Artist: HEAVEN & HELL [BLACK SABBATH]
Album: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW (CD)

Release date: 2009
EAN/UPS: 016861785321
Media type: CD

The Devil You Know is the debut studio album from the heavy metal band Heaven and Hell. The album is due for release on April 28, 2009. Produced by the band and sound engineer Mike Exeter. The album will be the band's first studio release under the name "Heaven & Hell" with the group members having played with each other previously in an earlier line-up of the band Black Sabbath.

In 2006 the Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath line-up recorded three new tracks, "The Devil Cried", "Shadow Of The Wind" and "Ear In The Wall", for an upcoming greatest hits package entitled Black Sabbath: The Dio Years. Guitarist Tony Iommi said that the tracks were created because he felt there was nothing worthwhile releasing in the vaults from the Dio-era studio recordings and so these new songs were written and recorded. The song "The Devil Cried" was released as a promotional single for the release. Initially Dio commented that after the recording of those songs, he expected to leave the band and return to Dio and that another "Sabbath album" was "the last thing on my mind". Iommi commented that Heaven and Hell agreed on an album whilst the band was in Japan on their 2007 tour. The band started work on the album before and after the Metal Masters Tour in Dio and Iommi's houses respectively. Each member submitted CDs of material for the project. Iommi has described the work so far as being "really good, pretty powerful". The first single of the album, "Bible Black", was released on American iTunes on March 31, 2009.

The album artwork is adapted from a painting by Per Haagensen entitled "Satan". The artwork features the numbers 25 and 41. Geezer Butler recently stated in an interview that the numbers refer to the bible verse Matthew 25:41 that deals with the angels that sit on the left hand of God that fall from grace into hell. He also has explained that the name of the album is a reference to the name of the band, as fans know them as Black Sabbath.

TRACKLIST:

1. Atom & Evil 05:15
2. Fear 04:48
3. Bible Black 06:30 [view lyrics]
4. Double the Pain 05:25
5. Rock & Roll Angel 06:25
6. The Turn of the Screw 05:02
7. Eating the Cannibals 03:37
8. Follow the Tears 06:12
9. Neverwhere 04:35
10. Breaking into Heaven 07:03

Total playing time 54:52

LINE-UP:

Ronnie James Dio - vocals
Tony Iommi - guitar
Geezer Butler - bass guitar
Vinny Appice - drums