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“In my head, I could hear it as a monster.” Tony Iommi on the moment he instantly composed “Iron Man,” calling it one of two Black Sabbath songs he relates to
It's impossible to overstate Tony Iommi’s influence on heavy metal. Since Black Sabbath made its recording debut in 1970, the left-handed six-stringer has defined the genre's dark and ominous ...
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“The idea was to make an album heavier than anything that had ever before”: Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath’s classic debut
Credit: Getty Images/Chris Walter Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an album made under intense pressure.