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Black Sabbath - Killing Yourself To Live (2025 Ozzy tribute) [Completed] (Completed)

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Revup67
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    Published on 05 Aug 2025 / In Rock / Hard Rock

    This track is off their very fine Hard Rock (not metal) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath LP from 1973.
    (The video background on the drum track is from our personal collection. Filmed on Staten Island at the Farm Colony and also the historic Bayley Seton Hospital basement)

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    Kindtimes
    Kindtimes 13 days ago

    LOVE THIS!!!

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    Revup67
    Revup67 18 days ago

    Looking back to 2025, this was one of the finest Collabs I had worked on -- it's tight - with such dedicated musicians as Mattos, HotPico and CyberBass. It's friggin flawless.. HotPico the guitars are exact-a-mundo !

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    CyberBass
    CyberBass 18 days ago

    Absolutely top two for my collabs this year. Really enjoyed it and everyone really stepped up. I love this one.

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    Revup67
    Revup67 18 days ago

    @CyberBass: I'd enjoy hearinng your other Collab..Which one was this?

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    CyberBass
    CyberBass 18 days ago

    @Revup67: well it’s not completed but I really enjoyed Suffragette City. I appreciate tight collabs haha

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    guizubao
    guizubao 18 days ago

    This is My favorite collab from 2025. And I’m not even jamming here :) You guys just rocked hard!

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    Claude
    Claude 17 days ago

    It's a real good one for sure, but you forgot Revup67 in the dedicated musicians list :)

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    Revup67
    Revup67 17 days ago

    @Claude : too kind. Look forward to our next adventure.

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    guizubao
    guizubao 1 month ago

    Awesome! My favorite Sabbath song of all time! Super hidden gem! Fantastic job guys, and great bassline as always CyberBass. Arregaçou tudo mattos (top demais um brasileiro por aqui!).

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    CyberBass
    CyberBass 1 month ago

    Thanks so much guizubao! Big respect to you

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    Revup67
    Revup67 1 month ago

    thank you for the kind words

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    mattos
    mattos 1 month ago

    Ei amigo, mto obrigado pela impressão e pelas palavras. Significam mto. Keep rockin'! Grande abraço.

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    Revup67
    Revup67 2 months ago

    12-3-25 - this Collab has been marked Completed and now Public. Meta tags have been add so you can search by your name and this Collab will appear.

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    Revup67
    Revup67 2 months ago

    mattos CyberBass hotpico - do any of you 3 have any other comments or suggestions on the mix? I think it sounds fine now. The sound appears a bit dull but of course we're squeezing more tracks in a narrow bitstream.

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    CyberBass
    CyberBass 2 months ago

    @Revup67: Sounds much better thanks Anthony

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    mattos
    mattos 2 months ago

    Sounds good to me too. Really cool working on this track with you guys. Thank you.

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    Claude
    Claude 2 months ago

    @Revup67: Sounds good Anthony. The vocals still a bit loud but not that much. Good job everybody!

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    mattos
    mattos 2 months ago

    Guys, I think I found the culprit.
    When I redid the entire mix — this time paying attention to possible phasing in the doubles — I finally managed to hear the excess high frequencies in my DAW, and from there it became much easier to figure out what was going on. I realized the main vocal had been recorded with two different mics (one dynamic and one condenser), each capturing a different side of the stereo. So the biggest chance of phasing was actually right there.
    On top of that, when I soloed the condenser track, it sounded really weird, with a ton of harsh high frequencies.
    So I decided to keep only the dynamic mic and turn the vocal into mono.
    I also fixed the clipping issue.
    Let me know if this solved the problem — I’m satisfied with it now. Thanks for the tips and for your sharp ears, guys.
    Btw I think we managed to put together a solid tribute to the great Ozzy.
    Cheers.

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    Claude
    Claude 2 months ago

    What an improvment Mattos! Now it sounds smoking hot!!!

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    Revup67
    Revup67 2 months ago

    ah-ha ..found the issue, there were 3 mixes: Studio Mix, Revup67 Mix and a HotPico Mix. Studio and Hotpico had the old vocals. The Revup67 Mix had the updated vocals. Yes much much better Mattos. I have Applied these Settings and then Published. I'll go ahead and mark this completed and Public..thanks everyone.

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    Revup67
    Revup67 2 months ago

    Ps thanks for digging deep and sorting out the two different mikes. Professionslism in its highest ranks. Outcome superb!

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