I muri i te mahi hokohoko rawakore o The Eternal Idol, i tukuna a Black Sabbath e Vertigo Records me Warner Bros. Records, a ka haina ki I.R.S. Records. I timata te roopu ki te tango i te wa i te tau 1988, ka hoki mai i Akuhata ki te tiimata i te mahi i runga i ta raatau pukaemi e whai ake nei. I muri i nga raru o te rekoata me te Eternal Idol, i kowhiria e Tony Iommi te whakaputa i te pukaemi a muri ake o te roopu. "He timatanga hou katoa", i kii a Iommi. "I whakaaroaro ahau i te mea katoa, ka whakatau ko te mea me hanga ano e tatou etahi pono". I whakauruhia e Iommi te kaiwhakaari o mua o Rainbow, a Cozy Powell, te kaitoi-taima-roa a Nicholls me te kaiwaiata o Laurence Cottle, me te riihi i tetahi whare wananga takitahi iti. I tukuna a Black Sabbath i Ingarangi i te Paenga-whawha 1989, a i whakaarohia e Black Sabbath i te marama o Paenga-rangi 1988, ka
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