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Ozzy Osbourne’s new album will feature a dream guitar lineup of Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi and Zakk Wylde
By Matt Parker published
The Black Sabbath icon reveals Clapton has already recorded a solo for his upcoming record

Gibson teams up with Tony Iommi for new signature SG Special
By Jackson Maxwell published
Based on the Black Sabbath rifflord's iconic Vintage Cherry original, this new guitar is a lower-cost version of 2020's ultra-limited edition, Custom Shop "Monkey" SG Special

Black Sabbath announce extensive Technical Ecstasy reissue, including full-album remix by Steven Wilson
By Jackson Maxwell published
The penultimate album by the band's original lineup will be available in Super Deluxe, 4-CD and 5-LP versions on October 1

Tony Iommi and James Hetfield discuss their guitar journeys with Black Sabbath and Metallica in this classic 1992 Guitar World interview
By Brad Tolinski, Alan Paul published
The titanic pair on gear, influences, being heavy metal pioneers, setting bandmates on fire and everything in between

Tony Iommi had to warn Eddie Van Halen to “behave” on the 1978 Black Sabbath/Van Halen tour
By Richard Bienstock published
The British metal legends feared the young support band was “ripping them off,” according to a new EVH biography

Recordings exist of Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen jamming at a Black Sabbath rehearsal
By Richard Bienstock published
Iommi even wandered into a store to procure an EVH guitar for the collaboration

Tony Iommi says he's "not happy at all" with the release of new Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback
By Matt Owen published
Iommi also claims Dio plays bass on the recording, rather than Geezer Butler

New Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback, unearthed and verified by Geezer Butler
By Richard Bienstock published
The track is an outtake from Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell sessions
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