Bayan kammala Born Again yawon shakatawa a watan Maris na shekarar 1984, vocalist Ian Gillan ya bar Black Sabbath don sake shiga Deep Purple, wanda aka sake fasalin bayan doguwar hutu. Bevan ya bar a lokaci guda, kuma Gillan ya lura cewa shi da Bevan sun fara jin kamar "aikin haya" daga Iommi. Band din ya sake daukar wani dan wasan Los Angeles wanda ba a sani ba mai suna David Donato kuma Ward ya sake shiga cikin band din. Sabuwar saiti ya rubuta kuma ya sake gwadawa a cikin 1984, kuma daga bisani ya rubuta demo tare da mai gabatarwa Bob Ezrin a watan Oktoba. Ba a gamsu da sakamakon ba, band din ya rabu da Donato ba da daɗewa ba.
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