Any rock fans out there?

Cheers! Aging rockers unite! 50+ year old headbanger here. Just ordered "13" myself off Amazon. 3/4's of 'Sabbath is well worth the wait, but I'd have liked to see Bill Ward on this project. Iommi is the master of riffage.
Note: They are touring NOW! Just snagged my tickets to see them at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, (California...for those of you not familiar with the venue)
I wonder who will be on the drum kit for the tour? Vinnie Appice?

Rock, definitely, but not much metal. I like a lot of what I hear, but I don't generally buy. My listening levels are different at 60 than they were in my 20's when I was trying to match the volume of my Orange half-stack (my stereo amp then was a Mac 2300).

Does playing in a rock band count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCKtWx-TcE

It was 110 degrees in that space when we played this show...

Hi Actus,
You asked about the vinyl quality?
Can't answer the sound quality component of the question as mine was still sealed in its plastic wrapper :)
However, I took it out and inspected it and it looks a very nice production. Content is split over 2X LPs as normal. They've kept it simple. Instead of poly lined inner sleeves with separate sleeves for notes, they've opted for just the illustrated glossy paper ones.
What's good about this is that un-lined plain paper covers are usually undersized and stick to the vinyl like glue. I usually end up surgically removing them before replacing with decent covers :(

I confess that I prefer to de-louse new albums of MRA before listening so I'll let this one "bleed" for a bit longer before cleaning! :)

In terms of LP stamping quality, the only albums I've heard of any problem with were the Rhino re-issues on 180g which had the occasional case of "non-fill"?

Although I still enjoy my 40+ yr old 120g copies of the earliest albums, a couple of years back I shelled out for Vertigo labelled Audiophile 180g editions of "Vol 1, Paranoid, Masters of Reality, and Vol4". These were all fine and non-problematic.
When listening to heavy-metal, absolute sound quality was never highest on my list of priorities but new 180g pressings are still worth getting.
Hope this helps.
Cheers buddy :)

Martinmoblie: The drummer will be Tommy Clufetos. He plays in Ozzy's band and has played for Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, and Rob Zombie...