{"id":5290,"date":"2026-03-10T01:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:59:22","slug":"radioactive-metal-871-tony-bloody-tony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/03\/10\/radioactive-metal-871-tony-bloody-tony\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioactive Metal 871: Tony Bloody Tony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1986 was an interesting year in the Black Sabbath camp. Fan interest was waning. Bands that Sabbath influenced were leaving them in the dust. And the band&#8217;s 12th album &#8220;Seventh Star&#8221; wasn&#8217;t doing them any favors. At this point, Sabbath was basically the Tony Iommi Project and the Sabbath sound was abandoned for something a little more 80s friendly. So this week we decided to tackle this forgotten record in our &#8220;40th Anniversary Album Spotlight Series&#8221;. 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