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10 massive metal bands we want new albums from in 2024

From Ozzy Osbourne to Tool, a host of metal legends look ready to make 2024 a star-studded year

Metal Hammer

"I love that we do this thing that other musicians relate to": Page Hamilton on Helmet's rock royalty fans and advisors

Helmet leader Page Hamilton on playing with Bowie, catching a fragrant whiff of Ozzy Osbourne, and not turning into Night Ranger

Metal Hammer

“Black Sabbath are afraid of us blowing them offstage. I’d feel the same in their position”: Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust

In August 1981, 40,000 rabid fans descended on an English football ground to watch Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust. And it got chaotic

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"I won't go on stage until I've slaughtered 15 puppy dogs": Ozzy Osbourne on the most ridiculous rumour he's heard about himself

The Prince of Darkness says his bloodthirsty reputation once got him stopped from entering a circus because the performers thought he would try to kill the lions

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Ozzy Osbourne ponders making new music with A.I. Randy Rhoads riffs: “I’m open for anything, if it was good quality.”

The Prince Of Darkness says he’s “open” to using A.I. riffs based on recordings by his late guitarist Randy Rhoads

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In 1995 Ozzy Osbourne revisited his old school in Birmingham: The kids didn't know who he was

In which Ozzy Osbourne shows the BBC the band name he carved into the brickwork outside his childhood home

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The 60 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time

The finest songs Ozzy Osbourne has ever put his name to - whether that be solo releases, guest spots or collaborations

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10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos

Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up

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Sharon Osbourne once pooped in Ozzy’s weed: “When he found out, he went nuts and chased us down the hallway!”

Kelly Osbourne revealed her mum’s… unique way of keeping the Prince Of Darkness off drugs during a new episode of the Osbournes podcast

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“It’s the end of Sabbath, believe me”: The story of Black Sabbath’s abandoned 20th album

After the release of 13, Black Sabbath promised one more album before their farewell tour. Schedule conflicts and health scares meant it never came to be.

Metal Hammer

10 times metal musicians covered their own songs in other bands

Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson and Jason Newsted have all recreated metal classics with all-new lineups around them

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“Being in a band is so much more than the playing. Actually, the playing is down on the list”: Before Megadeth, Marty Friedman says he auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne – but “failed miserably”

Shortly before he became Megadeth's lead guitar player, Friedman took part in an ill-fated Osbourne audition – here's why it didn't work out, according to the man himself

Guitar World

Ozzy Osbourne thinks he’s got ‘at best 10 years left’ in honest interview about his health

The rocker said he doesn’t fear death and didn’t want ‘a long, painful and miserable existence’

Evening Standard

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 3-9

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Dec_ 3-9 include rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, actor Tiffany Haddish and businesswoman and TV personality Lori Greiner from “Shark Tank."

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"They smelled like L.A. and I smelled like San Francisco": Former Megadeth guitar hero Marty Friedman explains why he "failed miserably" auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne in the '80s

In a parallel universe, life could have been very different for '90s Megadeth and late '80s Ozzy

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Geezer Butler disputes Ozzy Osbourne's claim that he didn't reach out during Ozzy's illness: "Sharon responded but I didn’t hear back from Ozzy."

Geezer Butler insists he tried to contact former Black Sabbath bandmate Ozzy twice but never got a reply

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Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist

Sharon Osbourne says selling almost 100million solo records means Ozzy should be in the Rock Hall

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“Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one phone call": Ozzy Osbourne is gutted that his ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler doesn't want to know him anymore

Ozzy Osbourne is far from impressed that Geezer Butler is ignoring him

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Sharon Osbourne says living in Los Angeles is ‘uncomfortable’ as she and husband Ozzy move back to UK

The former X Factor presenter said that she and her husband Ozzy Osbourne feel ‘uncomfortable’ living in Los Angeles.

Evening Standard

Sharon Osbourne in tears as she accepts Ozzy’s icon award at Rolling Stone UK Awards 2023

The former X Factor judge was overcome with emotion as she told the audience, ‘You’ve no idea what this means to him right now’

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"I wanted a safe room where I could go and pick my nose and squeeze a zit if I want to without being on camera:" Ozzy Osbourne explains why The Osbournes TV show will never be rebooted

The Prince of Darkness says that the MTV reality TV series about his family will “never” see a revival “in a million years”

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The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

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"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out

Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever

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Ozzy Osbourne: “I’ve got no fear of going to Hell – I’ve been going there and back for the past five years"

Ozzy discusses his recovery from major surgery and the Osbournes' resurrected podcast

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"Ozzy was on his hands and knees with these Rottweilers behind him. But what I didn’t realise was that Ozzy was terrified of dogs": how Ozzy Osbourne was transformed into a big scary werewolf for Bark At The Moon's iconic cover

Photographer Fin Costello discusses the iconic shot of Ozzy Osbourne in full werewolf costume that became one of his most iconic album covers

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