KFIX Rock News: Black Sabbath To Release Final Album, Play Final Shows Next Year

Iron Man will live again, one last time.

In an interview with Metal Hammer, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that Black Sabbath will record their twentieth and final album.

Rick Rubin, who worked with the band to record their successful 2013 comeback effort, 13, will once again serve as producer.

Ozzy also announced that he, along with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, will embark on one last tour as Black Sabbath next year.

“The whole Sabbath experience this time around was great,” he said. “We all made friends, we didn’t (mess) around, we all knew that we had a job to do, and we did it. It was a lot of fun. So we’re going to do one more album, and a final tour.”

The trio does not have any new material written yet, but Ozzy hopes to begin recording in early 2015. The timing of the recording will in part depend on Iommi’s health, as the guitarist has been battling lymphoma since 2012.

“Obviously a lot of it is coming down to Tony’s health, he’s obviously got his cancer treatment,” Ozzy said. “But we’ll get onto it next year. I don’t know if we’ll be writing in England or LA, but I’ll fly to the f**king moon for it if I have to!”

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