# Iommi confirms Black Sabbath’s end with new solo album

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tony-iommi-on-new-solo-album-missing-ozzy-osbourne-and-how-hes-not-going-anywhere/
- Published: 2026-07-29T15:03:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-29T21:13:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tony-iommi-from-the-dark-interview-black-sabbath-ozzy-1235599849/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Tony Iommi declares Black Sabbath over, releasing solo album on 23 October
- *From the Dark* features Jørn Lande, with a guest solo from Brian May
- Album grew from two instrumental tracks Iommi recorded in 2021 and 2024

## Summary

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed the band's story has ended, unveiling his first solo album in more than two decades, *From the Dark*, due for release on 23 October. Now 78, Iommi said Sabbath is "finished" following its farewell performance at Ozzy Osbourne's Back to the Beginning concert last year, explaining that any future material bearing the Sabbath name would effectively just be him, so he chose to release it as a solo work instead.

The eight-track album grew out of two earlier instrumental pieces, "Scent of Dark" (2021) and "Deified" (2024), and was co-produced with longtime engineer Mike Exeter. It features Norwegian vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil, with Exeter on keys and a guest solo from Queen's Brian May on the track "Death Wake". The lead single, "World Alone", was released alongside a livestreamed announcement event in Iommi's hometown of Birmingham, where a video for the song also debuted; other tracks singled out include "Legacy" and "Stormwatcher".

## Coverage

- [Rolling Stone: Iommi confirms Black Sabbath’s end with new solo album](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tony-iommi-from-the-dark-interview-black-sabbath-ozzy-1235599849/)
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