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Ozzy Osbourne denies he is on ‘last legs’ as he undergoes final surgery for spine injury

The Black Sabbath singer sustained injuries after a quid bike accident two decades ago

The Independent UK

10 classic metal albums where the last song is the best

Masterpieces by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest have all saved the best for last

Metal Hammer

David Harbour Explains Why He Fought For His Gran Turismo Character To Listen To Black Sabbath Over Guns N' Roses

In Gran Turismo, David Harbour's crew chief blasts Black Sabbath through his headphones... and the actor made sure that happened for a reason.

Cinemablend

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"You start something, then come back after half an hour and you’ve seen the cosmos together." Motorpsycho and the making of Ancient Astronauts

Shape-shifting Norwegian proggers Motorpsycho discuss the creation of their 2022 album Ancient Astronauts, a lockdown album like no other

Louder

10 classic metal albums with horribly ugly cover art

These masterpieces by Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are much easier on the ears than they are on the eyes

Metal Hammer

A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums

From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums

Metal Hammer

10 classic metal songs we can't believe don't get played live

Iron Maiden's only number 1 single, an AC/DC classic and title-tracks aplenty - we're amazed these songs haven't been played more

Metal Hammer

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10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

Metal Hammer

“They pelted the s**t out of them!”: The night Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and friends live on stage

In 2005, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath co-headlined Ozzfest for what should have been a dream festival tour. It became infamous for one of the most public spats in metal history

Metal Hammer

Loud music festivals could reduce some bats’ activity by almost 50% – study

Researchers played music clips from a range of genres, including Destiny’s Child and Black Sabbath.

The Independent UK

Ozzy pulls out of Power Trip Festival: "My body is telling me that I’m just not ready"

The Black Sabbath vocalist was set to headline the three-day California bash alongside AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Tool this October

Metal Hammer

"The prospect of rockers descending on Earls Court is too awful to contemplate.” How angry locals, a Tory councillor and a jailed Scott Weiland killed Ozzfest UK '99

Ozzfest UK 1999 was set to be one of the best metal weekenders ever. Then a combination of political interference and bad luck ruined everything

Metal Hammer

“Led Zeppelin write weak, unimaginative songs”: 10 original reviews of classic albums that got it completely wrong

Everyone from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses had their haters

Metal Hammer

The 10 funniest rock and metal songs according to Tenacious D

AC/DC, Disturbed, Electric Six: Tenacious D talk us through some of rock and metal's funniest songs

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The Guardian - UK

Mechanical bull from Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to be named Ozzy

Public choose name of Black Sabbath singer for the bull, which will be placed at Birmingham New Street station

Metal Hammer

Black Sabbath almost junked Paranoid because they thought it sounded too much like Led Zeppelin

When Tony Iommi first played Paranoid to his bandmates, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler tried to veto its inclusion on the album that eventually took its name

Louder

11 brilliant albums that aren’t on Spotify

The classic studio albums by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, AC/DC, Judas Priest and more that aren’t on the world’s biggest streaming service

MusicRadar

Geezer Butler rules out future gigs with Black Sabbath and explains retirement from touring in general

"I didn’t realize how hard starting from scratch is, especially when you’re used to your own plane and staying at the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton"

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Daily Mirror

Dancers in Black Sabbath musical will headbang and rock out with air guitar moves

The heavy metal legends – led by 'Prince of Darkness' Ozzy Osbourne – have warned organisers of the show that fans will want to get off their trollies

Louder

Do you need a great singing voice to be a great rock’n’roll frontman?

Dee Snider created a Twitterstorm by suggesting that Ronnie James Dio was a great singer but not a great performer – and rock history is filled with other examples

Metal Hammer

"America is the most satanic country in the world": How Black Sabbath getting huge in the US opened Ozzy Osbourne's eyes to the cut-throat nature of capitalism

"They've found a way of destroying the world by just pushing a button... At times I don't think it would be a bad idea"

Louder

A German concert promoter once offered Black Sabbath an extra one way plane ticket in case they needed to bring a "sacrificial victim" to their gig

Some people got a little carried away with the mistaken belief that Black Sabbath were a Satan-worshipping occult band

MusicRadar

“We’re bored, let’s do some stuff” – How James Hetfield wrote Metallica’s longest-ever song in a Zoom call with Lars

Hetfield and Ulrich tell Apple Music's Zane Lowe that one minute you're bored on Zoom, the next you have a Sabbath-inspired riff, and before long you have the most epic track you’ve ever written

Metal Hammer

Ozzy Osbourne reveals his favourite horror movie ever: "we were *****ing ourselves!"

Ozzy Osbourne reveals his favourite horror movie of all time in an exclusive new interview with Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer

"Everybody was comatose!" Rick Wakeman on recording with Black Sabbath

Rick Wakeman discusses working with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in a new interview

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