In a recent interview on Full Metal Jackie, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed that he has begun working on new material for a new solo album. If it surfaces in 2025, it will be his third solo album in a row, following 2000's Iommi and 2005's Fused. Iommi also confirmed that he is working on a new solo song to coincide with the upcoming release of his second signature cologne, which will be another collaboration with Italian luxury perfume house Xerjoff.

Iommi said: "I am writing stuff now for my own, for an album. So that's exciting too. And there's no pressure. I just do stuff when I feel like it, because, obviously, I've got a life to live and I like to do all the different stuff. But I've really enjoyed doing this stuff, as I did with Ozz [Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne] when I'd done a couple of tracks for his last [solo] album Patient Number 9, which was good, to work with Ozz again. And I'm quite open for all that now. Whatever comes, and I like it, I do it."

When asked if he is going to release a "proper record" or release a series of one-off songs, Iommi clarified: "No, I'm gonna do a record. And I've got a lot of stuff. But now we're actually getting around to sort of putting it together, myself and the engineer. So it's been good fun, really. And as I say, there's no pressure. I can just do it — I don't have to do it by next week. And because of everything else [that has] been lurking around, I have to take my time in doing things. But it's been fun. And that's what it's all about, really. And I'm looking forward to actually doing it and an album coming out."

Source:	spreaker.com
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