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As you likely know by now, Black Sabbath revealed that their new album 13 was recorded with Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk. The announcement came as a surprise to many, though most are simply still upset that Sabbath’s first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years won’t be with Bill Ward. However, picking Wilk to play on the album makes sense.

In fact, we can think of five reasons why having Wilk in the studio was a logical choice. So click on the page numbers below to read our reasoning behind Sabbath’s pick in studio drummers.