“I don’t follow any religious path…religiously. “It really wasn’t anything to do with religion,” Iommi told NBC News. Instead of the Satanic imagery that figured in so many Sabbath songs, Iommi has drawn inspiration from The Bible - specifically Psalm 133 - to produce a haunting choral composition called “How Good It is” that he wrote specifically for the cathedral in his hometown of Birmingham, England.īut when asked if he had gotten religion after all his hell-raising years, the 69-year-old lapsed Catholic who often used religious icons onstage chuckled.
