Back to the Beginning: Ozzy Osbourne for Beginners – how Black Sabbath changed rock music

Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance with Black Sabbath at Villa Park marked the end of an era, celebrating their profound impact on heavy metal. The concert, featuring covers by Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, and Slayer, highlighted Sabbath’s invention of doom metal through Tony Iommi’s innovative guitar tuning and Geezer Butler’s dark lyricism.