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Zakk Wylde Says Ozzy Osbourne Wanted One More Melodic Heavy-Rock Album Before He Died

The unmade record gave way to a finished memoir plus new documentaries.

Overview

  • Zakk Wylde says Osbourne texted him shortly before his July death proposing they make another album together.
  • Osbourne described the desired sound as heavy yet more melodic, citing Wylde’s Allman Brothers and Skynyrd phase linked to No More Tears.
  • The proposed sessions never began, with Osbourne instead completing his autobiography Last Rites and taking part in film projects.
  • That late period is captured in Ozzy: No Escape From Now on Paramount+ plus the BBC’s Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home.
  • Osbourne died at 76 just 17 days after a final Black Sabbath show at Villa Park, and Wylde recalls a last text from him expressing thanks.