Týr  by Black Sabbath

When Black Sabbath started recording their fifteenth studio album, Tony Iommi and Cozy Powell asked Tony Martin to pay attention to the lyrics and to avoid references to Satan, as had occurred with the lyrics in the previous album, Headless Cross, in order to disassociate Black Sabbath from Satanism. For the same reason, the initial proposal for the album to be titled Satanic Verses was rejected. Thus, Martin wrote lyrics related to Norwegian mythology. Týr is the god of war in Norse mythology, and so the Black Sabbath album, which was released in August 1990, was named.

The album was "accused" of straying significantly from the classic and well-known sound of Black Sabbath. This was evidently due to the strong presence of Geoff Nicholls' keyboards, who collaborated with Black Sabbath in the recordings once again. Some others "accuse" Cozy Powell, as the co-producer along with Iommi, of ensuring that his drums were louder than necessary. Out of all the songs on Týr, the only one that survived in the following years was Anno Mundi, which Black Sabbath played live at their performances.

In any case, Týr was not the album with which Black Sabbath managed to make the big comeback they had been seeking for many years. The album reached No. 24 in the UK. Its total global sales are estimated to be around 600,000.