Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
Echoes of the past, cries of this 
Hiruma Cyrus
What to expect from the new CD from Ozzy Osbourne? After all, the singer apparently left behind after his best CD No More Tears, 1991. His recent compositions had good, but creativity was dispersed. The energy contained and dosed away from the massive and explosive force of the past.
And what about his band, completely renewed? Gus G (electric guitar, ex-Arch Enemy), Rob Nicholson (bass - Danzig, Rob Zombie), Adam Wakeman (keyboards, son of Rick, a former keyboardist for Yes) and Tommy Clufetos (drums - Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper).
The culmination of Osbourne over? Or was the "prince of darkness" of tricks to turn the tide? The answer lies in Scream.
Kevin Churko, producer and co-wrote all the tracks, also produced the previous album with Ozzy, "Black Rain". It is a professional eclectic: his works ranging from pure pop of Shania Twain and Simon Collins to bands like In This Moment and Five Finger Death Punch. Betting on a mix of heavy metal and one strand more accessible, mainstream.
"Let it die" Scream opens with the proper work of an explosion followed by low weight. Thrash-style riffs. The new band is in tune, the vocals of Ozzy receives an electronic treatment, a trend that uses software like Autotune and the like. The chorus is perfect and the final sequence recalls Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, the band self-titled album that Black Sabbath recorded in 1974.
The speed increases on "Let Me Hear Your Scream," which could be a typical composition was Zakk Wylde. Precise riffs and solos light Gus. Singer plays for high stakes makes it the vocal justice to the title of the CD. For balance, "Soul Sucker" recalls the classic style "drawn and somber" the Sabbath of the year 70. The keyboards of Adam serve as the basis for solid block of guitar and bass.
That's where "Life Will not Wait" with an acoustic intro and parts that pass between the heavy and a more pop sound, alternating styles. The presence of the producer Churko appears clear in this song, just listen to the work he did with the aforementioned In This Moment. A touch of today is going fine at the moment the CD.
Ozzy Osbourne (Reuters)
The variation in sound continues on "Diggin 'Me Down." Wakeman Adam creates a gloomy theme while the guitar is a melody with a tone Renaissance. What comes next is added to a bombastic thrash tune that takes the listener in full.
"Crucify" is a modern heavy metal, which draws up influences from Dream Theater (listen to "Forsaken"). The battery Clufetos Tommy makes a difference and accelerate the pace in "Fearless", with fast attack right to the best guitar solo on the album Gus.
The kitchen reinforces the rhythmic ballad "Time", dark textures and a bit of falsetto vocals Osbourne (if performed live, the question is whether the singer will accomplish the same feat the studio.) Positive point in favor of eclecticism.
"I Want It More" is to highlight riffs incisors and a dramatic tone. And "Latimer's Mercy 'is a traditional and conventional heavy makeup vocalist, nothing to highlight.
The closing vignette, "I Love You All," is curious: the keyboards recall the opening sequence of "Fool on the Hill" by the Beatles, psychedelic pure. Thanks, great end.
Ozzy Osbourne has done it again. The result surprised the studio. Not reached the great classics of the singer, but it is a great CD.
The question is how will his condition live. And Gus G will have to work hard enough to touch the material of Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde.
Now it is hitting the road and who will see live!
