BMG Records are delighted to announce the worldwide release of the brand-new studio album from legendary guitarist Tony Iommi, entitled “From the Dark” out on October 23rd, 2026.
Heralded by the first single “World Alone”, which received its premiere this afternoon at a special global streaming event hosted in Iommi’s hometown of Birmingham, England, a stone’s throw from the famous Black Sabbath Bridge across the canal, which was opened as a civic tribute to the iconic band in 2019.
“World Alone” is a thunderous rock song that speeds along on a barrage of flying guitar riffs and solos, backed by a driving rhythm section and topped off with the powerful rock operatics of acclaimed Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande. The video is based around a retrofuture, dystopian universe where the lead protagonist, The Believer, is pitched into a twisted video game to save his life and ultimately find salvation.
Watch the official video for “World Alone” below.
“From the Dark” sees Tony Iommi joined throughout by Jorn Lande, who shares writing credits on all songs, as well as bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil. Co-produced by Tony and Mike Exeter, his long-time creative partner, co-writer, producer and audio engineer, the sound is crystalline, vibrant and enormous, engulfing the listener in a state-of-the-art sonic experience that is as contemporary as it is timeless.
Tony Iommi says: “It’s an album we’ve really enjoyed making. We’re not trying to prove anything – it’s a great album, it rocks”!
From the opening notes of “Over the Violent Sun”, featuring a classic, driving down-tuned guitar riff from Tony Iommi and the dramatic vocal prowess of Jorn Lande, it is clear that “From the Dark” is an outstanding album that can hold its place amongst the impressive Iommi catalogue.
“Black Times” continues the journey, a sucker-punch strike that takes no prisoners, leading into the barn-storming first single “World Alone”, before fourth track “Beyond the Dead” changes the pace, with a stately and sinister riff interwoven with epic orchestration.
The existential questioning of Lande’s lyrics, full of dystopian imagery and ruminations on the fleeting nature of the human experience is writ-large throughout the album, especially on “Stormwatcher” with its nautical metaphors and dreams of new horizons. A brilliant centrepoint of this remarkable album, “Stormwatcher” is matched in scope and drama by the subsequent “Death Wake”, both music and lyrics combining to create a vivid picture of the cruelties of a life without love and humanity.
“From the Dark”’s closing two songs, the furious passion of “Return of the Arbalist” and the truly epic kaleidoscope of “Legacy” showcase the power and drama, the light and the shade that courses through the album. Coming a year after Black Sabbath’s final-ever show, at 2025’s Back To The Beginning concert in Birmingham, it demonstrates the creative fires that burn ever-brightly in Tony Iommi and is undoubtedly one of the greatest rock albums to be released this year.
“From the Dark” will be available in several deluxe vinyl and CD formats.
The double LP edition will be manufactured in four colours, available from different retailers. Cut at 45rpm on double vinyl for optimum dynamic range the deluxe, gatefold package is premium black card with a die cut of Tony’s signature cross, that holds beneath a suitably dark and detailed, illustrative journey across the album. Part visible when in situ and with the full image revealing as the inner sleeve is drawn out. There will also be a CD Amazon exclusive that also has the same die cut sleeve and a deluxe 32-page CD media book edition that includes two bonus tracks.
• Double black vinyl with die cut gatefold sleeve
• Double ‘Monkey’ red & black marble vinyl with die cut gatefold sleeve
• Double ‘New Boy’ white & black marble vinyl with die cut gatefold sleeve
• Double ‘Eyeglass’ transparent blue vinyl with die cut gatefold sleeve
• Deluxe CD media book edition with 32-page booklet and bonus tracks
• Amazon exclusive, CD digisleeve with die cut cover and 12-page booklet
• CD digisleeve with 12-page booklet
• Digital
Pre-order & pre-save “From the Dark” here.
Tracklist:
1. Over the Violent Sun
2. Black Times
3. World Alone
4. Beyond The Dead
5. Stormwatcher
6. Death Wake
7. Return of the Arbalist
8. Legacy
Deluxe CD bonus tracks:
9. Scent of Dark
10. Deified (extended)
There will be a limited edition 7” single of “World Alone”, backed exclusively with an instrumental version and housed in a deluxe, foiled sleeve which will be released on 4th September. The song will also be available on the Gibson learn to play guitar app here.
Weblinks:
www.iommi.com
www.facebook.com/tonyiomm
