Geezer Butler has confirmed that the newly surfaced recording of a song titled "Slapback" was indeed a Black Sabbath song, it just wasn't one of the songs that wound up being included on any album.

A previously unreleased recording of Black Sabbath rehearsing the Dio-era track “Heaven and Hell” surfaced earlier this winter, published by the estate of live band member and frequent collaborator ...

Earlier this week, a rehearsal recording of a previously-unreleased Dio-era Black Sabbath song, “Slapback,” was released. It was unearthed by the estate of former Black Sabbath live ...

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi said he is "not at all happy" that an unauthorized 1979 rehearsal recording titled "Slapback" surfaced earlier this week. He also claimed that Ronnie James Dio, who sang on ...

There’s been a lot going on in the world of the late, great Ronnie James Dio lately. His autobiography Rainbow In The Dark is finally getting a long-waited posthumous release on July 27, and the ...

Iommi also said it was Dio on bass, not Geezer Butler. In an interview with Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Iommi said he's pissed the song was posted online and that it wasn't even Butler on bass. As ...

Black Sabbath fans got an unexpected treat last month when a demo of a previously unreleased song called “Slapback” made its way online. The recording, which features Ronnie James Dio on vocals, was ...

The estate of frequent Black Sabbath collaborator, live keyboardist, and sometimes bassist Geoff Nicholls has posted a real gem for Black Sabbath fans – an unreleased song called "Slapback". Nicholls' ...