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Canadian progressive metal icons INTO ETERNITY are putting the final touches on their long-awaited new studio album. In a new interview with The Metal Voice , guitarist/backing vocalist Tim Roth and lead singer Stu Block shared an exciting update: the album is nearly complete. “All we have left is four songs for bass. All my guitars, drums — everything else is done,” said Roth. “Stu’s vocals will be the last thing. So yeah, 10 new songs, maybe 12 if we include a couple bonus tracks. The album’s almost done.” A Sound That Evolves — Without Losing Its Roots Roth described the upcoming material as a blend of everything INTO ETERNITY fans love: heavy grooves, tremolo picking, off-time signatures, clean and death vocals, progressive drumming, and ripping solos. “Every single track has a catchy chorus. We’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years, and we instinctively know what we like,” Roth explained. “This is our seventh album — fans will have to trust us on this one.” Block adde...

In a candid new interview on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation , legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi opened up about the emotional and logistical weight of the band’s historic final reunion at “Back To The Beginning” , held July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. Although SABBATH performed only four classic songs — “War Pigs,” “Iron Man,” “N.I.B.” and “Paranoid” — Iommi revealed that the band had rehearsed six to seven tracks and were ready to do more. However, time constraints, venue curfews, and concern for Ozzy Osbourne’s health limited the set. “We ended up doing four songs where we put aside sort of six or seven,” Iommi said. “It worked out that we did four. So that was fine.”   ⚙️ Reuniting with Bill Ward After 20 Years The performance marked the first time SABBATH’s original lineup had played together since 2005 , and notably, the first live performance with drummer Bill Ward in two decades . “We hadn’t played on a big stage with Bill for 20 years,” Iommi adm...