The very best of Geezer Butler

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THE VERY BEST OF GEEZER BUTLER is a collection of 17 tracks chosen from his entire solo body of work by Geezer Butler himself. Featuring tracks taken from the albums "Plastic Planet" (feat. Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory) (1995), "Black Science" (1997) and "Ohmwork" (2005), "The Very Best Of Geezer Butler" highlights a creative force who, as the mastermind behind Black Sabbath, the originators of Heavy Metal and the lyrics that gave voice to the monolithic riffs, did not rest on his laurels and created three solo albums of new avant-garde music over those years. The album also includes a booklet of previously unreleased personal photos from the artist's archives. Geezer Butler, founding member of Black Sabbath, presents for the first time his selection of tracks from his three iconic solo albums. 'Plastic Planet' was originally released in 1995 under the name g/z/r and featured Burton C. Bell of Californian industrial/groove metal pioneers Fear Factory on vocals and is considered a classic of 90s metal. The album perfectly fused Geezer's roots in doom blues rock and the industrial-influenced metal sound that was a key element in pushing the genre forward in the 90s. Returning in 1997 with 'Black Science' and initially released this time under the name Geezer, this album sees Butler working once again with drummer Deen Castronovo and guitarist Pedro Howse, and like Plastic Planet, is produced by Butler and Paul Northfield (Rush, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Dream Theater, etc.). Bell was unable to provide vocals this time due to commitments with Fear Factory, but his industrial boots were more than adequately filled by Clark Brown, then completely unknown, who stepped up and delivered an impressive and powerful vocal performance on the album's high energy and powerful grooves. With 'Ohmwork' in 2005, the industrial metal influences of the previous decade were gone, but Butler still refused to look back and kept everything contemporary, drawing inspiration, as a keen follower of music, from everything that was happening in rock at the time. From the pedal-to-the-metal of "Aural Sects" to the neo-psychedelic epic of "I Believe", 'Ohmwork' was a fitting finale to Geezer's trilogy of solo albums.