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“I was convinced I wasn’t playing well, but they kept calling me back. Before I knew it I was playing bass on the entire album”: How Becky Baldwin landed her dream gig playing bass for Tony Iommi

When Tony Iommi comes calling, there’s only one answer. But for Black Sabbath super-fan Becky Baldwin, saying yes was the easy part

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“I was on the road with Guns, so we went off and finished what we were doing. And then, all of a sudden, I got that phone call”: Slash says he and Ozzy Osbourne had plans to go into the studio together

The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together

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Feel is more important than accuracy. Just ask Kim Thayil, Alex Lifeson and Jimmy Page

Sofia Victoria on how imperfect vibrato, wrong notes and open string noise can add substantial character to conventional soloing

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Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues: “I really have no option”

The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery

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“In the very early ‘70s, he was in one studio, and I was in another. And we just hit it off”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s lead guitar cameo on his new solo album – and why the Queen guitarist is its only guest

Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

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"I said to him, Do you want to play on something else? He said, No, no. Your solos are good." Why Queen's Brian May is the only guest musician featured on Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's forthcoming solo album

Tony Iommi's upcoming solo album From The Dark features his old friend Brian May on a song called Death Wake

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“I did say to him, ‘Do you want to play on something else?’ He said, ‘No. Your solos are good. I don’t need to play’”: Tony Iommi reveals Brian May’s role on his upcoming solo record

The Black Sabbath riffsmith recently announced the release date of his new album, From the Dark

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“A celebration of legendary bass tone”: Geezer Butler gets a limited-edition combo and Dingwall honors a modern metal great in July’s biggest bass releases

From classic heavy-metal thunder to the soulful tones of reggae, these are the bass releases putting some serious weight behind July’s gear calendar

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"It’s weird when you hear stuff from so long ago." Tony Iommi says that Black Sabbath's earliest recordings, dating back to when they were known as Earth, will be released "at some point"

Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes was originally set for release in July 2025 until Sharon Osbourne intervened on behalf of the band

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“It rocks!”: Hear Tony Iommi's new single World Alone as the Black Sabbath icon announces his solo album

From The Dark will be released on October 23 and features Jorn Lande on vocals. Riffs guaranteed or your money back

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“We’re not trying to prove anything – it’s a great album, it rocks!” Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi releases solo single World Alone, announces long-awaited album From The Dark

The heavy metal architect’s first solo effort since 2005 drops in October

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‘He liked to get people’s blood boiling’: metal masters Mastodon on the loss of bandmate Brent Hinds – and his shocking words before his death

The Grammy-winning band had an acrimonious rift with Hinds – then he died in a motorbike crash. They explain how they’re paying tribute on their new album, and why their love for each other never ended

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"We had this idea to promote Glasgow by genetically modifying a sea-creature and somehow making it into a rollercoaster." Here's 10 Mogwai songs every metal fan should listen to right now

'Two parts serenity and one part death metal', one promo sticker said – and they had a point

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Sharon Osbourne reveals how fans should remember Ozzy Osbourne a year after his death

Sharon Osbourne has suggested the perfect way Ozzy Osbourne would want to be remembered.

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"I still can’t believe that he’s not with us. There will never be another Ozzy." Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward share reflections on Ozzy Osbourne on the first anniversary of their friend's passing

"Gone in body, but his legend lives on"

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Ozzy Osbourne: Tony Iommi shares emotional tribute to Black Sabbath frontman one year after his death

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Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi honours ‘dear friend’ Ozzy on anniversary of death

Iommi and Osbourne rose to fame in the chart-topping heavy metal group.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s bandmate Tony Iommi watches ‘dear friend’ on YouTube one year after Black Sabbath frontman’s death

Osbourne is famed for co-founding the chart-topping 1960s group alongside Iommi, bassist Terence "Geezer" Butler, and drummer Bill Ward

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“We could have the worst arguments in the world but we would end up laughing”: Sharon Osbourne pays tribute to husband Ozzy one year on from his death

The Princess Of Darkness urges fans to “yank up the music really loud” in celebration of the Black Sabbath singer

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne: Daughter Kelly opens up about ‘endless ache’ one year on from father’s death

The Black Sabbath singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 last year

Evening Standard

Kelly Osbourne mourns father Ozzy a year after death: ‘I ache every single day’

The singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 in July last year.

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Kelly Osbourne marks year anniversary of dad Ozzy's death with heartbreaking post

Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne died in July 2025, aged 76, and his youngest daughter Kelly has been open about how much she’s struggling to come to terms with the loss.

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Birmingham to honour The Prince Of Darkness with Ozzy Osbourne Day later this month, featuring musical performances, film screenings and exclusive merch

The celebrations will take place on July 22, exactly a year after the Black Sabbath singer’s death

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“We’d just played the Black Sabbath farewell show and I thought, ‘What’s the worst that can happen if we ask Geezer to guest on our album?’” How Troy Sanders landed one of metal’s greatest bassists for a guest spot on Mastodon’s new album

Marrow Deep features an unexpected low-end hero – and according to Troy Sanders, it's the album’s defining bass performance

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"We thought, 'What the hell is going on around here?' They thought he was some lunatic who got into the castle." How a ghostly apparition ended Tony Iommi's writer's block and inspired one of Black Sabbath's greatest riffs

With Tony Iommi suffering from writer's block, Black Sabbath did the most logical thing: They hired a haunted castle

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