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Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi is making a solo album. The Black Sabbath guitarist hasn’t released a record under his own name since 2005 “I’ve got a lot of stuff written”.
The 76-year-old, who was the sole constant member of Sabbath from their 1968 founding to their disbanding 49 years later, makes the revelation in a new conversation with Full Metal Jackie. (Loudersound)
“I am writing stuff now for my own, for an album,” Iommi states.
“I just do stuff when I feel like it, because, obviously, I’ve got a life to live and I like to do all the different stuff.
“But I’ve really enjoyed doing this stuff, as I did with Ozz [Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne] when I’d done a couple of tracks for his last [solo] album [2022’s Patient Number 9], which was good, to work with Ozz again.
“And I’m quite open for all that now. Whatever comes, and I like it, I do it.”
When asked if he’s going to do a “proper record” under his own name, Iommi doubles down, saying: “No, I’m gonna do a record. And I’ve got a lot of stuff.
“But now we’re actually getting around to sort of putting it together, myself and the engineer. So it’s been good fun, really.
“And as I say, there’s no pressure. I can just do it – I don’t have to do it by next week. And because of everything else [that has] been lurking around, I have to take my time in doing things.
“But it’s been fun. And that’s what it's all about, really. And I’m looking forward to actually doing it and an album coming out.”
