Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Bow: Planned One Last Album Before His Death

Legendary rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of Black Sabbath, died on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76 in England, just weeks after expressing interest in recording a new album with longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde. The cause of death was ruled an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack, complicated by coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction.

Osbourne's passing came 17 days after his final performance at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5 at Villa Park in his hometown of Birmingham. The event, which honored Black Sabbath's legacy and Osbourne's solo career, featured the original Black Sabbath lineup performing together for the first time since 2005, alongside Osbourne's solo band that included Wylde. Guest artists such as Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Anthrax and Mastodon joined for the all-star show, marking a triumphant close to Osbourne's live performing career.

In a recent interview with NJ.com, Wylde, who first joined Osbourne's solo band in 1987 and collaborated with him intermittently until 2025, shared that Osbourne had texted him shortly after the concert with ideas for a followup to his 2022...