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"Heaven and Hell" is the title track of Black Sabbath's ninth studio album. The music was primarily written by guitarist Tony Iommi, but as with almost all Sabbath albums, credit is given to the entire band. The lyrics were entirely written by newcomer Ronnie James Dio. [1]
It subsequently attained gold certification (100,000 units sold) in April 1982, the only Black Sabbath studio album to be thus certified. Heaven and Hell was re-released as part of the Black Sabbath box set The Rules of Hell in 2008. [23] In 2017, it was ranked 37th at Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [24]
The lyrics were written by Ronnie James Dio. It is the only song on Heaven and Hell to definitely feature songwriting input from bassist Geezer Butler, the band's main lyricist during the Ozzy Osbourne era. Butler was absent for most of the songwriting process due personal issues as well as his own uncertainty as to whether he wanted to remain ...
Hangin' with Heaven and Hell is a video by heavy metal band Black Sabbath. The video features an interview with Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler by Eddie Trunk discussing the band's 2007 tour under the name Heaven & Hell. [1] It was filmed in November 2006. [1] It aired on VH1 Classic during March and April 2007. [1]
It came on right after the season 2 finale of That Metal Show, which Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler of Heaven & Hell were guests on. The video is in animation and features the band via shadows. The premise of the video is an angel in Heaven picks up a black book (a'la the song "Bible Black"). When he opens it, it sends him down to Hell.
"Children of the Sea" was the first song written by the band following the 1979 departure of original lead singer Ozzy Osbourne.The song's melody and lyrics were composed by new singer, Ronnie James Dio, and the music was written largely by guitarist Tony Iommi.
The Rules of Hell is a collection of four albums by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals in remastered form. [3] The albums included in the set are: 1980 Heaven and Hell [3] 1981 Mob Rules [3] 1982 Live Evil (2 CDs) [3] 1992 Dehumanizer [3] The boxed set was released on 22 July 2008 through Rhino. [4]
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years is a 2007 compilation CD of material recorded by Black Sabbath during vocalist Ronnie James Dio's tenure in the band. The CD contains remastered tracks taken from the studio albums Heaven and Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981), and Dehumanizer (1992), as well as a live version of the song "Children of the Sea" taken from the live album Live Evil (1982).