Ozzy Osbourne – No Rest For The Wicked (1988)

November 10, 2024

Really struggled with this one; bored me to fucking tears, I won’t lie. At first it’s very obvious that Zakk Wylde is on the scene; the guitar are far busier, riffing left right and center, with friggin’ squealies here and there too. As a whole though, this is a further dive towards the commercial angle experimented with on the previous album. Biiiig fucking AOR / stadium rock is the order of the day, with hideous 80s style drums drenched in reverb, thin guitars and poncy fucking songs. This is literally 80s pop music with shredding over the top of it. Deplorable.