Tony Iommi Nabbed Queen’s Brian May for New Solo Album, But Missed Out on Geezer Butler

Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi announced his new solo album From the Dark on Wednesday, and revealed additional details in an interview with Rolling Stone, one of which is that his good friend Brian May of Queen is the only special guest on the album. Iommi’s first solo LP in more than 20 years is set to be released on October 23rd. May provided a guitar solo on the track “Death Wake.” Get Black Sabbath Albums on Vinyl “It’s a weird riff,” said Iommi of “Death Wake,” adding, “I like that track as well. I like anything doom. Of course, I got Brian May on it playing the solo on that one.” Iommi went on to say about first meeting May, “In the very early ’70s, he was in one studio, and I was in another. And we just hit it off. We’ve been friends for, God, nearly 60 years. We stay in touch all the time. He’s played onstage a couple of times with me, and then we’ve done a couple of album tracks we played on together. He’s a very, very close friend.” If it was up to Iommi, May would’ve had a larger presence on the upcoming album, with the Black Sabbath guitarist noting, “I did say to him, “Do you want to play on something else?” He said, “No, no. Your solos are good. I don’t need to play...