Like his dear friend Brian May, Tony Iommi has entered the world of fragrances with "Scent of Dark," which arrives alongside a new solo track of the same name.
The Black Sabbath guitarist's new fragrance was created in partnership with parfumerie Xerjoff, who were also behind May's "Save Me" scent earlier this year.
The accompanying track, which you can hear below alongside visuals shot at Sudeley Castle near Gloucestershire, England, marks Iommi's first release since composing a classical piece for the Birmingham Cathedral in 2017, and first rock song since his licks on Black Sabbath's 2013 album 13.
"I've recorded a lot of riffs and tracks [in recent years] with Mike Exeter. And with this one, I couldn't imagine who would sing on it; it just seemed ideal to put it down as an instrumental," Iommi shared of the music with Rolling Stone. "I've had the main part for a while, and I just added some new parts to it. Then I added these other gloomier riffs to make it blend in with this perfume idea. I really liked the idea of using some violins and cellos and stuff, and so we did on this track."
Iommi also shared that he has contributed to Sabbath bandmate Ozzy Osbourne's forthcoming solo album, which will follow last year's Ordinary Man. "I wrote the whole track and played on it and played the solo on it. It's horrible, really. … No. I'm joking. No, it's good. It's really good," he shared. "And I like what Ozzy sang on it. I think he did a really good job. And I think they had Chad [Smith] play drums on it. I've left it in their hands now."
It was recently reported that drummer Bill Ward is back in touch with Black Sabbath's original members, and Iommi speaks to his own relationship with Osbourne in his chat with Rolling Stone.
"We're in touch quite a lot. We don't really speak because we are useless on the phone, the pair of us," he explains. "I think we stopped that when he used to phone me at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'd go, 'Oz, it's 2 o'clock in the morning.' 'Oh, oh, sorry. Alright. Bye.' He forgets about what time it is in England, and of course when the phone goes at that time of the morning you think, 'Oh, Christ. What's that? Somebody's died or something has happened.' And of course it's him going, 'Oh, oh, oh, oh, sorry. I didn't know it was that time.' So we tend to sort of just text now."
The Black Sabbath guitarist's new fragrance was created in partnership with parfumerie Xerjoff, who were also behind May's "Save Me" scent earlier this year.
The accompanying track, which you can hear below alongside visuals shot at Sudeley Castle near Gloucestershire, England, marks Iommi's first release since composing a classical piece for the Birmingham Cathedral in 2017, and first rock song since his licks on Black Sabbath's 2013 album 13.
"I've recorded a lot of riffs and tracks [in recent years] with Mike Exeter. And with this one, I couldn't imagine who would sing on it; it just seemed ideal to put it down as an instrumental," Iommi shared of the music with Rolling Stone. "I've had the main part for a while, and I just added some new parts to it. Then I added these other gloomier riffs to make it blend in with this perfume idea. I really liked the idea of using some violins and cellos and stuff, and so we did on this track."
Iommi also shared that he has contributed to Sabbath bandmate Ozzy Osbourne's forthcoming solo album, which will follow last year's Ordinary Man. "I wrote the whole track and played on it and played the solo on it. It's horrible, really. … No. I'm joking. No, it's good. It's really good," he shared. "And I like what Ozzy sang on it. I think he did a really good job. And I think they had Chad [Smith] play drums on it. I've left it in their hands now."
It was recently reported that drummer Bill Ward is back in touch with Black Sabbath's original members, and Iommi speaks to his own relationship with Osbourne in his chat with Rolling Stone.
"We're in touch quite a lot. We don't really speak because we are useless on the phone, the pair of us," he explains. "I think we stopped that when he used to phone me at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'd go, 'Oz, it's 2 o'clock in the morning.' 'Oh, oh, sorry. Alright. Bye.' He forgets about what time it is in England, and of course when the phone goes at that time of the morning you think, 'Oh, Christ. What's that? Somebody's died or something has happened.' And of course it's him going, 'Oh, oh, oh, oh, sorry. I didn't know it was that time.' So we tend to sort of just text now."
