The Latest Breaking News from Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Reunion Show Confirmed

Black Sabbath may reunite for a final show with drummer Bill Ward, offering a fitting conclusion to their legendary career.

Top News · Jul 30, 2024

“Deified is a heavier, more medieval track”: Tony Iommi has dropped his first new single in three years – and it’s accompanied by a signature fragrance

Iommi's second single/fragrance combo release sees the heavy metal godfather return with a darker and heavier sound

Guitar World · Jul 29, 2024

"A heavy and mysterious masterpiece that possesses the mind in a dark and decadent vortex of mystery and wonder": Listen to the soundtrack to Tony Iommi's new perfume

Tony Iommi's Deified cologne is available now for those who'd like to smell extra nice

Metal Hammer · Jul 26, 2024

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler declares love for nu metal, Slipknot and Fear Factory: “It was amazing to see what new bands were coming out”

The legendary bassist thought “it was great” how diverse metal sounded in the mid-to-late 1990s

Metal Hammer · Jul 16, 2024

“Even when Freddie was nothing and nobody, he was Jimi Hendrix in his mind. And I enabled him to have that at his fingertips”: Brian May on his symbiotic songwriting relationship with Freddie Mercury – and the guitar innovations he never got credit for

The Queen guitar legend shares memories and spills secrets in this epic interview, dishing on what form his Gibson-made guitar might take – and the unlikely tale behind his new collaboration with Steve Cropper and Billy Gibbons

Guitar World · Jul 9, 2024

“The pictures show a man of great power and presence, as befits a giant riffmeister.” Queen's Brian May pays tribute to his friend Tony Iommi, as Black Sabbath's guitarist unveils career-spanning photo book

Tony Iommi and celebrated photographer Ross Halfin announce book collaboration

Metal Hammer · Jul 6, 2024

"Tony Iommi should have dropped the name and called the band something else": Black Sabbath's least-loved album re-examined, four decades on

What happened when Tony Iommi brought two familiar faces back on board for Forbidden, an album produced by an extremely unexpected choice

Louder · Jul 1, 2024

“We used to boil all our strings so all the crap would come off them. We couldn’t afford to buy new strings”: Geezer Butler explains how Black Sabbath managed to make ends meet as emerging heavy metal pioneers

Before they made a name for themselves, Sabbath were forced to save cash any way they could – and Butler’s bass strings took the hit

Guitar World · Jun 28, 2024

“I couldn't afford a set of strings, so I'd play the same strings for about six months... and then boil them, so all the crap would come off them, and they'd sound almost new again”: Geezer Butler on Sabbath’s cash-strapped early days

Geezer Butler talks about Black Sabbath's early days

MusicRadar · Jun 27, 2024

"Eddie was doing these extended solos so Tony had to have a word with him about that": Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen, and his hopes for a final farewell show with Bill Ward

He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"

MusicRadar · Jun 24, 2024