOUR VIOLENCE HAS LEFT MY LIFE IN RUIN, YEAH. IN RUIN YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IN RUIN YEAH.

BONUS TRACKS

METHADEMIC
VERSE 1 THE EPIDEMIC FROM A CRYSTAL LIE PUTS YOU IN A SUPER OVER DRIVE. THE METHADEMIC THAT IS SO HARD TO HIDE, INSANELY STARING WITH WIDE EYES. VERSE 2 HALLUCINATING IN A CHEMICAL HELL AINT MY IDEA OF HAVING FUN. SYNTHETIC OVERLOAD, YOURE UNDER ITS SPELL. YOUR SUPER NIGHTMARES JUST BEGUN. CHORUS 1 YOU TRY TO STOP , BUT IT CONTROLS YOU. YOUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH IT WONT LAST. YOURE ON A SUICIDAL RIDE OF SELF-DESTRUCTION, AND IN THE END YOURE GONNA CRASH. YOU LIVE TOO FAST. YOU LIVE TOO FAST. VERSE 3 YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A DEAD MAN ALIVE, LOOSING THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. YOU SIT AND WAIT AT HELLS FIERY GATE, WAITING THE DEVILS ARRIVAL. HA HA. CHORUS 2 YOU LIVE SO FAST YOU NEED MORE METHADEMIC CRYSTAL. YOU NEVER SLEEP YOU JUST KEEP GOIN. JUST PUSH THE TRIGGER ON YOUR HYPODERMIC PISTOL. EACH TIME YOURE DYING WITHOUT KNOWING. YOU LIVE TOO FAST. YOU LIVE TOO FAST. OUT 1 WHATS THE POINT? ITS KILLING YOU WITHOUT YOU EVEN KNOWING. I CAN TELL YOUVE SOLD YOUR SOUL AND HELL IS WHERE YOURE GOING. HA HA, ILL SEE YOU THERE. OUT 2 AHHHHHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHHHH.

PEACE OF MIND
VERSE 1 I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD EMPTY MY HEAD. I AM SO SORRY FOR THE THINGS THAT IVE SAID. THIS HOPELESS FEELING THATS LIVING INSIDE. IM JUST A LONELY SOUL WHOS TRYING TO FIND SOME PEACE OF MIND. VERSE 2 I AINT NO HERO. WHOS GONNA SAVE YOU? ILL JUST SAY HI AS IM PASSING RIGHT THROUGH. I AINT THAT CRAZY, IM ONLY HERE FOR THE RIDE. SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME WHILE IM TRYING TO FIND SOME PEACE OF MIND. VERSE 3 I DONT BELIEVE A WORD. IT DOESNT MATTER IF IM WRONG OR RIGHT. WRONG OR RIGHT. IT WASNT LONG AGO. IF TOMORROW I COULD WIN THE FIGHT. WIN THE FIGHT. CHORUS 1 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE AS THE FRONT LINE FALLS, IT LOOKS LIKE I DONT STAND A CHANCE. IF ONLY I COULD TURN MY LIFE AROUND, HOW WOULD I FIND THE CIRCUMSTANCE. BRIDGE READ IN BETWEEN THE LINES. TRUTH THAT IS NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE. BLACK NOR WHITE. JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL. BROKEN MAN, STILL SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT IN THE NIGHT. CHORUS 2 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE AS THE FRONT LINE FALLS. IT LOOKS LIKE I DONT STAND A CHANCE. IF ONLY I COULD TURN MY LIFE AROUND, OR IS THIS JUST THE CIRCUMSTANCE

PARIAH
VERSE 1 PARIAH FROM SOCIETY, ADDICTED TO SOBRIETY. A PRODUCT OF A VIRGIN BIRTH, ANOTHER GOD ON EARTH. YES THATS YOUR FANTASY. PRE CHORUS 1 DO YOU BELIEVE EVERY WORD I SAY? MAKE YOUR OWN TRUTH AND GET OUT OF MY WAY. CHORUS 1 IM YOUR PARIAH, FOR YOUR DESIRE. AINT NO MESSIAH, JUST YOUR PARIAH. VERSE 2 YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN READ MY MIND. BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND. YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN BE LIKE ME, AND SEE WHAT MY EYES SEE, BUT YOURE NO FRIEND OF MINE. AN ANGEL OR THE ANTICHRIST, A SYMBOL OF YOUR OWN DEVICE. PATHETIC IN YOUR OWN SAD WAY. YOURE JUST ONE PILL AWAY FROM TAKING MY ADVICE. PRE CHORUS 2 DO YOU BELIEVE EVERY WORD I SAY? MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND GET OUT OF MY WAY. CHORUS 2 IM YOUR PARIAH, FOR YOUR DESIRE. AINT NO MESSIAH, JUST YOUR PARIAH. MIDDLE 8 DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IM FROM HEAVEN? THAT I DESCENDED FROM THE SKY? THE GRAVEN IMAGE OF A PSEUDO ICON, TO WORSHIP ME ON HIGH. IM NOT YOUR SAVIOUR. I GOT NO WINGS TO FLY. JUST YOUR PARIAH, DONT LOOK TO ME WHEN YOUR LIFE IS OVER. CHORUS 3 IM YOUR PARIAH, FOR YOUR DESIRE. AINT NO MESSIAH, JUST YOUR PARIAH. OUTRO AINT NO MESSIAH, JUST YOUR PARIAH.

OZZY OSBOURNE WOULD LIKE TO THANK...

I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS ALBUM TO MY SON, JACK OSBOURNE. HES THE MAN IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE. OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT CONSTANTLY, BUT WITH LAWSUITS, EGOS AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE BAND IT WAS NEVER REALLY A REALITY TO ME. BUT SHARON OSBOURNE AND RICK RUBIN NEVER GAVE UP. THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND BELIEF MADE IT HAPPEN. I THANK YOU BOTH FOR NEVER GIVING UP AND FOR YOUR CONSTANT SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. AFTER ALL MY YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY I FINALLY KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO WORK WITH A GREAT PRODUCER. THANK YOU RICK. GEEZER BUTLER - THE WORLDS BEST BASS PLAYER TONY IOMMI - THE RIFF-MASTER BRAD WILK - THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL AND GENTLEMAN MY FAMILY: AIMEE, KELLY, JACK, LISA AND PEARL OSBOURNE THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY CRAZINESS. I KNOW IVE BEEN A PAIN IN THE ASS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE RECORDING. JESSICA, BEN ISSY, HARRY AND KITTY HOBBS X. LOUIS, LOUISE, MAIA AND ELIJAH OSBOURNE X MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS: JEAN, IRIS, GILLIAN, PAUL AND TONY. EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO COLIN AND METTE NEWMAN, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP BUT FOR THEIR CONSTANT GUIDANCE. MICHELE ANTHONY: YOU ARE A LEGEND. BILLY MORRISON; LOVE YA! YOU DESERVE A MEDAL FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY INSANITY. MY UNIVERSAL RECORDS FAMILY: LUCIAN GRAINGE, MAX HOLE, ANDREW KRONFELD, DAVID JOSEPH, MONTE LIPMAN, TED COCKLE, CLIVE CAWLEY, CHARLIE WALK, ANDREW DAW, HASSAN CHOUDRY, MICHAEL RIVALLAND, ROB FLEMING, JIM ROPPO, BILLY ZARRO AND CLIVE FISHER. BLASKO & CAROL, HARDY CHANDHOK, TOMMY CLUFETOS, VICKY ERICKSEN, ZACK FAGAN, JAY KRUGMAN; JOHN FENTON, SHARON & DAVE GODMAN, HOWARD GROSSMAN, MICHAEL GUARRACINO, TODD JACOBS, SAM TAYLOR -JOHNSON & AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON, JULIE LE, ROD MACSWEEN, DUFF MCKAGAN, PETE MERTENS, DAVE MOSCATO, MARK NEUMAN, DARI PETRIASHVILLI, TRINO PRIETO, MARCEE RONDAN, MITCH SCHNEIDER, LYNN SEAGER, THE GREAT CREW AT SHANGRI-LA STUDIOS, SHURE MICROPHONES, SLASH & PERLA, CLAIRE SMITH, KATHLEEN SMITH, SABA TEKLEHAYMANDT, BOB TROY, MELINDA VARGA, ADAM WAKEMAN, BILL WARD, ZAKK, BARBARANNE, JESSE, HAYLEY RAE, HENDRIX & SABBATH WYLDE. TO ALL THE BLACK SABBATH FANS WHO HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN US THEIR UNDYING SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING FOR YOUVE BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU ALLOZZY

TONY IOMMI WOULD LIKE TO THANK...

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK MY WONDERFUL WIFE MARIA FOR ALL HER LOVE AND SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS WHILE IVE BEEN GOING THROUGH MY CANCER TREATMENTS. WITHOUT HER HELP AND LOVE I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT!! MY DAUGHTER TONI FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL AND CARING PERSON IM SO PROUD OF HER! MY MANAGERS, RALPH BAKER AND ERNEST CHAPMAN FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AND ONCE AGAIN HELPING ME GET THROUGH LIFE AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. DEAR FRIENDS AT HOME FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SABBATH FAMILY - OZZY, GEEZER, BILL, SHARON AND GLORIA. A BIG THANK YOU TO DRUMMERS BRAD WILK AND TOMMY CLUFETOS. MIKE EXETER FOR HIS HUGE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM. RICK RUBIN FOR PRODUCING THIS RECORD AND FOR HIS INSIGHT IN WHAT IT SHOULD BE. JEFF GREENBERG. GUITAR TECHS: MIKE CLEMENT, DAVE BARRERA. MY PERSONAL ASSISTANT: KAT GAUSS. GUITARS: JD, TAYLOR, GODIN & GIBSON. AMPS: LANEY. SPEAKERS: CELESTION. STRINGS: LA BELLLA. GEAR: LINE 6, TC ELECTRONICS, MIKE HILL DESIGN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALL THE WONDERFUL MEDICS WITHOUT WHOM I WOULDNT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE RECORD.

GEEZER BUTLER WOULD LIKE TO THANK...

ALL MY LOVE TO GLORIA, MY HEART AND SOUL MY WONDERFUL SON, JAMES BUTLER, FOR KEEPING IT ALL TOGETHER AND KEEPING IT REAL. MY COMRADES IN ARMS, TONY AND OZZY DRUMMER SUPREME, BRAD WILK BEARD OF THE YEAR, RICK RUBIN LOVE & KISSES TO MY GRANDKIDS, CAROLINA & GUY AND KISSES TO GEMMA & PEARL. SPECIAL THANKS TO BROTHER BILL WARD, DEBI BUCHAN, HEATHER LOSIK, SHARON O, RALPH BAKER, COLIN NEWMAN, MISSY, DIZZEE & THE GANG, MIKE EXETER, TOMMY CLUFETOS, ADAM WAKEMAN, PEDRO HOWSE, T2 & THE WELTYS, THE BUTLERS, HOWSES, ISMAILS, CROFTS, SHEILA WALKER, BIFF & TRICIA, JOE SIEGLER, STEVE STRIDE & A.V.F.C. MY INSTRUMENTS OF DOOM SUPPLIERS: JOHN PIMUCCELLO AND DAN LAKIN @ LAKLAND BASSES, MARK MENGHI @ HARTKE/SAMSON, BILL NASH @ BILL NASH GUITARS, TONY PINEIRO @ DR STRINGS, JOHN NORRIS @ PETERSON TUNERS, MIKE OKEN @ HERCULES GUITAR STANDS, TIM GODWIN @ TAYLOR GUITARS, GUY LOW @ E.V., RICHARD SANDROK @ SHURE WIRELESS, BOB FRIEDEWALD @ BOBS CUSTOM AMPS, KURT STIER @ CHICAGO IRON, DAN KRISHER @ BOSS/ROLAND, MARK KIRKLAND @ YAMAHA UK, CHRYS JOHNSON @ EMG PICKUPS, RACHAEL BECKER @ HEAVY LEATHER NYC, SCOTT UCHIDA @ DUNLOP , JULIA GERARD @ PEACE GALLERY, & MICHAEL GUIDO.

ALBUM CREDITS...

ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY OZZY OSBOURNE, TONY IOMMI & GEEZER BUTLER PUBLISHED BY: ASTON MUSIC (ASCAP) / BLIZZARD MUSIC LIMITED (ASCAP) / VALALLEN MUSIC (ASCAP) PRODUCED BY RICK RUBIN. MIXED BY ANDREW SCHEPS AT PUNKERPAD WEST, VAN NUYS, CA. RECORDED BY GREG FIDELMAN. ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY MIKE EXETER, DANA NIELSON. ASSISTED BY SARA LYN KILLION, SEAN OAKLEY. RECORDED AT SHANGRI LA STUDIOS, MALIBU, CA. ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT TONE HALL, WARWICKSHIRE, UK. EDITED BY DANA NIELSON, RYAN CASTLE, JASON GOSSMAN. MASTERED BY STEPHEN MARCUSSEN AND STEWART WHITMORE AT MARCUSSEN MASTERING, HOLLYWOOD, CA. ALBUM DESIGN & ART DIRECTION: ZIP WICKER SCULPTURE: SPENCER JENKINS COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: JONATHAN KNOWLES COVER LOCATION: WITH THANKS TO THE CAREY FAMILY AT BURCOTT LODGE FARM. BAND PHOTOGRAPHY: OZZY LAUGHING - SCHWEET VIDEO STILL BAND PLAYING 1 - SCHWEET VIDEO STILL BAND PLAYING 2 - JOHN FENTON P 2013 BS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, UNDER EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BV. g 2013 BS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, UNDER EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BV. BLACK SABBATH IS: OZZY OSBOURNE - VOCALS, HARMONICA TONY IOMMI - GUITARS GEEZER BUTLER - BASS SPECIAL GUEST MUSICIAN: BRAD WILK - DRUMS & PERCUSSION WWW.BLACKSABBATH.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BLACKSABBATH @OFFICIALSABBATH