Having emerged from the other side of an extremely painful, and emotionally draining year, trailblazing Metal pioneer and full-time Master of the Riffs Tony Iommi returns to do what he does best on a fittingly titled solo album, From the Dark (BMG).
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Tony Iommi Shares “Stormwatcher” Video from First Solo Album in 21 Years
Tony Iommi drops the official video for “Stormwatcher” from From the Dark, his first solo album in twenty-one years, out October 23 via BMG. Featuring Jorn Lande on vocals and a guest solo from Queen‘s Brian May, this is the riff master returning on his own terms. Watch it now and pre-order below. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Voivod – Symphonique
So, what exactly do you do after travelling across the universe, the multiverse, the macroverse, and the microverse? When you’ve explored the furthest reaches of space, survived a nuclear war, and the subsequent apocalypse? Well, if you’re Canadian Progressive Thrash Metal pioneers Voivod, you produce a galactic symphony.
Recorded live with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra on June 4, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre in Quebec City, Canada, Symphonique (Century Media Records) is a seventy-plus-minute performance that takes Voivod’s futuristic Metal and energises it even further with a classical music makeover. Continue reading