Black Sabbath-Dehumanizer (1992)

"Dehumanizer" marked the return of Black Sabbath's Mark III lineup, consisting of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Vinnie Appice, Geoff Nicholls, and Geezer Butler. With this lineup, Black Sabbath had already released the powerful album "Mob Rules" eleven years prior, a record that followed the monumental and legendary "Heaven and Hell". With a heavier and darker sound than their previous three albums "Eternal Idol", "Headless Cross", and "Tyr" this new release definitively transformed their signature doom metal and sinister heavy metal into a hard-hitting, standard hard rock sound. The dark atmospheres, the accelerated rhythms, or the crushing poise of the guitar riffs and the pounding rhythm section are present in songs like "Computer God", "After All (The Dead)", "Master of Insanity" or "Too Late", resulting in an album that was very well received by the heavy metal community in general and by its millions of loyal followers around the world.