black sabbath dehumanizer demos

Before the reunion with Ronnie James Dio was finalized, the band was still technically fronted by . In a strange twist of rock history,

The Tony Iommi used during the 1991 rehearsal sessions Share public link

Two weeks of writing followed by six weeks of rehearsing and recording demos.

For years, the Dehumanizer demos existed purely in the trading circles of tape collectors, often plagued by high hiss, speed fluctuations, and poor source quality. Despite the low fidelity, they were prized for showing a legendary band working at their absolute limits, stripping away the polished gloss of the late-80s production to find their core darkness again.

The most surprising element of the Dehumanizer demo collection is its unexpected origin: the 1986 demo sessions of Geezer Butler's solo band.