Accountable Beasts

Accountable Beasts is the third solo album by Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. It was released as a digital download on 25 April 2015, 18 years after his previous solo album, When the Bough Breaks.^[1]

Accountable Beasts
Studio album by Bill Ward
Released	25 April 2015 (2015-04-25)
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	41:32
Label	Aston Cross Music
Producer	Kevin Keller & Bill Ward
Bill Ward chronology
When the Bough Breaks (1997) Accountable Beasts (2015)

Background

After recording his second solo album, When the Bough Breaks, in 1996, Ward found himself without a record contract or means of publishing the album. During this period, he began work on a third solo album, titled Beyond Aston.^[2] When the Bough Breaks was eventually released in 1997, and Ward continued to work on Beyond Aston sporadically for a number of years. In 2008, Ward started work on Accountable Beasts as a means of taking a break from Beyond Aston.^[3] He first announced that he was working on the album in September 2013 and it was released on 25 April 2015.^[4][1]

The song "Straws" was previously given a limited release as a charity single in 2002.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	[6]
Classic Rock Revisited	A[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Ward.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leaf Killers"	4:38
2.	"Accountable Beasts"	3:15
3.	"Katastrophic World"	4:14
4.	"D.O.T.H."	4:12
5.	"First Day Back"	3:55
6.	"As It Is in Heaven"	2:25
7.	"Ashes"	5:32
8.	"Straws"	3:02
9.	"The Wall of Death"	10:15
Total length:		41:32

Sources:^[8]

Musicians

• Bill Ward – vocals, drums, keyboards
• Keith Lynch – guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
• Paul Ill – bass
• Ronnie Ciago – drums, percussion
• Walter Earl – percussion