TONY IOMMI Confirms His Long-Awaited New Solo Album Is Coming This Year

In a newly shared four-minute New Year's Day video message, pioneering heavy metal architect Tony Iommi looked back on a year filled with both celebration and loss, while also confirming what fans have waited decades to hear: his long-awaited third solo album is coming in 2026.

2025 was a bittersweet chapter for the Black Sabbath guitarist. The year saw Iommi reunite with his original bandmates — Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — for a final, star-studded swan song performance in Birmingham this past July. That historic livestreamed event served as a definitive sendoff for the band, but only weeks later, Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne passed away, casting a shadow over what had otherwise been a monumental farewell.

Alongside reflecting on Ozzy's death, Iommi touched on several other major projects from the past year, including the sold-out return of Black Sabbath – The Ballet, his unexpected collaboration with Robbie Williams, and various releases tied to his legacy. The biggest revelation, however, came when he addressed his long-in-the-works solo material.

Speaking directly in the video, Iommi stated: "I shall have definitely, definitely my solo album out. And I'm really looking forward to that. I'm enjoying doing it, and it's been great fun, and I really hope you enjoy it."

He also briefly mentioned that a new documentary centered on his life and career is currently in development through Gibson, adding yet another milestone project to his already packed slate.

Iommi previously discussed the status of his solo album during a July 2025 appearance on SiriusXM's Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, explaining how work on the record was temporarily paused due to Sabbath's final show: "I was doing my own album until [the Back To The Beginning event] came up, and then, of course, I had to stop and concentrate on [preparing for] the Sabbath performance. But I'm continuing next week on trying to finish off what I started with this album. And then who knows what I'm gonna do then?"

When asked whether the upcoming release would follow the guest-heavy format of his 2000 solo album Iommi, he clarified that the new record has taken a different shape: "At the moment, no. I've got one singer on it at the moment, which I originally thought of different singers. But it started off as it's gonna be an instrumental album… and it's gone from I've got some instrumental stuff, but then I thought, ‘Oh, I wanna try it with a singer.' And so that's what I've been doing."

In a separate interview at Steel City Con, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler also revealed that Iommi is working with a "great singer from Sweden" on the record. Please, please be Messiah Marcolin.

"I was actually gonna do some… Tony's got this great album that he is doing right at the moment," said Butler. "He's just in the process — I think he's in the process of mixing it right now, so it should be out sometime [in 2026]. He's got this great singer from Sweden on it.

"And he wanted me to do three bass tracks, but he wanted me to do them in England, and I can't go to England until June [of 2026]. So if he can hang on that long, I might collaborate with him back in June, if he can wait that long."