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Snippets of 10 album covers
10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

By Fraser Lewry Published

Some bands just get it right first time

Albums
Ozzy Osbourne posing for a photograph in the early 2000s
Inside the Birmingham museum that’s keeping Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy alive

By Rich Hobson Published

The Home Of Metal’s Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero is the ultimate hometown tribute to The Prince Of Darkness

Bands & Artists
Jack and Sharon Osbourne (red carpet shot)
Jack and Sharon Osbourne are preparing a future in which Ozzy will live on digitally

By Fraser Lewry Published

Get ready for Ozzy 2.0

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Tech
Black Sabbath in the 1970s: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Ozzy Osbourne
How themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust shaped Black Sabbath's album Paranoid

By Henry Yates Published

Black Sabbath ditched the hippy dream and faced brutal reality on Paranoid

Albums
Ozzy Osbourne onstage with Black Sabbath in 1974
Jack Osbourne says Ozzy biopic is written and gives tentative release date

By Matt Mills Published

We still don’t know who’ll play the Prince Of Darkness, though

Bands & Artists
Geezer Butler cradling a beagle
Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler backs rescue of 1500 beagles from Wisconsin breeding facility

By Fraser Lewry Published

Geezer Butler attended the beagle liberation alongside pop star Debbie Gibson

Bands & Artists
Black Sabbath posing with gold discs for a photograph in the late 1970s
Chaos, acrimony and an album Ozzy Osbourne called “disgusting” – the sad end of Black Sabbath’s original line-up

By Johnny Black Published

After an incredible six-album run, the wheels came off the Sabbath bandwagon with Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!

Bands & Artists
Slipknot/Evanescence/Skindred/Iron Maiden/Sleep Token
Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

By Rich Hobson Published

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

Albums
Black Sabbath posing for a photograph in the early 1970s
The legal dispute over Black Sabbath’s earliest recordings has been settled – and they could finally be released

By Classic Rock Published

The legal beef between Sharon Osbourne and Sabbath’s original manager has been squashed – and it could be good news for fans

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Bands & Artists
Tony Iommi onstage, 1976
The true story of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin's lost jam

By Dave Everley Published

Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi on the legendary Black Zeppelin jam – the greatest session you’ve never heard

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