However, according to Tony Iommi in his autobiography, “Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell“, that happened in 1982. Black Sabbath had parted ways with Ronnie James Dio and Bolton was ...

This version appears on Mob Rules, Black Sabbath’s 10th studio album. It follows the success of Dio’s first with the group, Heaven and Hell. Iommi said the band wrote “The Mob Rules” in ...

Black Sabbath are the undisputed godfathers of heavy metal. Beginning with their eponymous debut and seminal sophomore LP, ‘Paranoid’ (both released in 1970), the quartet from Birmingham ...