Heavy metal heroes have to balance between awesome and absurd. As they age, it gets harder to sound earnest singing about heaven and hell — see Judas Priest’s “Nostradamus.” Yet somehow metal overlord/reality TV clown Ozzy Osbourne and the reformed Black Sabbath (minus drummer Bill Ward) are 90 percent awesome on their reunion record “13,” out today. I thank producer Rick Rubin and riff master...
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