# Heaven and Hell guitar solo > Tony Iommi's guitar solo on Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath (1980) starts at about 4:42. From the album Heaven and Hell. Canonical URL: Black Sabbath, 1980, from *Heaven and Hell*. Solo by *Tony Iommi*. The long mid-song build gives Iommi room for a soaring, melodic solo that climbs over Geezer's walking bass into one of metal's great crescendos. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath is ranked #508 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Tony Iommi and the song was released in 1980. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #92 (DigitalDreamDoor). ## In our lists - [The Best Black Sabbath Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/black-sabbath-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best Tony Iommi Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tony-iommi-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1980](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1980/) — #14 ## Sources - [DigitalDreamDoor: 200 Greatest Metal Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_metal-guitar-solos.html) — #92 - [Duncan Smith Guitars (Australia): Ten great rock guitar solos](http://duncansmithguitars.com.au/ten-great-rock-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Heaven and Hell? Tony Iommi played the solo on Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell (1980). ### What guitar was used on the Heaven and Hell solo? A jaydee custom sg through a Laney amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Heaven and Hell rank among the greatest guitar solos? #508 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)