#281 - Ozzy Diary of a Madman Album Review

DIARY OF A MADMAN, the 2nd album from OZZY OSBOURNE (and his band, BLIZZARD OF OZZ) is a perfect example of how an artist’s follow-up album often eclipses their debut outing. With a heftier mix and heavier riffs, darker lyrical themes & eerie gothic metal elements, and of course the disturbingly graphic album artwork, DIARY represents a quantum leap forward for “The Prince Of Darkness”, combining each of the aforementioned components into one of the darkest and heaviest metal albums ever to have emerged from 1981.

Get ready to “call the lawyers” and prepare to be bathed “in a huge spray…of light” from those who may engage in “different tax practices” than you’re accustomed to. Prepare to bear witness to the quintessential heavy metal album that would leave an indelible mark on all metal subgenres that would follow it, grab your favorite “juice box”, and JOIN US as we flip through the pages of macabre madness and metal mayhem that dwell within the DIARY OF A MADMAN.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “I’m ready…I’m so ready…”/ #HappyNewYear #2025 / “I notice you’re keeping a ‘high and tight’…”/ “I like to have stripes…”/ “I’m gonna shave my shit…”/ “The last time mine was colored…brown…”/ “Like to have a matching set…I like to have a little brown…”/ “I still use my #manscaped products…”/ #markthetime / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN 2025!!!*** / #superduper / “Did you guys see the shirt?” / ***GO TO METALNERDERY.COM/MERCH AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW METAL NERDERY SHIRT!!!*** / “How long is that sale going on?” / #teepublic / “We should give Norvyn thanks…”/ #blackdog / “Is it weird or does it seem like people have had…”/ #longcovid / #longcold #rinovirus / “That’s what those drones are droppin’…”

(06:27): “This is not a ‘new’ beer of the episode…”/ #twelve5s #coffeebasedgoodness / “I go Irish every Christmas…”/ “They go excellent with the #MrBlack …”/ #hyperbole / NOTE: It was an 8 pack, NOT a 12 pack…but all thanks go to Russell…”/ ***IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THE NONSENSE, GO TO #THEDOCKET *** / “You wanna hear some heartbreaking shit?” / “Which is fine…which is right…”/ “Do they always poke the bear?” / “How did you vote?” / #letsnotdopolitics / #youpeople / “I don’t wish ill will…”/ “Y’all won, STFU! Y’all WON!” / #taxpractices / “If you can’t talk about it rationally…”/ #sociallyliberal #fiscallyconservative #libertarian / “Would you call them liberal or would you call them leftist?” / #classicalliberal / NOTE: It was Argentina…/ #SouthAmerica / “Was it a #fleshlight?”/ “You’re the one with the hand gestures, bro…”/ #markthetime / “Knock it down to a beam…but if you push it all the way back…”/ “Oh the seizure lights…the ones that distract you while you’re driving…?”/ “…and alcohol…that’s what made the day special.”/ #RussellsReflectionsMovieEdition / #BadSanta / “The little fella…”/ #onmicburp / “Make that a button…”/ #ElCaminoChristmas / “How weird would an El Camino look if it came out now?”/ “It was the mullet of cars…”

(18:02): “Shall we pay heed to our special people?” / ***JOIN OUR PATREON AT PATREON.COM/METALNERDERYPODCAST *** / #MetalNerderyPodcastCalendar / #PatreonShoutout / #ThankYou / “2025 is gonna be a different year…”/ “He said ‘seen’…”/ “It’s like a #deathmetal #Superbad in a way…”/ “Have you ever had an orgasm that you came so hard that you literally thought you had died?” / “What if you have a #deathgasm when you die?”/ #TrumpCompilationASMR / “I’m gonna start doing that…”/ ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** / #TrademarkInfringement / #HeavyMetalNerdery / “I’m gonna Sharon Osbourne the fuck out of them…”/ “Call the lawyers, ASAP…”/ #whatsitcalled? / “Junior Slayer in the best ways…” / #Annihilated BLOOD OF THE MARTYR (Scorched Earth Policy – 2010) / #bluejeansex / “It’s high blood pressure in your balls…”/ “And we’re back…”/ #NWOOSTM / “I heard the R roll…”/ “They sound a little bit like #Evile too…”/ BURNING OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS / “It sounds like Tom’s oldest son has a band…”

(29:37): “C’mon…it’s been a while…”/ ***IF YOU WANNA GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #whoareyou? / #ThePost #HairMetalASMR / “That really resonated with me…”/ “We’ve got another…”/ #ChildrenOfBodom and #BritneySpears #tangentionalality

(31:54): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: OZZY OSBOURNE – DIARY OF A MADMAN / ***Check out our #OzzyOsbourne 80’s episode*** / The drama behind the recording of the album and royalties and such / #OldeFaece / “They came in for ‘tur…”/ #outofcontrol / “It’s a different level of songwriting…”/ “His solos are awesome but his riffs are killer too…”/ #castle / “We’re gonna nick that…”/ “What did y’all think of the #albumcover when you saw it?” / #talesfromthedarkside / #backalbumcover / “I bet…seriously, literally, totally…”/ “It looks like he’s reading a book of spells…”/ #PetrineCross / #notworthy / #96RockInTheDaytime #shootinghoops / Popular songs back in 1981 relative to #DiaryOfAMadman / “Whatever happened to #JuiceNewton?” / “It makes you wonder…where did the juice come from?” / #juicebox

(42:28): #killeropener OVER THE MOUNTAIN (“We’ve gotta play the solo…”) / THAT is metal!!! / “Don’t need no astrology…it’s inside of you and me…”/ “I see…”/ #guitarsoloASMR / “It’s a double tracked solo…”/ “I don’t think it was a #FloydRose with a #lockingnut …”/ #ThankYe / “I thought he was talking about airplanes…is that #Delta9 airlines?” / FLYING HIGH AGAIN (“It sounds loud…”) / #usethoseheadphones / “Maybe another solo? It IS #RandyRhoads…”/ “Neoclassical weedly woos…”/ “That just sounds creepy af…it’s almost like #OzzyCartman…”/ “That is metal…that’s the next wave…”/ “He wasn’t a Sabbath fan…at all.” / “It was less bluesy and had more #neoclassical modes and minor stuff…faster and darker…”

(50:47): YOU CAN’T KILL ROCK AND ROLL / “Not for 7 minutes though…”/ “There’s hints of later Sabbath in that…”/ BELIEVER #creepyscary / “That’s like #Slayer before Slayer was Slayer…”/ “Those weird noises back there are just creepy…”/ “It’s got an evil solo…”/ “So it was Sharon that did that and not Ozzy that did that…”/ #reissue #lawsuits #contracts #royalties #studiomusicians / “Is that what their contract said?”/ “We want everything that #Spotify doesn’t get (which is nothing)…”/ “Think about the parallels…#DefJam…#JetRecords…” / “That WAS the #killercloser…”

(58:58): “I kinda think it’s sweet and beautiful, but at the same time…”/ #unbelievablesex / #balldraining / “Yeah she did…”/ #IAmOzzy / “I’m sensing probrem…”/ #bloodyhell / “They had chickens…”/ “Don’t you think everybody at some point has a melt down moment?” #timetodestroy #scorchedearth / Side Two #killeropener LITTLE DOLLS #bigdrums / “It’s like #Exodus kinda…”/ “I can hear #TheBeatles influence…it’s unmistakable…”/ “The killer who remains a mystery…”/ “That’s like someone who’s a surgeon with seizure shakes all the time, and then you give them a scalpel…”/ “New Wave is kinda like metal…”/ TONIGHT / #longdistancededication #onwiththecountdown / “I will use lube…”/ “He sounds drunk…”

(1:09:12): “It’s somebody’s initials or something…”/ “Sailing Across The Ocean…”/ #SATOASMR / “It’s pretty close…”/ #SexualAnalTotallyObvious / “If we write a song like this, we can prove that we can be taken seriously…”/ S.A.T.O. #notontheboat / “Fast and creepy…”/ “This is almost Sabbath…”/ “Pound the best?”/ “It’s kinda Maidenish…”/ “Something else I forgot about Randy’s sound…”/ #CBLE / “This one could very easily fit on Sabotage…”/ #YodaASMR / DIARY OF A MADMAN / #creepyASMR / “I hear an electric and an acoustic…”/ “This is the part that kinda reminds me of Sabotage…”/ #emotionalweirdness / “The solo’s kinda creepy too…”/ #creepyoutro / “Oh that’s scary…”/ “I had to back track to get to #BlackSabbath …”/ “We indulged each other…”/ “Almost halfway done with this decade…the twenties…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / “That’s gonna be a super special…to celebrate his volume of work…”/ #untilthenext #andyou #outroreel