I think he was really angry with Tony Iommi for inviting me back there. I was backstage, and Ronnie was not happy - he was not happy. “Actually, Tony Iommi had invited me backstage to one of the ‘Dehumanizer’ shows here in England. Also, when the vocalist said he is a big gan, Dio didn’t care and then the Black Sabbath singer reminded the host that he rejoined the band after the tour since Iommi couldn’t get along with Dio again. His attitude toward him was so mean and reckless that Martin thought that he would hit him eventually. When Martin tried to speak with him, he always disappeared backstage.

Therefore, according to Martin, Dio was angry with both him and Iommi because of this situation and he started to ignore the singer’s presence there. Probably, the guitarist didn’t tell anything about this visit to Dio. Thus, Martin had to leave the band for a while but Tony Iommi wanted him to join them backstage during the Dehumanizer concerts in England. The band members chose Dio and they recorded the album which was released on June 22, 1992. However, Warner Bros paid a huge amount of money for ‘Dehumanizer’ and they wanted either Ronnie James Dio or Ozzy Osbourne as the lead vocalist. Black Sabbath released ‘The Eternal Idol,’ ‘Headless Cross,’ and their concept album ‘Tyr’ which mainly focuses on Norse Mythology. So as one of them Tony Martin joined the band in 1987 as a replacement of Ray Gillen who had replaced Glenn Hughes a very short time ago. It’s been known that Black Sabbath had to work with many singers after they fired Ozzy Osbourne because of his severe addiction problems. Martin stated that Dio wasn’t happy about this invitation. Former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin was interviewed by the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast and recalled the times when he met Ronnie James Dio for a Black Sabbath tour after he had been invited by the guitarist Tony Iommi.

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