Dehumanizer
Studio album by Black Sabbath
Released	June 22, 1992 June 30, 1992
Recorded	Late 1991 - Early 1992
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	55:53
Label	I.R.S. Reprise (US/Canada)
Producer	Reinhold Mack
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Black Sabbath chronology
Tyr (1990) Dehumanizer (1992) Cross Purposes (1994)

Dehumanizer is the sixteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1992. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Black Sabbath are an Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music IRS (International Record Syndicate Records was a Record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Reinhold Mack (aka Mack) is a German Record producer and Sound engineer, mostly known for his collaborations allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Black Sabbath are an Tyr is the fifteenth studio album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1990 by I Cross Purposes is the seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1994. Black Sabbath are an This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992

It is the first album in over a decade to feature Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice. Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA is an American heavy Vincent "Vinny" Appice (born September 13, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock Drummer, best known for his work Initial writing and demo sessions at Rich Bitch Studios in Birmingham featured Cozy Powell and bootlegs exist. Colin Flooks ( December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998) better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer A bootleg recording is an audio and/or Video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority

Album information

Both lyrically and musically, it is considered one of Sabbath's heaviest albums. Song themes vary from a computer worshipped as a god, to televangelists, to individualism and doubts about after-life. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Televangelism is the use of Television to communicate the Christian faith

'Computer God' was the title of an unreleased song by The Geezer Butler Band, in 1986 - only the title made it to 'Dehumanizer'. The GBB version is available as a download on Geezer Butler's website. 'Master Of insanity' was also an unreleased GBB track and the 'Dehumanizer' version is essentially a re-recording of this. (1:17 minutes of this track is available as a download on the website of Carl Sentance, erstwhile vocalist with The GBB. )

Although the band lineup is the same as 1981's Mob Rules, the musical direction is very different - not only because of the aforementioned heaviness, but the songs are also darker, more pessimistic and more intense than in every earlier Sabbath album. Pessimism, from the Latin pessimus (worst is the decision to evaluate perceive and view life in a generally negative light It was a dramatic, and to some, welcome return from their previous album, Tyr. Tyr is the fifteenth studio album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1990 by I

Ronnie James Dio himself would follow this musical / lyrical direction in his next two albums with his band Dio, Strange Highways (1994) and Angry Machines (1996). Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA is an American heavy Dio is an American heavy metal band led by Vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. Strange Highways is the sixth studio Album by American heavy metal Angry Machines is the seventh studio album from the heavy metal band Dio.

Commercially, this album is regarded as a resurgence for Sabbath. The album reached the Top 40 in the UK.

This incarnation of Sabbath ended when Ronnie James Dio abruptly quit the band upon guitarist Tony Iommi's suggestion that the band open for Ozzy Osbourne in Costa Mesa at the end of his 1992 tour, intended to be the farewell tour. Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA is an American heavy Frank Anthony "Iommi (born February 19 1948, in Aston, Birmingham England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Dio and Osbourne had a history of animosity, more from Osbourne's side but certainly not one-sided, and Dio felt that Sabbath should not open for any band, much less his 'rival' (and the band's former frontman) Ozzy Osbourne. Dio's contract expired at the end of the 'Dehumanizer' tour and he chose not to do the two Osbourne Costa Mesa shows.

For these two shows the band replaced Dio with Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford and, on the second night, Iommi, Butler and original Sabbath drummer Bill Ward joined Osbourne onstage for a four songs. Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Bill Ward may refer to Bill Ward (musician (born 1948 drummer for Black Sabbath Bill Ward (actor (born 1967 Bill Halford and Dio are friends (Dio having been impressed with Halford's work ethic on the 'Stars' project) and Halford would only do the Costa Mesa shows with Dio's blessing, which he received when he spoke with Dio by phone. Both shows were recorded in their entireties and are now widely circulated as audio and video bootlegs.

It is somewhat unclear as to whether this album was supposed to be a one-off affair or the beginning of a true reunion of this Sabbath line-up. Dio's contract technically ran out at the end of the album's tour (allowing him to quit the band in response to Tony Iommi's desire to have the band open for Ozzy Osbourne) which would suggest that future albums were not meant to be. Frank Anthony "Iommi (born February 19 1948, in Aston, Birmingham England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer However, Iommi also formally fired the other three band members (including twice firing singer Tony Martin) which would indicate that he never really intended to bring them back. It has been suggested that the album was officially a one-off effort but that the band members would continue if they found they could co-exist well enough to do so. According to Ronnie James Dio, the band could not get along sufficiently as the members' personalities and egos had not changed over the previous decade. There was also rumors that talks of a reunion with Ozzy took place during the 'Dehumanizer' tour, it being alleged that Iommi and Butler went so far as to discuss this with Osbourne, who ultimately backed out. It is possible these talks were used by the Osbourne camp to derail the 'Dehumanizer' reunion.

The album is set to be released in the Heaven and Hell box set The Rules of Hell. Heaven and Hell is a musical collaboration featuring Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and The Rules of Hell is a collection of four albums by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals ^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi.

Side one

1. "Computer God" – 6:10
2. "After All (the Dead)" – 5:37
3. "TV Crimes" – 3:58
4. "Letters from Earth" – 4:12
5. "Master of Insanity" – 5:54

Side two

1. "Time Machine" – 4:10
2. "Sins of the Father" – 4:43
3. "Too Late" – 6:54
4. "I" – 5:10
5. "Buried Alive" – 4:47

Bonus track

The US-release added a bonus track:

11. "Time Machine (Wayne's World Version)" – 4:18 This is the first recording of the song, specifically for the soundtrack to "Wayne's World" and ahead of the album sessions. " TV Crimes " is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1992 Album, Dehumanizer. Wayne's World was one of the most popular recurring sketches to come from the NBC Television series Saturday Night Live. It was also released as a 1-track promo CD.

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Tony Iommi – guitars
• Geezer Butler – bass
• Vinny Appice – drums
• Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
• Mack – producer, engineer, mixer
• Darren Gayler – engineer
• Stephen Wissnet – engineer

Release history