A Quest Full Of Rarities

Wings of Thunder and No Time to Die are 2 titles of the same song that was recorded in the Tyr (1990) album sessions but has not been released. The first mention of this song was made by Tony Martin in 2004 on his official site, where he mentioned songs from his next album Scream (2005), and that 2 songs would use drum tracks by Cozy Powell, also adding that these songs were composed at the time of Black Sabbath : "The two tracks that I have put on the album are called Raising Hell and Wings of Thunder . They originate from the SABBATH days and I did play the demos to him when we were doin' (COZY POWELLS) HAMMER , he thought they were really good. They are very much Cozy -type tracks and it's taken me AGES!! I was determined to get it right! I'm very pleased with the way they turned out. If the tracks prove successfull I'll do a complete album of new songs with his drum tracks." Although the song Raising Hell appeared on the album, there was no trace of ...

Slapback is a previously unreleased song recorded in 1979 in pre-production rehearsals for the album Heaven and Hell (1980). It was leaked on March 5, 2021 by Gary Rees, stepson of keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who found it on a cassette along with other recording tapes of the album's compositions in 1979. Geezer Butler first confirmed the leak of this song, also assuring that it was he who played the bass. Asked in an interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" on Monday (March 8) if he knew anything about this purportedly unreleased tune, Butler said: "Yeah, that was one of the songs that we did before I left," referring to the fact that he exited SABBATH for a short time during the "Heaven And Hell" sessions while he was dealing with some personal issues. "It's probably the reason I did leave. [Laughs] It was just one of those songs that didn't make the grade." Asked if he in fact played bass on the recording th...

What's the Use is a bonus track that appears on the Japan edition of the album Cross Purposes (1994). A small peculiarity of this song is that the main riff is reminiscent of the song Rusty Cage  (1991) by Soundgarden. Listen: Lyrics: What's the use of paradise Or everyday of livin' They spend and learn in heaven, sin in hell What's the point of children When evil got before them They learn in every tale we tell There's no point in being kind What's the use when love becomes an evil of the mind Oh yeah! What's the use of power When the battle isn't equal And we're all too scared to use it anyway What's the point of reason When no one wants to listen Deliverance is all too far away There's no point in being kind What's the use when love becomes an evil of the mind Oh yeah! Ooh what's the use There's no point in being kind What's the use when love becomes an evil of the mind Oh yeah! Ooh what's the use Tell me ooh what...