The recording of this album has been made possible due to the contributions of the following people who have all given their individual and very special talents to this project, for which I would like to express my eternal thanks 14.

Associated acts Black Sabbath, Cozy Powells Hammer, Misha Calvin, Rondinelli, Aldo Giuntini, Phenomena, Empire, Kingdom of Madness.

He has since been involved in many other projects (such as M3, Misha Calvin, The Cage, Giuntini Project, and Phenomena ).

On his 2005 solo album Scream, Martin performed vocals, bass, drums, violin and additional guitar parts.

He secured his place in the band after a successful audition singing the track The Shining.

During this period Geezer Butler was coerced into rejoining the band with Bev Bevan remaining on drums.

The band was supposed to play a music festival in Plymouth on 18 July, but Butler backed out at the last minute but Martin and Sabbath had been in rehearsals on 1416 July in preparation.

AllMusic said that Martins powerful voice added new fire to the band, and the album contained some of Iommis heaviest riffs in years.

Unfortunately, in part because of a backlash from promoters over the South Africa incident, other European shows were cancelled.

Bassist Dave Spitz left the band shortly before the tour, and was replaced by Jo Burt, formerly of Virginia Wolf.

Records, and signed with I.R.S.

Records. citation needed The band took time off in 1988, returning in August to begin work on their next album.

As a result of the recording troubles with Eternal Idol, Tony Iommi opted to produce the bands next album himself.

I had to rethink the whole thing, and decided that we needed to build up some credibility again.

Iommi enlisted ex- Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell, long-time keyboardist Geoff Nicholls and session bassist Laurence Cottle, and rented a very cheap studio in England.

Eventually, AllMusic would give the album four stars, calling Headless Cross the finest non-Ozzy or Dio Black Sabbath album.

Anchored by the number 62 charting single Headless Cross, the album reached number 31 on the UK charts, and number 115 in the US.

Black Sabbath were told by Gloria Butler that Geezer was going to join the band again.

The band waited until April 1989 for Butler, but Geezer instead went and joined Ozzy Osbournes band.

Following the albums release, the band added touring bassist Neil Murray, formerly of Whitesnake, Gary Moore s backing band, and Vow Wow.

The European leg of the tour began in September, where the band were enjoying chart success.

After a string of Japanese shows, the band embarked on a 23 date Russian tour with Girlschool.

Black Sabbath was one of the first bands to tour Russia, after Mikhail Gorbachev opened the country to western acts for the first time in 1989.

While not technically a concept album, some of the albums lyrical themes are loosely based on Norse mythology.

The band toured in support of Tyr with Circus of Power in Europe, but the final seven UK dates were cancelled because of poor ticket sales.

For the first time in their career, the bands touring cycle did not include US dates.

The tour had a few surprises, that being that Ian Gillan, Geezer Butler, Brian May made appearances during a few of the shows.

In an interview with Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi in Kerrang in mid-1991 they talked about having to get rid of Tony Martin.

Cozy Powell also joined the band for the subsequent tour after leaving Black Sabbath himself.

The first was If There Is a Heaven, and the second was Angel in the Bed.

This album includes a version of Jerusalem from the Black Sabbath album Tyr (1990).

The title reflects my feelings at having this opportunity to write, record, and perform my own material.

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