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Iommi - The Lost Album From 1996

Steven Sly | Kalamazoo, MI United States | 05/21/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Tony Iommi, of course, is one of the founding members of Black Sabbath and one of the original heavy metal guitar gods. The recordings on this disc were actually done back in 1996 when Iommi and former Deep Purple vocalist / bassist Glenn Hughes got together to record an album that unfortunately was never released. Finally in 2004 Sanctuary records put these recordings out and they are indeed a worthwhile release. Hughes and Iommi had previously worked together under the Black Sabbath moniker for the "7th Star" album and the tracks here have been available for years under the bootleg title "8th Star". I have never heard the boot versions, but apparently things have been cleaned up, additional drums recorded, along with a few other tweaks to the material. Overall this is a very nice hard rock disc. Iommi and Hugh's musical styles are very different, but they blend together here to make a unique combination of Iommi's heavy down low guitar style, and Hughes more upbeat funk / soul approach. I would think that fans of either of these two legendary artists would enjoy this album."