Exploring the Rules of Hell - Shadow of the Wind

"Shadow of the Wind" opens with a monstrous riff. It is slow, plodding and unmistakeably Black Sabbath. It's much more memorable than "The Devil Cried" and will likely find its way to the Black Sabbth playlist that I put together after I finish these write-ups.

Dio's vocal is just amazing. He delivers through out, but during the post-solo section he sings with more power and emotion than any song that I have covered here so far. There is also some great bass work from Butler during this section as well.

Tomorrow the final Dio Black Sabbath* song, "Ear in the Wall"!

*The Live Evil/Mob Rules/Dehumanizer line-up did record an album and tour as "Heaven and Hell" between 2007 and 2010, opting to go under a different name to not distract from the Ozzy Osbourne lead version which had reunited (but was on hiatus) by this point.