![]() ![]() Just because Osbourne isn’t exactly hurtling towards tomorrow with excitement, it doesn’t mean he’s looking back with rose-tinted round glasses, mind. “ God only knows what’s going on / My life has become the setting sun,” he begins in resignation on ‘God Only Knows’, but swiftly throws a positive spin on it all: “ Better to burn in Hell than fade away.” Earlier, on the scorching six-string wizardry of ‘Immortal’, he makes a promise as gigantic as his legendary status: “ But I’ll never die / ‘Cause I’m immortal.” “ Open my eyes, my soul won’t survive.” But for every despondent moment, there’s a flash of resilience and stubbornness. “ My heart’s beating, buried alive,” he sings unsettlingly on the crunching ‘Dead And Gone’. The album’s lyrics often return to the themes of mortality (or lack thereof), Hell and a bleak outlook on the future. You can tell his health has been weighing on his mind, though. Instead, this is Ozzy invigorated and ready to do what he does best – rock the fuck out. But, on ‘Patient Number 9’, he sounds far from the frail man the swirl of headlines might suggest. The metal icon’s health struggles have been well-documented in recent years, whether he’s been preparing for “life-changing” surgery, inflicted by repeated bouts of staph or testing positive for COVID-19. It feels like something of a miracle that Ozzy Osbourne is about to release his 13th solo studio album.
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