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Metal news this week was full of drama, heartache, and a big ol' burger from Denny's. Check out the stories in this week's roundup.
The rollout of the A.I. powered digital avatar incarnation of late heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne will begin later this summer across the UK and the United States. The decision to license Ozzy‘s likeness to Hyperreal for this interactive new digital avatar incarnation was announced earlier this week. His widow Sharon and son Jack signed…
"It was every parent’s nightmare"
On Wednesday (May 20),Sharon and Jack Osbourne announced the creation of an A.I. avatar of Ozzy Osbourne during a talk called "The Enduring Legacy Of A Rock Icon And His Family: Ozzy Osbourne And The Osbournes" on the License Global main stage at Licensing Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center...
The Osbourne family are working with HYPERREAL to create a "digital Ozzy" avatar built from what Jack Osbourne called the "digital DNA" of Ozzy Osbourne — voice, image and movement.HYPERREAL describe themselves as "...
"We're going to take it all around the world. People can talk to him and he will talk back"
The Osbourne family has sold late Ozzy Osbourne's likeness to the A.I. company Hyperreal to be used at Ozzfest and other concerts and events.
"You can ask Ozzy anything, and he will answer you in his own voice – and the answers will be what Ozzy would have said."
According to License Global, Jack and Sharon Osbourne confirmed at this week's Licensing Expo 2026 in Las Vegas that the Osbourne family has partnered with a company called Hyperreal to create what Jack called "the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement." "The things that you can...
The Osbourne family revealed a partnership with HYPERREAL in which fans may eventually be able to interact with and ask Ozzy anything.
The singer takes issue with the mainstream positioning Yungblud as the man “saving” heavy music
By David E. Gehlke Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G (real name: Konstantinos Karamitroudis) started releasing albums at the turn of the century, a veritable lifetime in the music industry where turnover is regular, and longevity is a hard-fought commodity. Gus found several ways to break in, whether via...
In a new interview with Oran O'Beirne of Fistful Of Metal magazine, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe reflected on "Back To The Beginning", the now-legendary, all-star heavy metal benefit concert that took place in July 2025 at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Headlined by Ozzy Osbourne, it...
Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero has struck a chord with Brummies and tourists alike
They may not have ink, but they're still metal.
We still don’t know who’ll play the Prince Of Darkness, though
"The most surreal moment at that day was running into Ronnie Wood in the bathroom"
Members of Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, Inglorious, Whitesnake, and Stryper are releasing their second record under the name, ICONIC.
Your home isn't complete unless you own an Ozzy cookie jar.
During a May 12 livestream on his YouTube channel, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack was asked by one of the viewers for an update on the status of the long-awaited Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic. Jack said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I can tell you this: we are moving ahead. I was on calls toda...