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Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy the Bull looks on as the CBSO play a Black Sabbath classic

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From drugs, despondency and dead bats to celebrity status and heavy metal godfather, the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career

After his turbulent exit from Black Sabbath, it turned out Ozzy's wild story was only just beginning

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“For being the Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light”: watch Ghost dedicate Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne

The Swedish giants were playing in New York as part of their Skeletour, and paid tribute to the late metal icon

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Watch Ozzy Osbourne fans gather in Birmingham with flowers, speakers and a big screen to pay respects: "He never lost his roots...he was a Brummie through and through."

Ozzy fans have gathered in Birmingham across the night to pay tribute to the Prince Of Darkness, who has died aged 76

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"I invented Motörhead, and it’s Motörhead as long as I’m in it": At home with Lemmy - a classic interview

With a two-guitar line-up instead of the usual trio, Motörhead's Orgasmatron album signalled a decibel-driven new start

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Ozzy Osbourne RIP: the world reacts

Musicians, media organisations, politicians, sports franchises and Hollywood stars react to Ozzy Osbourne's passing

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"Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother": Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne's Black Sabbath bandmates pay tribute to their frontman, who has died at the age of 76

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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died at the age of 76

The iconic ‘Prince Of Darkness’ has passed away from undisclosed causes, his family confirm in a statement

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Ozzy Osbourne 1948 - 2025

A true musical icon, Ozzy Osbourne was one of the architects of our world, the self-styled Prince Of Darkness who brought joy to millions, and inspired generations of musicians across the globe. We will never see his like again. This is his remarkable story

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Test your knowledge of The Beast with Metal Hammer’s ultimate Iron Maiden quiz

Hallowed be thy name if you can get these 20 fiendish questions about Iron Maiden correct

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Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token are one of the bands proving rock isn’t dead: “You can form a band tomorrow and theoretically become a big band within a few years”

Forge takes issue with Kiss man Gene Simmons’ infamous “rock is dead” stance during a new interview

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“I said, ‘You won’t get anywhere with that name!’ Then they went on to be one of the biggest bands in the world”: The heavy metal veteran who talked smack to Snow Patrol

Paradise Lost singer Nick Holmes once told future indie sensations Snow Patrol, to their faces, that they’d never hit the big time

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"When gangsters hustled me, I showed no fear because I was unaware of what was going on": What happens when you buy one of the UK's most iconic venues for £1

A new play tells the story of Simon Parkes, the entrepreneur who turned Brixton Academy into one of the nation's most-loved live venues

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Slipknot's 25th anniversary re-release of their game-changing debut album includes a box set with 'blood-filled' vinyl and 40 previously-unreleased songs

Slipknot's six album box will feature 59 recordings including demos, live versions and rarities

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"The whole point was to put on a party with our mates and the music we loved." How Wacken became one of metal's biggest and most beloved festivals

Wacken Open Air returns this year with bands including Guns N' Roses, Papa Roach, Gojira, Machine Head and more

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YouTube star shows just how easy it is to create a fake, but entirely convincing, new musical artist using AI

Indie rock / alt.country singer/songwriter Eli Mercer isn't who you think he is

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Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?

The fact that we didn’t hear Backstreet’s Back at Back To The Beginning is a crime, really

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"They said, ‘Can you get Rob off the bloody Teletubbies set, please?'" How Rob Halford's return to Judas Priest on Judas Rising rebuilt one of metal's greatest bands

After a decade with Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Judas Priest welcomed Rob Halford back into the fold - and ushered in their second coming

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This is what it would sound like if The Cure were a death metal band – and it’s brilliantly bonkers

Hesitating Lights, the second album by Swedish noise-makers Floating, pairs post-punk riffs with extreme metal aggression to amazing, disorienting effect

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“I can’t force other people to do something just because I wanted it”: Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”

The guitarist/vocalist reveals he struggled when the nu metal-era juggernauts went their separate ways in 2006

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"An evolving creation to pay tribute to the voice of a generation": Listen to new supergroup King Ultramega's cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage

King Ultramega are made up of members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and Metal Allegiance

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Pentagram tour shelved after online protests

Pentagram's debut tour of Australia and New Zealand has been put on hold in the wake of protests by campaigners

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“These up-and-comers feel fully formed and vital”: Mawiza are endorsed by Gojira, Slipknot and King Diamond, and they’ve just put out one of 2025’s most important debut albums

Chilean groove metallers Mawiza explore their indigenous Mapuche Nation culture on colossal debut Ül

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Metallica save dance music festival from cancellation after fire destroys main stage

Blaze wiped out Tomorrowland stage just days before gates opened – but Metallica saved the huge EDM event

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