{"id":574036,"date":"2026-07-29T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/574036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:16:13","slug":"black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-releases-solo-single-world-alone-announces-long-awaited-album-from-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/574036\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sabbath\u2019s Tony Iommi releases solo single World Alone, announces long-awaited album From The Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Iommi<\/a>, the founder of heavy metal<\/a> guitar playing, will release his first solo album since 2005 this October.<\/p>\n

The Black Sabbath<\/a> axeman \u2013 whose pioneering band retired at a blockbuster show<\/a> last July, two weeks before vocalist Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> died \u2013 has returned with the song World Alone and announced that the eight-track effort From The Dark will come out on October 23 via BMG.<\/p>\n

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Watch the dystopian video for the single and see the album art and tracklisting below.<\/p>\n

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World Alone features Norwegian singer J\u00f8rn Lande (Masterplan, Avantasia, etc.), with Becky Baldwin (Mercyful Fate<\/a>) on bass and Karl Brazil (Robbie Williams) on drums. The lineup performs every song on the new album, with Iommi and longtime collaborator Mike Exeter co-producing.<\/p>\n

Iommi comments: \u201cIt\u2019s an album we\u2019ve really enjoyed making. We\u2019re not trying to prove anything \u2013 it\u2019s a great album, it rocks!\u201d<\/p>\n

Iommi screened the World Alone video and unveiled album details at a special event in his hometown of Birmingham this afternoon (July 29), where he took part in a Q&A with stand-up comedian Frank Skinner.<\/p>\n

The new songs feature Iommi\u2019s signature, down-tuned sound, which he innovated during the early days of Sabbath in the 1960s. It\u2019s been widely reported that he pioneered the approach because he chopped the tips of his fingers off in an industrial accident, although he disputed this in a 2016 Classic Rock interview.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would have liked to have not chopped the ends of my fingers off,\u201d he said. \u201cIt became a burden. Some people say it helped me invent the kind of music I play, but I don\u2019t know whether it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabbath\u2019s 1970 self-titled debut album is generally regarded as the first metal album, due to its heavy, distorted guitars and unsettling lyrics inspired by horror films. Although it was a critical dud at the time of its release, it was a commercial success, reaching number eight on the UK charts.<\/p>\n

Follow-up album Paranoid, also released in 1970, consolidated the band\u2019s success when it topped the UK charts. Its songs Iron Man and Paranoid are now seen as classics, with Paranoid having amassed more than one billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n

Iommi attempted to launch a solo career in 1986 with the album Seventh Star, although record label obligations led to it being released under the banner of \u201cBlack Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi\u201d. He went solo in earnest with 2000\u2019s Iommi, which featured a large cast of guest musicians including Ozzy Osbourne, System Of A Down<\/a>\u2019s Serj Tankian, The Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 Billy Corgan and Type O Negative\u2019s Peter Steele.<\/p>\n

His second and thus-far latest solo outing, 2005\u2019s Fused, featured the more concrete lineup of Iommi, Deep Purple<\/a> and former Sabbath singer\/bassist Glenn Hughes and drummer Kenny Aronoff.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Iommi released the instrumental solo single Scent Of Dark, promoting his essence of the same name, which he made in collaboration with perfumer Xerjoff. He put out a second single\/scent combo, both called Deified, in 2024. The two songs will be bonus tracks on the CD edition of From The Dark.<\/p>\n

Last month, the guitarist was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)<\/a> as part of King Charles\u2019 birthday honours. He received the honour for his services to music and charity across his near-six-decade career.<\/p>\n

Tony Iommi \u271f 29th July at 4pm BST – YouTube
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\nTony Iommi: From The Dark tracklistingOver The Violent SunBlack TimesWorld AloneBeyond The DeadStormwatcherDeath WakeReturn Of The ArbalistLegacyScent Of Dark (CD-only bonus track)Deified (CD-only bonus track)<\/p>\n

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