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Their First in 17 Years, Features Epic First Single “Bible Black” Highly Anticipated New Album from Dio, Iommi, Butler, and Appice,

HEAVEN & HELL INTRODUCES THE DEVIL YOU KNOW You can see that version in the images section below. There is an “alternate” version of the cover art that was only be for sale through Wal-Mart.This is a reference to the Bible passage Matthew 25:41, which says “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” On the cover art are the numbers 25 & 41.The Bible Black video was produced for the band, they didn’t have input into it.There was an animated music video for this produced. The first single for the album is “Bible Black”.The artwork was based off an image called “Satan”, by an artist from Norway named Per Oyvind Haagensen.The album was recorded in the same studio that 1992’s Dehumanizer was also recorded in.None were recorded until after the 2008 Metal Masters tour was over. The songs were written during late spring, early Summer 2008.The track Rock ‘n’ Roll Angel was known as Rock ‘n’ Roll Jesus before the album was released.Pre-release, the track “Breaking into Heaven” was described as a “slice of sloth-like majesty”.

Cover Illustration: Per Oyvind Haagensen (Original version).Art Direction & Design: Masaki Koike at Phyx Design.Mastered by Steve Marcussen in Hollywood CA.Mixed at Total Access Recording Studios (Redondo Beach, CA).Mixed by Wyn Davis (with Mike Sutherland & Adam Arnold).Produced by Heaven & Hell (Dio/Iommi/Butler).