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以数字命名专辑可不再是阿黛尔（Adele)的专利了，睽违乐队数年的金属老炮“黑色安息日”（Black Sabbath)回归乐坛，即将带来最新专辑《13》。

经历了漫长的等待以及重要成员几番离开和重组，“黑色安息日”终于对外公布了关于他们最新乐队专辑的相关细节：专辑命名为《13》，标志着自1978年发行的《 Never Say Die》专辑后，Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi 以及Geezer Butler 三人合作创作的首张录音室专辑；《13》由Rick Rubin在洛杉矶制作完成，来自“暴力反抗机器”（Rage Against the Machine ）乐队的鼓手Brad Wilk取代乐队元老鼓手Bill Ward参与了这张专辑的制作。去年5月份，Bill Ward宣布不会参与黑色安息日乐队巡演和录制新唱片计划，原因是对于乐队方面给他提供的合同他感到十分不满意。根据Vertigo Records的消息，如果不出意外，新专辑有望于今年6月上架。

据英国唱片工业有限公司的一项最新民意调查显示，“黑色安息日”曾于去年被评为英国最重要的硬摇滚乐队。根据对3600名硬摇滚和金属乐迷的调查，“黑色安息日”乐队远远超过了其竞争对手，有超过一半的被调查乐迷投票给了黑色安息日乐队，排在二三位的分别是Iron Maiden（铁娘子）乐队和Led Zeppelin（齐柏林飞艇）乐队。因此不难预见，此番乐队的回归及新专辑的发行必将大受追捧。去年11月，吉它手Toni Iommi曾透露，这张唱片中将包含15首歌曲。为了宣传这张唱片，“黑色安息日”乐队将从四月份开始在澳大利亚、新西兰、日本等地进行现场宣传演出，“黑色安息日”上次造访澳大利亚是1974年，并将于5月12日亮相在日本举行的Ozzfest音乐节。 (By BLOUIN ARTINFO China)

13 is the upcoming nineteenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. The album is set to be released on June 11, 2013 via Vertigo Records and Republic Records in the US. It will be the first studio album released under the Black Sabbath name since 1995's Forbidden and their first recording with original singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler since the 1998 live album Reunion, which contained two new studio tracks. It is also the first studio album with Osbourne since 1978's Never Say Die!, and Butler since 1994's Cross Purposes. The original lineup of Black Sabbath first began work on a new studio album in 2001 with producer Rick Rubin.

The album's development was delayed because Osbourne was in the middle of finishing a solo album, and the rest of the band members eventually went on to pursue other projects, including GZR and Heaven & Hell. When Black Sabbath announced their reunion on 11 November 2011, the band announced that they would restart work on a new album with Rubin.The recording sessions took place from August 2012 to January 2013 at a studio in Los Angeles, California. In addition to original members Osbourne, Butler and guitarist Tony Iommi, they were joined at the recording sessions by Rage Against the Machine and former Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk, following original drummer Bill Ward's decision to not participate in the reunion.