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Review by Gary Hill
Tony Iommi is probably best known as the lead guitarist of Black Sabbath. Arguably along with the other three members of that group Iommi invented heavy metal.
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Iommi
Review by Gary Hill
This solo release by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has quite a bit in common with last year’s Supernatural release by Santana. In both cases you have a guitar legend, who is an almost undisputed originator of his musical genre.
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The 1996 DEP Sessions
Review by Greg Olma
I can just picture it now. Tony Iommi and a friend are going through a studio to do some "Spring cleaning". They come across a tape labeled "With Glenn Hughes 1996 DEP Sessions".
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Review by Gary Hill
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Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
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Black Sabbath - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, East Troy, WI
Review by Gary Hill
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Heaven and Hell - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Review by Rick Damigella
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Review by Greg Olma
This is the first time that Heaven and Hell have come through with new product. 
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Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, IL, June 8th, 2001
Review by Gary Hill
Having seen Sabbath the last couple times around, I was expecting another similar show - a band of living legends performing as legends, going through the motions of repeating the performances from their glory days. Not that that would not have been enjoyable, I signed on for two days of Ozzfest just for that experience two more times
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Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, January 19, 1999
Review by Gary Hill
Black Sabbath really invented the genre of heavy metal, and, to this day performs the genre in a way that many have copied but none have duplicated. 


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Heaven and Hell - Live in Hoffman Estates, IL, September, 2007
Review by Greg Olma
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Heaven and Hell - Live Radio City Music Hall 2007 BluRay
Review by Gary Hill

When this was originally released on DVD, Greg Olma reviewed it for Music Street Journal.


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Heaven and Hell - Live Radio City Music Hall 2007 DVD
Review by Greg Olma
This tour and now DVD has been a long time coming. I always felt that the Dio era of Black Sabbath was overshadowed by the original line-up.
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Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Review by Gary Hill
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Heaven and Hell - Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell
Review by Gary Hill

With Ronnie James Dio’s passing, Heaven and Hell are done.


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Heaven and Hell - Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell DVD
Review by Gary Hill

Now that Ronnie James Dio has passed away, this is a reminder of the final tour of Heaven and Hell (the Dio led version of Black Sabbath).


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Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
Review by Gary Hill
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Black Sabbath - Never Say Die DVD
Review by Greg Olma

There is not a lot of video footage from Ozzy Osbourne’s initial tenure with Black Sabbath. 


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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Review by Gary Hill
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Black Sabbath - Past Lives
Review by Gary Hill

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Review by Gary Hill
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Review by Gary Hill

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Review by Greg Olma

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Review by Gary Hill
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Black Sabbath - The End BluRay/CD
Review by Gary Hill
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Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
Review by Greg Olma

The Black Sabbath name was at a low ebb back in 1987. After the debacle of Seventh Star (which I thought was great) coming out as a Black Sabbath album instead of a Tony Iommi solo album, many fans jumped ship.


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Review by Gary Hill
As both a die-hard Black Sabbath fanatic and one who was fortunate enough to see the band several times on their reunion tour, I was really looking forward to this DVD. The quality of the performance, the videography and sound all lived up to my expectations, showing just how phenomenal of a tour this was.
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I suppose how you feel about this book has a lot to do with how seriously you take it.


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Black Sabbath - Tyr
Review by Greg Olma

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Review by Gary Hill
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Review by Gary Hill
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Review by Gary Hill
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Review by Gary Hill

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Ian Gillan with Tony Iommi and Friends - Who Cares
Review by Larry Toering

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Ian Gillan with Tony Iommi and Friends - Who Cares
Review by G. W. Hill

An expanded set based on the concept and charity involved with the original single, this double disc set has some great stuff.


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