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Since Black Sabbath cancelled their twentieth studio album and announced a massive tour titled 'The End', things aren't looking promising for the future of the metal giants. In a recent interview Ozzy Osbourne has assured any paranoid fans and set the record straight for why the band are calling it quits.
Speaking to News.com.au based in Australia, the notorious frontman put the cancellation in perspective with the simple admission: "People aren't really interested in hearing the new stuff". The band released their nineteenth, and by the looks of it, last, record back in 2013 which was titled 13.
Elaborating on the logistics of this cancelled record, which was rumoured to involve Rick Rubin has engineer/producer, Ozzy said: "If we were to do an album before the tour – it would take three or four years to complete the album," he said. "We want to end it on a high note." Not that this means that Ozzy is showing any sign of retirement, saying that he won't be calling it a day now since he's "been doing pretty good for 35 years" - 'good' is a matter of perspective.
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The band's guitarist, Tony Iommi, gave alternate reasons for the album's cancellations, saying: "After you've just had a Number One album, where do you go from there? For the last LP, we did record 16 songs so we may still put something out from that. We don't know yet."
The members both seem more interested in the touring side of Black Sabbath right now and luckily for them, and you, they are going to melting faces at Download 2016 with Iron Maiden and Rammstein. For tickets and more information, visit here.
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