Black Sabbath Black Sabbath/Netherlands 1994

“CROSS PURPOSES TOUR 1994” where all the “executives” of Sabbath gathered together and sublimated all the charms into one show. This special live album is now available. The “CROSS PURPOSES” era is generally considered to be a bit half-baked, but its contents were deeply engraved in the minds of enthusiasts who love all eras. Master: Tony Iommi, of course, but on both sides are Geezer Butler, the epitome of heaviness, and Tony Martin, the incarnation of stylized melody. And not only the members but also the album “CROSS PURPOSES” had a beautiful line-up of “beauty” and “weight”. The melody is beautiful everywhere, the song development is crisp and heavy. No matter where you cut it, it is full of Sabbath-likeness, and yet the degree of fusion is denser than any other era. It was an era in which the “charm of Sabbath” that changed over the ages was condensed into one. This work is a live album that cuts out such a “CROSS PURPOSES TOUR” with a wonderful 100% real sound. This work includes “April 19, 1994 Utrecht performance”. First of all, as always, let’s imagine the position from the whole picture of the world tour. ・ February 8th-March 13th: North America (25 performances) ・ March 21st-27th: Japan (5 performances) ・ April 11th-May 28th: ​​Europe (34 performances) ← ★ Coco ★ ・ June 11th: PROVINSSI ROCK FESTIVAL 《Bobby Rondinelli → Bill Ward replacement》 ・ August 27th-September 4th: South America (4 performances) A ​​total of 68 performances. The Utrecht performance of this work is the sixth performance of the “European” leg, which is the core of the world tour. Such a work is a magnificent audience recording. Although it is not a type that is “like a sound board”, the extremely clear musical tones and singing voices reach straight like a laser beam. Along with that clarity, the balance is also wonderful. The bass, which tends to be a weak point in audience recordings, is firmly captured, and the balance with the mid-high tones is excellent. Not only that, but the balance of each instrument, the balance of the stereo sense, the balance of cheers and performance, the balance of the core of the musical tones and the sound caused by the venue acoustics… all of these are recordings that stand on an extremely beautiful balance. The quality depicts the world of “CROSS PURPOSES”, where “beauty” and “heavy” are also in conflict. First of all, “beauty”. The show starts with “Time Machine”, but after that, the key songs from the Ronnie James Dio era, “Children Of The Sea”, “Mob Rules”, and “Neon Knight”, are firmly held down, and the masterpieces of melodic SABBATH, such as Martin’s representative songs “When Death Calls” and “Headless Cross”, as well as the new songs “I Witness” and “Cross Of Thorns”, are full of masterpieces. At this time, there is also the official album “CROSS PURPOSES LIVE”, but “Children Of The Sea” and “When Death Calls” are numbers that cannot be heard there. To counter such “beauty”, “heavy” is also substantial. Starting with the new song “Psychophobia”, there are a large number of 70’s heavy numbers. Moreover, there is a variety of songs from the super heavy “Into The Void” to the galloping “Symptom Of The Universe (full version!)”, and even “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” and “The Wizard”, delicious numbers that were not played in the 70’s and 80’s, appeared in large numbers. It shows a concentration that foreshadows the later original reorganization. “Rare” and “classic” are well balanced. Of course, the balance of the performance is also “beauty” and “heavy”. As mentioned above, the executives who symbolize both sides are gathered together, and the melody dances in heavy songs, and heaviness is injected into beautiful songs. It is a live album where you can enjoy even the subtleties vividly with a well-balanced sound. Truly “All Sabbath”. Iommi simply chose the songs he wanted to play and the songs that would be popular, but with all the executives who symbolize “beauty” and “weight” gathered together, all the “charms of Sabbath” were perfectly balanced. If “good sound, good songs, and good performance” are the three elements of a good music album, this work is a very well-balanced one. Although it is often overlooked by the general public, the “CROSS PURPOSES TOUR” condensed all of its charm. There is no other live performance like this in the long history of Sabbath. It is a masterpiece of a live album where you can enjoy such a precious scene with 100% real sound. Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, the Netherlands 19th April 1994 TRULY AMAZING/PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (49:33) 1. Intro 2. Time Machine 3. Children Of The Grave 4. Children Of The Sea 5. I Witness 6. Mob Rules 7. Into The Void 8. When Death Calls 9. Black Sabbath Disc 2 (50:01) 1. Neon Knight 2. Psychophobia 3. The Wizzard 4. Cross Of Thorns 5. Symptom Of The Universe 6. Drum Solo 7. Headless Cross 8. Paranoid 9. Iron Man 10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tony Iommi – Guitar Tony Martin – Vocals Geezer Butler – Bass Bobby Rondinelli – Drums Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards