Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi eager to craft new album

As Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi continues to add to his stockpile of righteous riffs, he indicates the likelihood of another solo album is increasing.

In a conversation with Planet Rock, surrounding his "Scent of Dark" single, Iommi casually mentioned that he has 400-500 song ideas saved in memos on his phone.

The Hand of Doom has often discussed making a solo album in the years since Black Sabbath's farewell tour. He says he started laying down some of the record in early-2020, but that process was soon interrupted.

"It's getting around to doing it — that's the thing," Iommi said. "The pandemic put a bit of a block on it, really. And I was working it out and the engineer was coming over and we were getting through some things. But then when [the pandemic] happened and you couldn't have anybody in the house or in the studio, it put the kibosh on that for a bit. And then I started getting involved in other stuff. And it's just kicking back on again. I've gotta get back into getting these things down properly."

Iommi did find a home for some of his riffs in a song with Ozzy Osbourne for Ozzy's forthcoming thirteenth solo album.

You can listen to Iommi's latest solo release, the instrumental "Scent of Dark" via the player above.