DARK MATTER
After Black Sabbath called time, probably the last thing anyone would have expected from Tony Iommi was for him to launch a signature fragrance. But that’s exactly what he’s done, and he has a new instrumental track and video to go with it.
Interview: Polly Glass
Tony Iommi: man of many fragrances – “probably eighty”, in fact.
Portrait: Ross Halfin
If you thought Tony Iommi was intending to have a quiet post- Black Sabbath life, you were wrong. Among other things, he’s developed new SG guitars with Gibson, remixed 1995’s Forbidden album with Mike Exeter, and pored over out-takes for the latest Black Sabbath reissues – all of that in addition to working on his house and playing a lot of guitar over lockdown.
He’s also launched his most surprising venture: a signature fragrance, made in close collaboration with Italian perfumer/ Sabbath fan Sergio Momo. There’s also a new instrumental track, Scent Of Dark, an opulent, smoke-wreathed video shot in a castle, and even a bespoke cocktail – if the James Bond franchise had a gothic, heavy-metal makeover, it would look and sound like this.