{"id":24505,"date":"2024-03-22T16:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24505"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:19:46","slug":"sabbath-anno-domini-1989-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24505","title":{"rendered":"Sabbath – ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Boxed Set Celebrating Singer Tony Martin Era<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remastered Versions Of Headless Cross<\/em>, Tyr<\/em>, And Cross Purposes<\/em>, Plus A New Mix Of Forbidden<\/em> By Tony Iommi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-LP And 4-CD Versions Available On May 31 on BMG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch a newly remastered, HD upgrade of the video for Headless Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and preorder: <\/strong>Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Black Sabbath<\/strong>\u2019s history with singers Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio has been chronicled extensively through the years in multiple collections. Until now, no boxed set has focused on Black Sabbath\u2019s time with Tony Martin, the band\u2019s second-longest-serving singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BMG explores this prolific period from the godfathers of heavy metal in a new collection that brings four albums back into print after an extended absence. ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995 <\/strong>will be available from BMG on May 31 in 4-LP and 4-CD configurations. The set contains newly remastered versions of Headless Cross<\/em><\/strong> (1989), Tyr<\/em><\/strong> (1990), and Cross Purposes<\/em><\/strong> (1994), plus a new version of Forbidden<\/em><\/strong>(1995) that guitarist Tony Iommi remixed specially for the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several albums make their vinyl debut in the LP version of ANNO DOMINI<\/strong>, whilethe CD version contains three exclusive bonus tracks: the B-side \u201cCloak & Dagger\u201d and the Japan-only releases \u201cWhat\u2019s The Use\u201d and \u201cLoser Gets It All.\u201d A booklet comes with the set featuring photos, artwork, and liner notes by Hugh Gilmour. The collection also contains a Headless Cross<\/em> poster and a replica concert book from the \u201cHeadless Cross Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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ANNO DOMINI picks up Black Sabbath\u2019s story in 1989, two decades and multiple lineup changes into the band\u2019s groundbreaking career as metal originators. At the time, membership had solidified around riffmaster and founding member Tony Iommi, legendary drummer Cozy Powell (Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake), singer Tony Martin, and longtime Black Sabbath collaborator and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls (Quartz, Bandy Legs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group originally released Headless Cross <\/em>in 1989 on I.R.S. Records, the first of a five album deal with the label. Praised by fans and critics alike, the band\u2019s 14th<\/sup> studio release produced three singles: \u201cDevil And Daughter,\u201d \u201cCall Of The Wild,\u201d and the title track. Bassist Neil Murray (Whitesnake, Gary Moore) joined for the \u201cHeadless Cross Tour\u201d and stayed to record Sabbath\u2019s next album, 1990\u2019s Tyr<\/em>. Named for the Norse god of war, the album explores similar mythological themes in songs like \u201cThe Battle Of Tyr\u201d and \u201cValhalla.\u201d On \u201cThe Sabbath Stones,\u201d the band channels Old Testament fire and brimstone into a classic bruiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1992, following a successful world tour, this incarnation of Black Sabbath was put on hold when the band reunited temporarily with Ronnie James Dio. Two years later, Martin and Nicholls were back in the studio with Iommi to record 1994\u2019s Cross Purposes<\/em>. The band was completed with the addition of founding Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tyr<\/em>-era Black Sabbath lineup reunited in 1995 when Powell and Murray returned to record Forbidden<\/em>. It was the band\u2019s 18th<\/sup> studio album, and its last for nearly 20 years. (In 2013, Iommi, Osbourne and Butler released Black Sabbath\u2019s final studio album, 13<\/em>.) Forbidden,<\/em> produced by Ernie C of Body Count, the hard rock band fronted by rapper\/actor\/Sabbath fan Ice-T, who appears on the song \u201cIllusion Of Power.\u201d Since its release, sonically improving the album has been one of Iommi\u2019s pet projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explains, \u201cI was never happy with the guitar sound, and Cozy was definitely never happy with the drum sound\u2026 So, I thought it would be nice to do it for him in a way.\u201d He adds, \u201cI just felt that, without changing any of the songs, there was an opportunity to go back and bring out some of the sounds and make it more what people would expect Sabbath to sound like.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995 First Boxed Set Celebrating Singer Tony Martin Era Remastered Versions Of Headless Cross, Tyr, And Cross Purposes, Plus A New Mix Of Forbidden By Tony Iommi 4-LP And 4-CD Versions Available On May 31 on BMG Watch a newly remastered, HD upgrade of the video for Headless Cross and preorder: Here Black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1140],"class_list":["post-24505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-black-sabbath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24509,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505\/revisions\/24509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}