“If you told teenage me, ‘One day Ozzy will tell you to keep making music,’ I’d have slapped you!” Ozzy Osbourne encouraged Max Cavalera to carry on after leaving Sepultura

Max Cavalera and Ozzy Osbourne in 1998.

Max Cavalera has said that Ozzy Osbourne encouraged him to keep making music after leaving Sepultura.

The Brazilian metal star, who formed Sepultura in 1984 and quit in 1996, makes the revelation during an exclusive interview with Metal Hammer. Cavalera says that he entered a six-month-long depression after his exit from the band, during which time he didn’t want to write songs. However, pep talks from his wife Gloria and The Prince Of Darkness himself eventually motivated him to return to music.