The Quietus — See the Prince of Darkness tomorrow at Hammersmith Apollo more info

ContactMusic — Sharon Osbourne was shocked to receive sexy text messages from her husband Ozzy. The 'Talk' presenter and her rocker husband are currently working in different continents while he performs at a series of festivals in Europe and she works in America a... more info

Guardian Music — Sacked from Black Sabbath and battling addiction, Ozzy Osbourne's career should have been dead and buried by 1979. Instead, he met an inspirational young guitarist called Randy Rhoads and took America by storm. He recounts the triumph and tragedy of ... more info

Metalsucks — …so says Australian charter boat operator Matt Waller, who has experimented with different types of music in underwater caged speakers, and found that sharks would get all zen and mellow when he blasted AC/DC.  In the future, Waller plans to try o... more info

ContactMusic — Mick Jagger is 'a hero in the sack'. The Rolling Stones lothario - who has fathered seven children with four different women - should credit his hair for his success with the opposite sex, according to Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy told the Sunday Times... more info

Guardian Music — August 1969: Number 17 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIf there's one single event that pinpoints the birth of heavy metal's satanic image, it would be when a Birmingham band called Earth renamed themselves Black Sabbat... more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy Osbourne is to become an Earth Troll. The former Black Sabbath frontman - dubbed the 'Prince of Darkness' - will make a guest voiceover appearance in an episode of Disney Channel animation series 'Fish Hooks' as the beastly sea creature. E... more info

NME — Metal legend opens up in new documentary 'God Bless Ozzy Osbourne' more info

Metal Injection — Gus G. is taking a break from his lead guitar duties for the Ozzy Osbourne band to hit the road with his personal love, Firewind. The Greek metal machine will be taking out two very suitable openers on the road with them in Arsis and Nightrage. If yo... more info

Metalsucks — Red State Radio Rock reigned supreme once again last week on the increasingly meaningless Soundscam charts. Metal fans won’t find much to be happy about as none of the albums we highlighted last week charted, but there are some interesting stats ab... more info