Editing Dehumanizer (section)

{{Short description|1992 album by Black Sabbath}}
{{About|the album by Black Sabbath|the album by Dance or Die|Dehumanizer (Dance or Die album)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name        = Dehumanizer
| type        = studio
| artist      = [[Black Sabbath]]
| cover       = Black-sabbath-dehumanizer.jpg
| alt         =
| released    = {{start date|1992|06|22|df=y}}
| recorded    = Late 1991–Early 1992
| studio      = [[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]] ([[Rockfield, Monmouthshire|Rockfield, Wales]])
| genre       = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length      = 52:17
| label       = [[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]]
| producer    = [[Reinhold Mack]]
| prev_title  = [[Tyr (album)|Tyr]]
| prev_year   = 1990
| next_title  = [[Cross Purposes]]
| next_year   = 1994
| misc        = {{Singles
| name        = Dehumanizer
| type        = studio
| single1     = TV Crimes
| single1date = 1 June 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/BlackSabbath_OctNov91-Nov1392_7.html|title=Dehumanizer}}</ref>
| single2     = Master of Insanity
| single2date = September 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/BlackSabbath_OctNov91-Nov1392_CDs.html|title=Dehumanizer}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=AllmusicReview>{{cite web|last=Torreano|first=Bradley|title=Dehumanizer review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r54300|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dome| first1 = Malcolm | author-link1 = Malcolm Dome |title = [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] | chapter=Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer | volume = 154 | publisher = [[Future plc]] | date = February 2011 | location = London, UK | page = 88}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311408,00.html|title=''Dehumanizer''; ''Mad Hatter'' Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=14 August 1992|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-date=3 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703174319/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311408,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = Piercingmetal.com
| rev4Score = (3.75/5)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://piercingmetal.com/dehumanizer-remaster-by-black-sabbath/ |title="Dehumanizer" (remaster) by Black Sabbath |last=Pierce |first=Ken| publisher=PiercingMetal.com |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/black-sabbath/albumguide|title=Black Sabbath: Album Guide|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306133206/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/black-sabbath/albumguide|archive-date=6 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''''Dehumanizer''''' is the sixteenth studio album by English rock band [[Black Sabbath]]. It was first released on 22 June 1992 in the UK by [[I.R.S. Records]] and on 30 June 1992 in the US by [[Reprise Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.black-sabbath.com/discography/blacksabbath/dehumanizer/|title=Dehumanizer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Tours: Sabbath; Lemonheads; Miller |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-07-04.pdf |date=1992-07-04 |pages=13 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>

It was Sabbath's first and only studio album since ''[[Mob Rules (album)|Mob Rules]]'' (1981) to feature vocalist [[Ronnie James Dio]] and drummer [[Vinny Appice]],<ref name="Music Legends">{{cite web |publisher=Music Legends| url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/vinny-appice-interview-black-sabbath/|title=Vinny Appice Interview| access-date=6 May 2013|date=24 March 2012|last=Saulnier|first=Jason}}</ref> and their first in nine years to feature original bassist [[Geezer Butler]]. Initial writing and demo sessions at Rich Bitch Studios in Birmingham featured drummer [[Cozy Powell]]; [[bootleg recording|bootlegs]] of these sessions exist. However, when Powell became injured with a broken hip, he was replaced with Appice. With Appice back in the band, this effectively reunited the ''Mob Rules'' lineup.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stolz |first1=Nolan |title=Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion |date=2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham |isbn=978-1-4422-5691-0 |pages=154}}</ref> The band spent two weeks writing material before spending six weeks rehearsing and recording demos at Monnow Valley Studios in Wales.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvA2DwAAQBAJ|title=Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion - Nolan Stolz - Google Books |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group | date= 2017 |isbn=9781442256927 |access-date= 4 November 2019}}</ref>

The album's lineup – Dio, Appice, Butler and guitarist [[Tony Iommi]] – reunited in 2006 for a greatest hits set, ''[[Black Sabbath: The Dio Years]]'', and a new studio album in 2009, ''[[The Devil You Know (Heaven & Hell album)|The Devil You Know]]'' (billed as [[Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell]]).

The album was re-released, with bonus content, on 7 February 2011.<ref name="Black">{{cite web|work=Black Sabbath Online |url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/2010/12/dehumanizer_deluxe_edition.html |title=Dehumanizer Deluxe Edition Announced |access-date=28 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221123855/http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/2010/12/dehumanizer_deluxe_edition.html |archive-date=21 December 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="RTT">{{cite web|work=RTT News |url=http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Id=1512237&Category=Entertainment%20News&SimRec=1&Node= |title=Black Sabbath Announce Dehumanizer Reissue Featuring Dio |access-date=28 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>