![]() With ‘Lady Evil,’ Ronnie put this really great, aggressive melody over it and it really worked. Ronnie's voice was a bit more aggressive. “When you’re writing riffs, you keep in mind how the singer might approach it. He came over to the house and came up with his own melody.” And then the song was the first one we tried Ronnie out with. It wasn’t a full melody, but it was entirely different than Ronnie’s approach. But I came up with some riffs, and ‘Children of the Sea’ was one of the few that Ozzy did put a melody to. He wasn’t in a good frame of mind at all. And of course, at that point, Ozzy lost interest and wasn’t into it. We had a house in LA, and we were all living together. “Originally, the idea was to do this album with Ozzy. Ronnie knew how to do that, and ‘Neon Knights’ was a great example.” Ronnie took the reins, and really it’s better if the singer can write his own lyrics, instead of being presented with a load of words that might be tongue-tying or not fitting the melody. But generally, the idea was to get excited as soon as you put the album on, and ‘Neon Knights’ seemed like a good one to do that. “I think Sabbath always have generally gone with a fast track to start an album-apart from, of course, the first album’s ‘Black Sabbath,’ which was slow. For some of them, it was the first time they heard Black Sabbath as such.” Below, Iommi discusses some of the key tracks from Heaven and Hell. We had to try and get the fans to adjust to Ronnie and the new Sabbath, but those albums sparked a lot of famous musicians, like Dave Grohl and that generation. It was a totally different-sounding Black Sabbath, really. “He was not only a totally different vocalist-more operatic-but the writing took a different path altogether. “When Ronnie came in, it was a totally different approach to Ozzy,” Iommi tells Apple Music. He made his debut on Heaven and Hell, which marked an exciting new era for the band. Iommi knew serendipity when he saw it, and Dio was brought on as Sabbath’s new vocalist. Dio had recently been ousted from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and was looking for a gig. How could the band possibly replace a frontman so iconic and beloved? Then guitarist Tony Iommi ran into vocalist Ronnie James Dio at a bar in Hollywood. When Ozzy Osbourne was fired by Black Sabbath in 1979, many fans thought the jig was up. The set concludes with live rarities like “E5150” and “Neon Knights” that originally appeared in 2007 on the Rhino Handmade’s limited edition collection, Black Sabbath: Live At Hammersmith Odeon.Ġ4 – Neon Knights (Live at Hartford Civic Center, )Ġ5 – Children of the Sea (Live at Hartford Civic Center, )Ġ6 – Heaven And Hell (Live at Hartford Civic Center, )Ġ7 – Die Young (Live at Hartford Civic Center, )Ġ9 – Neon Knights (Live at Hammersmith Odeon )ġ0 – Children of the Sea (Live at Hammersmith Odeon )ġ1 – Heaven and Hell (Live at Hammersmith Odeon ) Some of these never been released in North America, including versions of “Neon Knights” and “Die Young” recorded live in 1980 in Hartford, CT. The expanded edition includes live versions of “Children of the Sea” and “Heaven and Hell” - originally released as B-sides to the album’s singles - a 7″ mono edit of “Lady Evil”, and rare live recordings from 1980-82. It proved to be one of the heavy metal’s greatest comeback albums following the ousting of original singer Ozzy Osbourne. It’s the one and only R.J.DIO heard clear as never before, and the album, it’s simply one of the best metal LP in history, perhaps the best in BLACK SABBATH’s career.ġ980’s Heaven and Hell marked Dio’s debut with Black Sabbath. While there’s a bonus disc with a great live recording form the album’s tour, it’s the sonic treatment of the studio tracks which shine here. The star of “ Heaven and Hell ” is the 2021 remaster of the main album. The first two Ronnie James Dio-fronted BLACK SABBATH albums, 1980’s Heaven and Hell and 1981’s Mob Rules, are receiving deluxe reissues via Rhino Records, expanded with bonus material.
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