Hellenic black metal outfit YOTH IRIA presents their new video for “Dare to Rebel.” The track appears on the band’s stellar third album, Gone With The Devil, out now on Metal Blade Records. Watch the video HERE.
Watch the band’s previously released videos for “Harut, Government, Fallen” HERE, “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” HERE, and “Blessed Be He Who Enters” HERE.
YOTH IRIA has just announced a European tour with Thulcandra and Vorga for March of next year. Full dates below.
In the Light of Darkness European Tour 2027: Thulcandra, Yoth Iria, Vorga 12.03 – Erfurt, DE – From Hell 13.03 – Prague, CZ – Futurum 14.03 – Vienna, AT – Viper Room 15.03 – Warsaw, PL – Mechanik 16.03 – Berlin, DE – Cassiopeia 17.03 – Copenhagen, DK – Stengade 18.03 – Hamburg, DE – Bahnhof St. Pauli 19.03 – Hoogeveen, NL – Het Podium 20.03 – Dortmund, DE – Junkyard 21.03 – Selb, DE – Rock Club Nordbayern 22.03 – Mörlenbach, DE – Weiher – Live Music Hall 23.03 – Kassel, DE – Goldgrube 24.03 – Kortrijk, BE – DVG Club 25.03 – Paris, FR – Backstage By The Mill 26.03 – Namur, BE – The Belvédère 27.03 – Aarburg, CH – Musigburg 28.03 – Munich, DE – Dark Easter Metal Meeting
Other YOTH IRIA shows: 30.10.26 – Dubai, AE – Oak Live Bar 31.10.26 – Patras, GR – Lesxi 18.12.26 – Athen, GR – Gargarin 205 (support for Old Man’s Child) 08.03.27 – Stockholm, SE – Extreme Metal Sounds Festival
YOTH IRIA‘s Gone With The Devil is available on CD (jewel case – US / digipak – EU) and digital formats as well as vinyl.
ABOUT THE BAND: YOTH IRIA‘s trajectory has been on a steep ascent since crafty 2021 debut As The Flame Withers and 2024’s hypnotic Blazing Inferno, but there has audibly been a concerted determination to develop and expand in sinister new directions. “The creative workflow was similar to Blazing Inferno, yet we deliberately pushed ourselves to bring new elements into our music. We kept the immediacy of Blazing Inferno, the psychedelia of As The Flame Withers, and all the characteristics people expect from Hellenic black metal, while adding fresh sounds and atmospheres never before heard from YOTH IRIA.”
Predominantly stately tempos ensure the dark riffs, memorable melodies and flamboyant leads have space to breathe their fire, so that the blastbeats, when they come, devastate even more utterly. Flecks of Mediterranean folk and gothic cadences further expand the band’s sonic palate, while there are countless melodies so atavistically simple and primally satisfying they could be a thousand years old.
There’s a thrilling balance of ancient and modern, good and evil, harmony and dissonance on Gone With The Devil advancing YOTH IRIA as a hungry contender for extreme metal’s big leagues – an ever-improving unit with a glorious future. Appropriately, however, Gone With The Devil is best summed up with a line already coined by the band to describe their ongoing body of work: “Every note tells a story of rebirth, tradition, and the relentless pursuit of musical transcendence.”
The daemonic avatar YOTH IRIA was first explicitly summoned on Rotting Christ‘s legendary debut Thy Mighty Contract in 1993. Bassist/lyricist Jim Mutilator formed that band as Black Church in 1984, before also becoming a founding member of cult Athenian BM heroes Varathron for their first five years. Renewing the otherworldly atmospheres and occult ravishment for a new era, YOTH IRIA functions almost as the third panel in an apocalyptic triptych of Hellenic black metal excellence.
YOTH IRIA: HE – vocals Jim Mutilator – bass Nikolas Perlepe – guitar Naberius – guitar Bill “Vongaar” Stavrianidis – drums
Swedish industrial metal powerhouse PAIN, led by legendary musician and producer Peter Tägtgren, has unleashed a brand-new live video for their latest single, “I Don’t Give A Fukk”! Captured during the band’s performance at Full Metal Holiday in Mallorca, Spain, the video showcases the track’s explosive live energy as PAIN premiered their latest anthem in front of an enthusiastic festival crowd.
The live footage is now available to watch on the band’s social media channels at THIS LOCATION!
Peter Tägtgren comments on the performance:
“We didn’t play for a while, and we didn’t have a chance to practice as a band before.. but I think we got away with it 😅 And premier the new song live.. It was hot and great time 🍺💥”
The new live video follows the release of the single’s official music video, which features none other than acclaimed Hollywood actor Peter Stormare, known for his memorable roles in Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and John Wick: Chapter 2. Bringing his unmistakable screen presence to the world of PAIN, Stormare adds another striking dimension to the band’s latest release. His appearance makes the official video a must-watch for metal fans and movie enthusiasts alike!
Watch the official video for I Don’t Give A Fukk:
Compact, confrontational, and built around a brutally direct refrain, “I Don’t Give A Fukk” transforms the confusion and hostility of the modern world into three minutes of mechanized defiance. Grinding guitars, a relentless electronic pulse, and Tägtgren’s unmistakable vocals drive the track toward a chorus created to be shouted back at full volume. Co-written by Peter and his son, PAIN drummer Sebastian Tägtgren, the single continues their growing creative partnership while taking the project into another unexpected corner of its sound.
Looking ahead, PAIN will be hitting the road alongside Swiss folk metal giants ELUVEITIE and Finnish melodic death metal force WOLFHEART, bringing their explosive industrial metal anthems to stages across Europe. Fans can look forward to a powerful live package featuring three distinctive acts, with “I Don’t Give A Fukk” adding another hard-hitting highlight to PAIN‘s live repertoire. The world may be on fire, but PAIN is turning up the volume!
About PAIN:
For nearly three decades, PAIN has existed according to one simple rule: there are no rules. Created by Swedish musician, songwriter and producer Peter Tägtgren, PAIN began as an outlet for ideas that had nowhere else to go. By the mid-1990s, Tägtgren was already firmly established as the frontman of death metal band HYPOCRISY, but the music taking shape in his studio was moving in a very different direction. Electronics, programmed rhythms, heavy guitars, synthesizers and an increasingly sharp instinct for melody were colliding in ways that did not belong within HYPOCRISY. Instead of forcing those ideas to fit, Tägtgren built something new around them.
PAIN was born.
The project’s self-titled debut arrived in 1997, with Tägtgren handling the vocals, instruments and production himself. That one-man approach established the foundation of PAIN and remains central to the project today. In the studio, PAIN is still driven overwhelmingly by Tägtgren’s vision, giving him the freedom to follow an idea wherever it leads without worrying about genre boundaries or expectations. Onstage, that vision has grown into a formidable live band, currently featuring Peter Tägtgren on vocals and guitar, his son Sebastian Tägtgren on drums, Jonathan Olsson on bass and Sebastian Svalland on guitar.
From the beginning, PAIN offered something markedly different from the extreme metal that had first made Tägtgren’s name. The aggression was still there, but now it shared space with electronics, danceable rhythms, huge choruses, bleak humor and a pop songwriter’s understanding of how to make a hook stick. That collision became increasingly defined on 1999’s Rebirth and then exploded with 2002’s Nothing Remains the Same, the album that produced “Shut Your Mouth,” one of the defining songs of PAIN’s career. What could have been a contradiction, industrial metal that was simultaneously crushing and instantly memorable, became the band’s identity.
PAIN continued to evolve with Dancing with the Dead. Released in 2005, the album pushed Tägtgren’s combination of metallic weight and accessibility even further with tracks including “Same Old Song,” “Bye/Die” and the title track. Behind the album was a frighteningly literal encounter with its central theme. Tägtgren had collapsed in a Swedish pub after his heart stopped for roughly two minutes, an experience he later connected directly to the writing of “Dancing with the Dead.” The record reached No. 3 on the Swedish album chart and marked another major step in PAIN’s growth.
By this point, it was clear that PAIN was not interested in repeating a formula. Psalms of Extinction followed in 2007, expanding the palette again and bringing outside musicians into the studio, including MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee, CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Alexi Laiho and IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers. A year later came Cynic Paradise, which included guest vocals from then-NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon and produced enduring tracks such as “Follow Me” and “I’m Going In.”
You Only Live Twice arrived in 2011, followed by Coming Home in 2016. The latter revealed another side of PAIN, bringing orchestral textures and acoustic elements into Tägtgren’s industrial framework while retaining the hooks and heavy grooves at the center of the band’s sound. By then, PAIN had long since developed from a studio experiment into an international touring act with its own unmistakable identity.
That identity has always been inseparable from Peter Tägtgren himself. Beyond PAIN and HYPOCRISY, Tägtgren has spent decades behind the desk as one of European metal’s most recognized producers. Through his work at Abyss Studio, his production credits have included artists such as DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, AMON AMARTH, AMORPHIS, DARK FUNERAL, SABATON and CELTIC FROST. He also collaborated with RAMMSTEIN vocalist Till Lindemann in the project LINDEMANN, writing and performing the music for Skills in Pills and F & M before leaving the project in 2020. The breadth of that career helps explain PAIN’s refusal to stay in one musical lane. For Tägtgren, production, songwriting and experimentation have never been separate disciplines. They are different parts of the same process.
After Coming Home, a new PAIN album would take eight years to arrive, but the project was far from dormant. Tägtgren remained occupied with HYPOCRISY, LINDEMANN and other production and recording work. Then, in 2021, PAIN released “Party in My Head.”
The song became a phenomenon.
Built around a massive electronic hook, a pounding beat and the kind of chorus that seemed designed to lodge itself permanently in the listener’s brain, “Party in My Head” introduced PAIN to an enormous new audience while reconnecting with everything that had always made the project distinctive. According to PAIN’s official biography, the track went on to surpass the streaming performance of longtime favorite “Shut Your Mouth,” becoming one of the biggest songs in the band’s catalog.
That momentum ultimately fed into I Am, PAIN’s ninth studio album, released through Nuclear Blast Records on May 17, 2024. Rather than settling into the sound of its breakthrough single, Tägtgren used the record to demonstrate just how elastic PAIN could still be. Industrial aggression, synth pop, melancholy, heavy grooves and melody coexist throughout the album, with songs including “Go With The Flow,” “Push The Pusher,” “Don’t Wake The Dead,” “Revolution,” “Fair Game” and the title track moving through markedly different moods without losing the project’s identity. Tägtgren described the goal as bringing more intensity, aggression and industrial atmosphere back into PAIN after the more expansive approach of Coming Home.
I Am also marked an important development inside the PAIN camp. Sebastian Tägtgren, Peter’s son and the band’s drummer, wrote the music for “Revolution” and “Don’t Wake The Dead” and served as a co-producer on the album. His growing creative role brought a new dimension to a project that had begun decades earlier as Peter alone in a studio.
Across nine studio albums, PAIN has built a catalog that refuses to separate heaviness from accessibility. “End of the Line,” “Shut Your Mouth,” “Same Old Song,” “Zombie Slam,” “Follow Me,” “Dirty Woman,” “Coming Home,” “Party in My Head” and “Go With The Flow” may come from different eras and approach the PAIN formula from different angles, but they share the same instinct: make it heavy, make it memorable and never become predictable.
That same instinct carries into the next chapter with “I Don’t Give A Fukk,” written by Peter and Sebastian Tägtgren. Musically direct and lyrically confrontational, the song takes aim at the anger, manipulation, division, distrust and information overload that Tägtgren sees in the world around him. It is deliberately provocative, irreverent and difficult to mistake for anything other than PAIN.
That unpredictability is ultimately the point.
PAIN started because Peter Tägtgren needed somewhere to put the ideas that did not fit anywhere else. Nearly thirty years later, that freedom is still the project’s greatest strength. Industrial metal, electronic music, rock, pop, death metal attitude, melancholy, sarcasm and outright absurdity can all exist in the same universe because PAIN has never treated genre as a boundary.
The sound changes. The songs change. The world around them certainly changes.
PAIN keeps moving.
PAIN is: Peter Tägtgren: vocals, guitar Sebastian Tägtgren: drums Jonathan Olsson: bass Sebastian Svalland: guitar
Nuraghica, the hard rock and heavy metal project founded by guitarist and composer Rob Richter, officially announces the upcoming release of its debut full-length album, Origins, scheduled for worldwide release in December 2026 in partnership with Wanikiya Record/Promotion, the independent international record label and press office dedicated to rock and metal.
Rooted in the timeless spirit of classic hard rock and traditional heavy metal, Origins pays tribute to the legendary sounds that shaped generations of musicians and fans. Combining powerful guitar riffs, expressive solos, driving rhythms, and memorable melodies, Nuraghica brings the energy of the 1980s and 1990s into a contemporary musical vision without losing the authenticity and attitude of the genre’s golden age.
Drawing inspiration from iconic acts such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, and Dio, Rob Richter has developed a sound that celebrates the roots of heavy music while delivering a fresh and powerful identity.
TWO SINGLES, ONE CLASSIC METAL SPIRIT
Ahead of the album’s release, Nuraghica has introduced two singles that showcase different facets of the project’s musical identity.
“Stranger in a Strange Land” (feat. Mr. Jack)
A powerful heavy metal track driven by intricate guitar work, energetic rhythm sections, and soaring vocals. The song captures the dramatic atmosphere and melodic strength of traditional metal, bringing together instrumental intensity and a strong vocal presence. Featuring Mr. Jack, the track represents a key moment in the project’s journey toward Origins.
“Born to Rock” (feat. Mr. Hyde)
An energetic hard rock anthem celebrating the freedom, attitude, and enduring passion of rock ‘n’ roll. Featuring Mr. Hyde, the song delivers a high-voltage combination of driving guitars and infectious classic rock energy, reaffirming Nuraghica’s commitment to the sound and spirit that inspired the project.
Both singles are already available and are receiving radio airplay, offering listeners an early taste of the musical direction behind the forthcoming album.
ORIGINS: A TRIBUTE TO THE ROOTS OF HEAVY MUSIC
More than a debut album, Origins represents a journey back to the foundations of hard rock and heavy metal: powerful songwriting, expressive musicianship, unforgettable melodies, and the unmistakable sound of electric guitars at full force.
Through Nuraghica, Rob Richter seeks to preserve the authenticity of traditional heavy music while introducing it to a new generation of listeners. With the album arriving in December 2026, the project aims to connect classic metal enthusiasts with audiences who continue to discover the enduring power of this musical tradition.
The collaboration with Wanikiya Record/Promotion will support the project’s international promotion, helping bring Nuraghica’s music to rock and metal media, webzines, radio stations, and audiences worldwide.
SoundsRock Agency welcomes SACROMENT to its roster.
From the heart of the Mediterranean comes a relentless assault of crushing riffs, insane blast beats and pure metal aggression. Meet SACROMENT!
Hailing from Malta, SACROMENT are a ferocious death/thrash metal band determined to leave their mark on the European extreme metal scene.
Blending the raw brutality of old-school death metal with the razor-sharp intensity of thrash, SACROMENT deliver an uncompromising sonic attack built on crushing riffs, devastating rhythms and explosive energy.
No compromises. No boundaries. Just pure, unfiltered metal.
Active since 2023, the band have already taken their destructive sound beyond Malta, performing across Europe, including shows in France and Bulgaria.
One of their most significant live achievements came in 2026, when SACROMENT had the opportunity to share the stage with death metal legend PUTRID PILE, opening for the band during their European tour.
This experience marked another important milestone in SACROMENT’s journey and reinforced their determination to push their music onto bigger stages.
NEW AGE AGGRESSION – A NEW CHAPTER OF BRUTALITY
With their debut album “New Age Aggression”, SACROMENT are bringing their uncompromising vision of extreme metal to life.
Armed with a powerful live set featuring material from the album, the band are ready to unleash their music on audiences hungry for authentic, aggressive and high-energy performances.
Their mission is clear: to conquer the European metal underground, one blast beat at a time.
BUILT FOR THE STAGE. DRIVEN BY AGGRESSION.
SACROMENT are not here to follow trends.
They are here to deliver an intense live experience where crushing heaviness, raw passion and relentless energy collide.
With an expanding international presence and an unwavering commitment to extreme music, SACROMENT are a name that underground metal fans and promoters should keep firmly on their radar.
The aggression is real. The mission is European domination. The name is SACROMENT.
GET READY FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF MALTESE EXTREME METAL!
DYNAZTY dive head-first into a new chapter by signing with Napalm Records. In the years since their formation, the band has walked a path unlike other bands. With the first album with their new label, Dark Arts, coming March 5, 2027, the Swedish masters of melodies invite listeners on a journey of their own. Reaching far beyond what they have crafted before and evolving as musicians and songwriters as well as people, DYNAZTY explore the darkness of the human condition. Throughout twelve new songs, Dark Arts takes us by the hand and guides us into the deepest depth of our psyche – and safely back out again.
DYNAZTY about the signing: “We are greatly excited about joining forces with Napalm Records for this next phase of DYNAZTY. A label and team that understands this band and shows real enthusiasm and willingness to invest time, effort, and muscle into it is exactly what we have been looking for for a long time! We’re off to a great start already with Dark Arts and can’t wait to keep going!”
Along with the album announcement comes the first single: “The Mission” serves modern power metal melodies in heroic bombast, set to stay in your head for a long time – the dynamic voice of Nils Molin (also Amaranthe) will make sure of that. DYNAZTY’s own next mission lies in their upcoming tour supporting metal legends ACCEPT celebrating their 50th anniversary – with genre icons recognizing younger heroes, the Swedish quintet is set for a bright future.
DYNAZTY about “The Mission”: “‘The Mission’ is a song about the relentless nature of the human spirit to overcome obstacles and insurmountable hardships. One of the first songs we wrote for the album and a great first showing of the album Dark Arts – ‘The Mission’ is a DYNAZTY anthem we feel strongly for. Enjoy and stay tuned for a whole lot more!”
With their tenth full-length, DYNAZTY have melodic metal and power metal shake hands in a suspenseful opus. Twelve songs, masterfully diverse and focused in their separate goals, unveil the darkest parts of the human soul and contrast them with a certain sense of hope in our humanity. Dark Arts expands the band’s mighty reach in two equally vast acts, showing DYNAZTY at the top of their game.
DYNAZTY about Dark Arts: “We set out with a clear goal when writing Dark Arts. And in the efforts and quest of creating the most all-encompassing and ultimate DYNAZTY experience and album yet, we drove ourselves further than we’ve ever done before, close to the brink of exhaustion and literal madness while touring for Game Of Faces concurrently with writing this one. But I do think that we ultimately clawed our way over the finish line and completed our mission, because to me at least, Dark Arts is the band’s most accomplished work and something we feel genuinely proud of. And to make a long story shorter and sum up the album in fewer words: It’s one hell of a melodic heavy metal ride and journey from start to finish. The band is firing on all cylinders on this one – don’t sleep on it! P.S.: If you are looking for the real deep dive experience on the concept of the album, look no further than the Deluxe Version of Dark Arts with 2 extra songs and fantastic artwork by Péter Sallai. Highly recommended!”
“Lay Down The Law” kicks off the first of two acts and starts the descent with a melody equally powerful and catchy. DYNAZTY are marching towards the abyss, and they’re doing it quickly, hammering in every note and elusively joyful keyboard line on their way. The title track is reached early: “Dark Arts” is, just like its lyrics say, “striking at the speed of the light” and especially charming with its nostalgic melodies. “Valkyrie” picks up on the earworm qualities of its predecessors with ease while also mirroring the steady path further into inner darkness through its instrumentals. Merely the heroic feeling assures listeners that Dark Arts will offer a way out. Following, “Red Herring” lures with prominent drum beats and instantly catchy singalong passages right from the start. Also featuring dizzyingly high vocals by frontman Nils Molin, its catchiness is not at all a red herring, but a herald of Dark Arts’ mesmerizing power. DYNAZTY slow down with “Call On Me” while losing none of their impact. From its gentle intro to soaring chorus, the song takes listeners “to the edge of the waterfall of the human soul”, the music a reassuring companion. Fully committing to an emotional waltz time, “The Unraveling” is just as encouraging as “Mirror of the Soul” right after, whose strong climaxing structure marks the start of the album’s second act, the ascent. “The Mission” serves heroic bombast, successfully designed to stay in your head for a long time. “Shadow of the Abyss” adds a rave vibe and dark riffs to DYNAZTY’s gripping new album, yet again molding it into a convincing track by pairing it with Molin’s equally dynamic voice. “Candlelight Mysteria” feels like a warm embrace in its fantastical storytelling, whereas “Broken Enigma” unfolds as a sweepingly infectious and fun track. Wrapping up the album is “Dark Matter”, which grows from a slow symphonic opening into grand storytelling. Everything falls into place as DYNAZTY connect the previous compositions into one all-encompassing epic.
Dark Arts tracklisting: Act 1: Descent
Lay Down The Law
Dark Arts
Valkyrie
Red Herring
Call On Me
The Unraveling
Act 2: Ascent
Mirror of the Soul
The Mission
Shadow of the Abyss
Candlelight Mysteria
Broken Enigma
Dark Matter
DYNAZTY Live 2026/27
Tour Support for ACCEPT, w/ ENFORCER 19.11.26 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee 20.11.26 DE – Lingen / Emsland Arena 21.11.26 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle 22.11.26 FR – Paris / L’Olympia 24.11.26 DE – Balingen / Volksbankmesse 25.11.26 FR – Lyon / Transbordeur 27.11.26 ES – Valencia / Auditorio 28.11.26 ES – Madrid / La Cubierta 29.11.26 FR – Toulouse / Le Bikini 01.12.26 CH – Zurich / Komplex 457 02.12.26 IT – Milano / Alcatraz 04.12.26 AT – Vienna / Gasometer 05.12.26 CZ – Zlin / Sports Hall Datart 06.12.26 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra 08.12.26 DE – Berlin / Uber Eats Music Hall 09.12.26 PL – Gliwice / Arena Gliwice 11.12.26 DE – Hamburg / Inselpark Arena 12.12.26 DE – Offenbach / Stadthalle 13.12.26 BE – Brussels / AB 15.12.26 DE – Herford / Kulturwerk 16.12.26 NL – Tilburg / O13 18.12.26 DE – Neu-Ulm / Ratiopharm Arena 19.12.26 DE – Geiselwind / Eventhall 20.12.26 DE – Munich / Zenith
Festivals 30.07.27 NO – Harstadt / Rockholm Festival
DYNAZTY are: Nils Molin – Lead vocals Love Magnusson – Guitar Mikael Lavér – Guitar Georg Härnsten Egg – Drums Jonathan Olsson – Bass
Bassist Becky Baldwin (Mercyful Fate, Fury) recounts how an unexpected email led to recording with the Black Sabbath legend, overcoming first-session nerves, and becoming part of Tony Iommi‘s new album, ‘From the Dark’.
Wach the full interview below.
For Becky Baldwin, receiving an email from Tony Iommi’s management was the beginning of an extraordinary career milestone. A lifelong Black Sabbath fan, Baldwin was invited to the legendary guitarist’s studio to record bass for his new album, *From the Dark*.
In an interview with *The Metal Voice*, Baldwin shared the story behind the opportunity, her first meeting with Iommi, and the experience of working alongside one of heavy metal’s most influential musicians.
The invitation began with an email from Iommi’s manager, explaining that the guitarist was working on new music and asking whether Baldwin would be interested in contributing bass.
Initially, she wondered whether the message was legitimate. After checking the sender’s details and verifying the company, she agreed to speak with the manager, who invited her to the studio for a session.
Although excited, Baldwin had no idea whether she would get the job. She approached the meeting as an audition, knowing that even if nothing came of it, the opportunity to work with Iommi would be valuable in itself.
Arriving at his home in the West Midlands, she was understandably nervous. Iommi greeted her personally, welcomed her inside and introduced her to his dog, Pebbles, joking that the little dog had killed three people.
His unexpected sense of humour immediately surprised Baldwin. While Black Sabbath’s music is often dark and serious, she discovered that Iommi enjoyed joking around and keeping people guessing.
After an initial conversation, Baldwin joined Iommi and producer Mike Exeter in the recording studio. Iommi played her “The World and Alone,” the first single, before asking her to pick up her bass and play along.
There was one major challenge: she had never heard the song before.
Baldwin had to absorb the arrangement, identify the musical structure and develop a bass line on the spot, all while performing in front of one of her musical heroes.
Nevertheless, she persevered. Although she feared another bassist might have produced better ideas more quickly, her performance impressed the team.
Before leaving, Baldwin was asked about her availability for additional sessions. Still reluctant to assume anything, she requested a photograph with Iommi, wanting a memento of what might have been a one-time encounter.
The confirmation came just an hour after she returned home.
Iommi called to tell her that her work had been outstanding and that he believed she was perfect for the album. The additional studio dates were confirmed, and Baldwin was officially part of the project.
Working Alongside a Heavy Metal Legend
By the time Baldwin began recording, most of the drums, guitars and vocals were already in place. Her task was to develop and record the bass parts, working directly with Iommi and Exeter.
Initially, the plan was for her to hear each song for the first time in the studio. Baldwin successfully requested access to the music between sessions so she could prepare bass lines and arrive with ideas ready to discuss.
That preparation made subsequent sessions more relaxed. Iommi would sometimes pick up his guitar to demonstrate a riff or explain a particular passage, allowing them to refine the arrangements together.
She says this while describing how nervous and overwhelmed she felt playing in front of Iommi.
Even as she became more comfortable, the experience remained surreal. Seeing Iommi playing guitar just a few feet away was a powerful reminder that she was working with a musician whose music had inspired her for years.
Asked about her favourite songs on *From the Dark*, Baldwin highlighted “Death wake” and “Return of the Arbalist,” tracks that stood out during the recording sessions and have continued to appeal to her.
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