Ozzy Osbourne
It has been almost six years since the world has heard a new Ozzy Osbourne album, so there is no doubt that expectations for something great are running high amongst fans. But luckily, rumor has it that Ozzy's new album, Black Rain, has some of the heaviest guitar riffage yet courtesy of his longtime axeman, Zakk Wylde. In fact, Ozzy told MTV News that there were times during the tracking of the album when he wondered whether the songs were actually too heavy.
But his friends assured him that heavier was better and that was definitely the way to go. "I don't know how the guy does it. He does Black Label Society, and he's never off the road," Ozzy said to MTV about Zakk.
"He had just come home for a week, and he came into the studio, and we worked on some stuff together. I'm just blessed to have him. I was going to get a new guitar player a few years back, but there's no one better.
I defy anybody to say they're better than him. He's got a style of his own." Black Rain will arrive in stores on May 22 and will feature 10 tracks, including the first single, "I Don't Wanna Stop.
" Other song titles are "Civilize the Universe" and "Lay Your World on Me," a ballad he penned in part for his wife Sharon after her battle with colon cancer. "I always like to do a good ballad on an album, to take the steam out of it, and then you come right back with another heavy one," Ozzy noted. And despite the release of his new solo work and a summer of touring ahead with Ozzfest, Ozzy is still not adverse to doing another album with Black Sabbath.
"I'm still on for an album and a tour with them, but we have no [new material written]," he said. "It would be so easy for us to get in and out of a studio and make an album. But if it's not up to the par of when I left, why do it?
It will destroy the f--king legacy of Black Sabbath, and the legend of Black Sabbath. I haven't dropped the idea, because Tony [Iommi] and I are talking alright about it..
. It's what I want to do. We have repaired some of the damage between each other, and now, I'd like to do a really good f--king Black Sabbath album.
" Before his headlining stint on Ozzfest, the Prince of Darkness will play a series of international dates beginning May 27 in Moscow. He is also one of the subjects of VH1's next Rock Honors show, which will be taped May 12 in Las Vegas for a May 24 airing.
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