“Is this the GOOD Sabbath or the BAD Sabbath?”

We know what you’re thinking: “Wait, didn’t they skip a few albums in there somewhere? Did they put them all on Patreon or…what happened?” Rest assured, nothing has been skipped, however, we did jump ahead a little bit because “some of us” have been jonesing to fast forward through the BLACK SABBATH catalog by 3 albums or so and time travel straight to 1981 and the release of MOB RULES, the final studio album (at the time) from the legendary Ronnie James Dio era of the band. 

There’s a certain distinctive sonic difference between Heaven And Hell and MOB RULES, primarily with regard to production. While Heaven And Hell tends to have a more “Rainbow meets Ozzy Sabbath” sound to it, MOB RULES sounds much more like the first three Dio solo albums from the early 80’s, so much so that it almost sounds like it could pass as a Rainbow, BLACK SABBATH, or even Dio record. But, at the end of the day, if you had to say, “THIS album sounds like BLACK SABBATH with Dio”, the only correct answer would be MOB RULES.

Always remember that the difference between “hot ranch and ‘the smell of’ hot ranch” is as vast as the difference between a “frenulum piercing” and a “frenum piercing”. It’s high time we “right the wrongs” from a few episodes back and get “up close, pretty front” in order to understand that “the gravy’s got no giblets in it” when you JOIN US as we celebrate the most Ronnie James Dio sounding BLACK SABBATH album in heavy metal history as we dive into MOB RULES.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “That’s a recoil…” / #brother / #darkchocolaterum from #Roatan / #RussellsReflectionsCocktailEdition / #deadmansfingers #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode / #andbegin / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “That was a hardcore song…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “Servin’ it up and suckin’ it down…” / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #MangoCart #GoldenRoadBrewing / #McJonalds / “It’s how women jerk off…”/ “You don’t wanna skip…that’s a waste…”/ #moneyshot / “That’s probably my least favorite porn…”/ “I need a plot and a story and a director…”/ “The new things…for you kids today…”/ #Manscaped #FathersDayGiftIdeas / “Dude, what if he’s got Magnum P.I. pubes?” / ***Go to manscaped.com and enter promo code METAL for 20% off and free shipping!!!*** / “I’m just gonna be myself…and read this.”/ “He’s got #sideburns on them balls…”/ #thetotalpackage / “What’s a #zaddy ?”/ #seedlessseed / “The gravy’s got no giblets in it…”/ #testimonies #facepubes (“This is a very well used instrument in my bathroom…”) / “I thought about putting that other places…”/ “I went a little bit further…”/ #yourballswillthankyou / “Sometimes it just takes one word…” / “Are you fucking kidding me!?”

(12:00): #PatreonShoutout #MetalNerderyPatreon / “That’s a good band name…”/ #loveyoumeanit / “Patreon should get the first listen to the #Doomsicle tracks…”/ “That is a killer segue into The Wizard…”/ #Albatross & #IommiWorship / #newpiercingtechnology (“I saw it on 2 different ladies…”) / #markthetime (“You’ve got something in your teeth…”) / “The one I saw was in the butt…”/ “It was in the 2nd hole…”/ “Did you get your teeth pierced?” / #frenulumpiercing #smileypiercing / “Where does it stop?” / “Ask yourself, is that Patreon material?” / “This was obviously the before picture…”/ “Dude, this was NOT coffee, brother…”

(20:02): “We have something to share…”/ “Basically, we played the wrong band…” / #Imminence #BeyondThePale / “We’re gonna right the wrongs…” / “They’re from the Netherlands…I think they’re #Dutchish …”/ #BeyondThePale STORM EN DRIFT #subtitles (“They’re on top of a building…”) and THE AGE OF THE PARIAH (“It’s kinda hooky…that riff.”) / #melodicdeathmetal / Hail to #bolth the song & the band

(25:13): ***IF YOU’D LIKE TO GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN DO SO AT 980-666-8182*** or check us out on the #socialmedia at #Instagram and #Facebook and #YouTube or you can email us at [email protected] / Ken from Connecticut and some clarification regarding the whole #BeyondThePale incident / “You could kinda say it’s their #BlackAlbum …”/ “You could totally do comedy dude, it’s literally that easy…”/ “If you’re a #pianist …it sounds like #penised #pasttense …” / #tromboner / #RussellsReflectionsComedyEdition #TheNewPunchline #PunchlineComedyClub (“There’s probably still coke residue on the walls…”) / “I think he’s kidding…he’s trolling…he thinks it’s all done.”/ #LandmarkDiner / “The overall experience was just sad to me…”/ “That’s how you get better…”/ #thehits and #oldbits (“If it’s funny, it’s funny.”) / #upcloseprettyfront (“Up close, pretty front…we were pretty close up front…”) / “The way that finished…we’re gonna get canceled…”

(36:05): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST Presents:  BLACK SABBATH – MOB RULES / #BlackSabbath #MobRules #MobRulesBone / #RainbowSabbath / “To me, Mob Rules sounds like #Dio …”/ “Is this the GOOD Sabbath or the BAD Sabbath?” / “It’s not #OzzySabbath …”/ “No, it’s different…” / #VanHalen vs #VanHagar / “I’m the guy in the middle of the argument…”/ #caughtinthemiddle / “Who had more hits?” / “But, fuck…”/ “That’s #JourneyVanHalen …”/ “That’s what we should do…split up the whole thing…” / “Martin Birch produced it…” / #tangentional / Released November 4, 1981 (“It sounds more modern than 1981…”) / “After all that buildup…”/ TURN UP THE NIGHT / “It kinda almost sounds like Neon Knights Part II…”/ “It chugs…”/ “I’ve heard it pronounced so many ways…” / “One of the weirdest riffs…” / VOODOO (“Sounds like #DeepPurple…sounds like #Rainbow…”) / “Rainbow…Sabbath…or Dio?”

(49:50): “The next song is one of the best songs ever written…” / THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS (“that sounds like it was recorded ‘on a misty morning’…”) / “That sounds like #doommetal … / “From the book the word is spoken, whispers from forgotten song…”/ #ShelbysBalls / “I heard the first 3 Dio albums first, and THEN heard this…”/ “You are all…useless…”/ E5150 (or EV150) / “If evil and anxiety had a baby…”/ “Evil in #romannumerals …”/ “And now you’ve ruined it…”/ “This reminds me of the movie #HeavyMetal a little bit…” / #HeavyMetalSoundtrack / THE MOB RULES (“Ohhhh, come on!!!”) / “I’m gonna vomit my thoughts…”/ #DioVsOzzy #IronMullet / “They enter the ring, and one of them is dead (snaps) instantly…”/ “I like when you get excited…”

(1:01:34): “Can she make good cornbread?” / COUNTRY GIRL #killeropener #sidetwo / “That’s a Sabbath riff, for sure…”/ “The next one…has a bass solo, guitar solo showdown in the middle…”/ SLIPPING AWAY (“This is 80’s all day…I hear #Zeppelin…”) / “Metallica should do that on their next album…”/ “They could have kept that going  a little while longer…”/ NOTE:  the #LedZeppelin song in question was actually Custard Pie, not The Wanton Song / #deepcut FALLING OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (***Be sure to check out our #DioEraSabbath and #RonnieJamesDio episodes…***) / “Like a clean tiger…or a shiny diamond.”/ “This next riff is fucking crazy…”/ #nimblethimbles / “Can you #markthetime so I can make sure and talk over it?”/ OVER AND OVER (“Oh who’s talkin’ now!?”) / #outrosolo / “That was angsty…”/ “It reminded me of that part on #MasterOfPuppets …it was an accident.” / “I think they were married for like a week…”/ #yousureaboutthat? / #allegedly / “Briefly engaged…different than married.”/ “You know what that’s never happened with, ever?” / #drugpsychosis (“This makes you different…”) / “The biggest dick move of your life?” / “Usually that comes with a price tag…”/ “Historically speaking…I’ve got a low blow tolerance…but I’ve never gotten #blackoutstoned and thrown a bong at somebody’s face before…” / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!*** / ***Come on down to the #BunkerpoonGiftShoppe and get your #MetalNerderyPodcastMerch at metalnerdery.com/merch *** / #outroreel