How Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath found their sound - and invented heavy metal

How Black Sabbath and Ozzy fine-tuned their sound in Zurich

In 1969, Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne spent six weeks in Zurich – a formative time for the young band, who honed their style in marathon sessions.

How Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath found their sound - and invented heavy metal

By slowing down the blues and playing with occult imagery, the Birmingham band pioneered a genre.

"So much of DOOM’s soul is down to heavy metal": FPS legend John Romero says "without Ozzy and Black Sabbath, I am not sure it would have been the same"

"Metal gave a voice to a whole generation of kids that didn’t fit in for one reason or another"

Supernauts: Seven Songs That Helped Ozzy And Black Sabbath Shape Heavy Metal

Ozzy Osbourne’s passing has reignited the 50-year debate over who exactly “invented” heavy metal – Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath?True, the term “heavy metal” was coined in a review in America’s Rolling Stone magazine to describe Zeppelin’s first album. The phrase was from Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild, which went: "I like smoke and lightning / Heavy metal thunder / Racin' with the wind / And the feelin' that I'm under".The term “heavy metal” had…