In 2005 the legendary heavy metal guitarist of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi released a solo album, Fused. After that, Black Sabbath reformed as Heaven and Hell with their second singer, Ronnie James Dio. After his untimely death, the original Black Sabbath was back at it with Ozzy in tow. Now that the Black Sabbath chapter is over, Tony is back with a new solo album, From The Dark, due on October 23rd.
Iommi was asked by Rolling Stone why he decided to do a solo album instead of releasing it under the Black Sabbath banner (he’d released a handful of Sabbath albums where he was the only original member). He replied,
“Well, Black Sabbath’s now finished as far as the band goes, really. Obviously, the last stuff was with Ozzy. Anything I’d do with Black Sabbath would just be me, and I don’t want to do that again. We’ve been there and done that.”
Iommi added that he wanted his Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler to play on the album, but the timing didn’t work out.
“I wanted him to play on this album, but he couldn’t do it. He’s doing his own album, I think. Or at the time, something happened there, so he couldn’t come to England. I wanted to get it done and finally get it out, really.”
The first single is called “World Alone,” and it comes complete with a dystopian, movie-like music video.
