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Rolling Stone Black Sabbath Talk Starting Over With Ronnie James Dio: ‘It Was a New, Daring Thing for Us’ Hear epic live “Heaven and Hell” from new reissue of band’s classic 1980 reboot By Mark Weiss* It wasn’t until Black Sabbath started work on their ninth album, Heaven and Hell, in 1979 that bassist Geezer Butler was able to get an objective perspective on his band’s capabilities. The group had recently split with founding vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and begun work...

Two Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath records get the reissue treatment, and packed with extras.

Heaven and Hell and  Mob Rules — signaled the remarkable rebuilding of a wayward band and one of the finest moments in metals history concerning a change in singer. With two massive remastered reissues on the horizon, Tony Iommi was gracious enough to speak with us about this pair of timeless releases. These records are historic for many reasons beyond the impressive comeback that came with them. It was a time of complete reinvention of the Sabbath sound, which in large part was due to the...

Heaven and Hell and  Mob Rules — signaled the remarkable rebuilding of a wayward band and one of the finest moments in metals history concerning a change in singer. With two massive remastered reissues on the horizon, Tony Iommi was gracious enough to speak with us about this pair of timeless releases. These records are historic for many reasons beyond the impressive comeback that came with them. It was a time of complete reinvention of the Sabbath sound, which in large part was due to the...