Guitarist Tony Iommi unveiled what was meant to be his first solo album, Seventh Star, on Jan. 28, 1986.Except pressure from his record company ultimately saw the LP branded as a yet another Black ...

Finally resigned to Sabbath’s demise, Iommi began working on a solo album with the help of no-name session musicians, ever-loyal keyboardist Geoff Nicholls and, just to add a little star power ...

It was a giant misstep from its inception all the way until its birth. Black Sabbath’s twelfth studio album, Seventh Star, which came out on Jan. 28, 1986, was never supposed to be a Sabbath record.

Black Sabbath were in shambles when Martin joined the band. In 1986, they’d released Seventh Star, a middling record that was supposed to be a Tony Iommi solo album.The label insisted that Iommi ...