Ozzy Osbourne, the new single orchestral single with Billy Morrison

Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Morrison have united forces again in a new single. The two artists, as promised, have in fact published “Gods of rock n roll“Together with the video.

The song is a reworking of the 2015 Morrison song. In the original version, the Black Sabbath frontman had contributed to writing and singing. Now the song has been reinvented with the addition of an61 elements orchestra and new parts of guitar played by Steve Stevens.

Speaking with “Kerrang!”, Ozzy told the genesis of the new version: “Billy and I wrote ‘Gods of rock n roll’ together in a hotel room while I was on tour in South America about ten years ago. This new registration of the song finally has everything you needed. At the time I diverted to Billy who needed an orchestra and a choir, but it took ten fucking years before he listened to me. “

Morrison, who will include the single in the Deluxe edition of his latest album “The Morrison Project”, to be released on February 21, added: “Ozzy and I have given new life to what we have always heard as a monumental song. ‘Gods of Rock n Roll’ was born ten years ago in a hotel room in South America, but with this new recording we both feel that we have finally made The version that the song deserved – A huge and exciting ballad “.

Originally, “Gods of rock n roll” was the final trace of the album “God Shaped Hole“Of 2015, Billy Morrison’s second solo album, who made his debut as a soloist in 2008 with”Stimulator“. Osbourne collaborated again with Morrison on”Crack cocaine“For his third solo album,”The Morrison Project“, released in April 2024 and made with several guests, including also Billy Idol, DMC, At the Jourgensen, Steve Go, Steve Stevens, Linda Perry, Tommy Clufetos And John 5.

“Crack cocaine“He was the first new song with Ozzy under the voice after the release of his 2022 study project,” “Patient number 9“(here our review), which earned him two Grammy Awards for” Best Rock Album “and” Best Metal Performance “.

The new single “Gods of rock n roll“He came out after the announcement of the last live concert of the Black Sabbath, who will be held in Birmingham on July 5. The event in the hometown of the band will see the participation of several special guests and prominent artists, including metal, Slayer, Pantera, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, the recent winners of the Grammy Gojira and many others. They also criticized the high prices, although all the profits are equally divided between Parkinson’s care, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the Acorn Children’s Hospice.