While Ozzy Osbourne was working on new solo album material in 2006 , Rhino Records released '' Black Sabbath : The Dio Years '' , a compilation of songs culled from the four Black Sabbath releases featuring Ronnie James Dio . For the release , Iommi , Butler , Dio , and Appice reunited to write and record three new songs as Black Sabbath . '' The Dio Years '' was released on 3 April 2007 , reaching number 54 on the '' Billboard '' 200 , while the single " The Devil Cried " reached number 37 on the '' Mainstream Rock Tracks '' chart . Pleased with the results , Iommi and Dio decided to reunite the Dio era line-up for a world tour . While the line-up of Osbourne , Butler , Iommi , and Ward was still officially called Black Sabbath , the new line-up opted to call themselves Heaven & Hell , after the album of the same title , to avoid confusion . When asked about the name of the group , Iommi stated " it really is Black Sabbath , whatever we do ... so everyone knows what they 're getting and so people wo n't expect to hear ' Iron Man ' and all those songs . We 've done them for so many years , it 's nice to do just all the stuff we did with Ronnie again . " Ward was initially set to participate , but dropped out before the tour began due to musical differences with " a couple of the band members " . He was replaced by former drummer Vinny Appice , effectively reuniting the line-up that had featured on the '' Mob Rules '' ( 1981 ) and '' Dehumanizer '' ( 1992 ) albums
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Heaven and Hell 2007 Tour
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