here has issued the following HEAVEN & HELL update from Joe Siegler:

"Well, there's been a lot of talk about it, and finally there's something that can be told.

There will be a version of The Devil You Know with a second disc. A poorly kept secret, mind you, but one that hasn't been formally announced in the US yet. Rhino doesn't have a press release on this yet, I'm told one of those is coming shortly, which makes me think there's some other details we don't know about yet. We shall see.

Anyway, a DVD with 22 minutes or so of interview footage will be available in the US as an exclusive pre-sale item through Best Buy. Their order page for this version is available here. A week ago or so a version of the 2 disc The Devil You Know was available in the UK through hereplay.com. Now the play.com UK version is unusable in the US/North America, as the DVD is region encoded to the Region 2. Background info on DVD region encoding is available here.

Best Buy is listing theirs as a pre-order exclusive. The first thing I'll say is I hope they have their shit together this time. Last time they did that (for Rules Of Hell), there was a bonus disc that was only available as a pre-order thing like this. Only I can tell you that there was a lot of complaints I got in email about people pre-ordering and not getting their discs, only to have Best Buy say "Sorry, we ran out". Secondly, it says it's a pre-order exclusive. Whether or not that means you can ONLY get it if you pre-order, or if it's a Best Buy exclusive item, I do not know. I will attempt to get a clarification on that issue tomorrow and update.

Secondly, there's two pieces of footage online right now which appear to be from the DVD of band interviews. The first is a 1:01 clip that is available on Amazon.com's page for the album. The other is at Rolling Stone's website. You can view that one here.

Both are different, so check out both of them for a teaser of the interview footage."

As previously reported, 'Bible Black', the first single from Heaven & Hell's new album, The Devil You Know, is now available for download from all digital retailers. Click below to listen.

The epic tale was one of the first songs written for the new album and finds the Black Sabbath legends Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice in top form.

"When you start off with a blockbuster like that, it makes the rest of the album so much easier because it gives you a benchmark to measure the other songs against," says Dio.

'Bible Black' begins with Iommi on acoustic guitar behind Dio's plaintive wail before the rhythm shifts to a menacing stomp for the rest of this dark tale about a book of sinister scriptures. The song is also streaming here.

A limited edition 7" vinyl single of 'Bible Black' will be available exclusively for this year's Record Store Day on April 18th for a suggested list price of $5.98. The single's B-side features a live version of 'Neon Knights' recorded at the band's heralded Radio City Music Hall performance in 2007. The 7" is available only at participating independent music retailers. For a full list of participating stores, visit www.recordstoreday.com.

The Devil You Know, is due out on April 28th via Rhino. BW&BK; Editor In Chief Martin Popoff has reviewed the record - check it out at this location.

The Devil You Know tracklisting: 'Atom & Evil', 'Fear', 'Bible Black', 'Double The Pain', 'Rock & Roll Angel', 'The Turn Of The Screw', 'Eating The Cannibals', 'Follow The Tears', 'Neverwhere', 'Breaking into Heaven'.

The Devil You Know was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales last winter, the same place Black Sabbath used 17 years earlier to record their last album, Dehumanizer.