Black Sabbath has reunited with its original lineup, and is rehearsing for a tour and new studio album, reports Birmingham Mail.
Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi wrote new material for a record in June, which is expected out in 2012.
“We’re really looking forward to it, and I think the stuff we’ve been writing is really good,” Iommi commented. “It’s more back to the old original stuff.”
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn recently did an acoustic cover of Black Sabbath’s “Die Young” — it’s a tribute to Debbie Abono, a manager of metal bands such as Sepultura, Skinlab, Cynic, Obituary throughout the 80s and 90s. She died in May of cancer at age 80. Stream below.
Metal Hammer magazine is reportedly putting together a Black Sabbath tribute album to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the band. More details to come.
Black Sabbath will have tracks available for Guitar Hero in mid-February. “After Forever,” “Into The Void”, and “Sweetleaf” from the album, “Master of Reality”, will be released for download on February 18th.