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A rare demo recording of Black Sabbath ‘s “Heaven and Hell,” the first song the band wrote after Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, has surfaced online.
When Ozzy Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, it threw the band’s future in doubt – but they returned with a new singer, Ronnie James Dio, and an album, Heaven and Hell, that ...
Black Sabbath dropped rare live versions of the title-tracks from 'The Mob Rules' and 'Heaven and Hell,' which will be reissued in March.
The first Ronnie James Dio -fronted era of Black Sabbath was a remarkable rebound for a group that had lost direction at the end of the 1970s. Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules rebooted the Sabbath ...
Nearly 30 years after they originally split, the members of Black Sabbath’s second, Ronnie James Dio-fronted line-up released a brand new album, The Devil You Know, under the name Heaven & Hell ...
Meanwhile, Black Sabbath's first two albums in the Ronnie James Dio era — Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules — will enjoy extensive remastered reissues this year with both sets arriving on March 5.
With Ozzy at the helm, Black Sabbath mines the same classics over and over, mixing them with often inferior material. Heaven and Hell, whose Sabbath records were the band’s most commercially ...
When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath way back in 1979, he was in a similar state; the only difference is that he was about 150 pounds lighter and could still kind of sing.
Heaven & Hell was a band between 2006 and 2010 featuring the Dio -era Black Sabbath lineup of vocalist Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice. The ...
Kill Devil Hill the new project featuring acclaimed drummer Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, Dio) and bassist Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) have signed with SPV/Steamhammer. The band is ...
This is a great band.” Heaven & Hell take their name from the first album that they – minus drummer Vinnie Appice, but plus original Sabbath man Bill Ward – made together in 1980.
With Geoff Nicholls on bass! The estate of Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls is now streaming a fantastic 1979 rehearsal of "Heaven and Hell" from the album of the same title.