Iommi Reacts to Playing 'Black Sabbath' Tritone for First Time
The song "Black Sabbath" opens with one of the most evil sounds in music — a tritone also known as the 'devil's interval' — and in a new podcast exploring the relationship between the devil and heavy metal, Sabbath founder Tony Iommi recollected his reaction after first playing the series of notes on guitar. In the third episode of Backstaged: The Devil in Metal, hosted by Loudwire contributor Jon Wiederhorn and published by Diversion Podcasts, both bassist Geezer Butler and Iommi discussed the infamous tritone and the profound impact it had on helping a wayward blues band find a defini...