The legendary guitarist has also confirmed he wrote and recorded and song on Ozzy’s new album.
Iconic guitarist Tony Iommi is getting into the luxury fragrance game with the launch of his own, Scent of Dark. It makes sense then that the venture needed some kind of musical companion, thus, Iommi has released a single, his first in eight years of the same name.
Iommi recruited Sergio Momo (guitar), Jimmy Crutchley (bass), Ash Sheehan (drums), Rebecca Rose (cello), Julianne Bourne (violin) and Mike Exeter (keyboards) to round out the effort on a track Iommi explained was a bit of a new experience for him.
“I’ve had the riff for Scent Of Dark for quite a while and I’d never done anything with it, but it gave us a base to start from,” shared Iommi. “We built up the track with programmed drums at first and then Mike Exeter demoed bass and keyboards on it, and I added my guitar solos, just to give us an idea of how it was going to sound. Eventually Jimmy added his bass. Jimmy knew drummer Ash Sheehan and he fitted in perfectly, adding the final real drum track on top of our work. Then we added the strings. I’d worked with string sections on Sabbath albums before, but this was a whole new experience.”
As for the ambitious endeavor into the world of fragrances, Iommi explained that his affinity for the accessory came from touring all over the world with Black Sabbath. “Once I started touring the world with Sabbath though, I started discovering different sorts of fragrancies from other countries and began collecting them on tour.”
In addition to the news of the fragrance launch and the single release, Iommi also confirmed with Rolling Stone that he has contributed a new song on the upcoming Ozzy album. “I wrote the whole track and played on it and played the solo on it,” Iommi detailed. “It’s horrible, really. … No. I’m joking. No, it’s good. It’s really good. And I like what Ozzy sang on it. I think he did a really good job. And I think they had Chad [Smith/Red Hot Chili Peppers] play drums on it. I’ve left it in their hands now.”
Stream Scent of Dark from Tony Iommi below. The Scent of Dark fragrance from Tony Iommi can be found – HERE
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