Black Sabbath through a prolific solo career — how the heavy metal icon's music peppered the soundtrack of one writer's life.

Ozzy's unique high pitched vocals stand out over the thick distorted guitar of Tony Iommi, meaty bass tone of Geezer Butler and thunderous drums of Bill Ward. Black Sabbath was a truly collaborative effort with all members involved in the songwriting process.

The world never fell out of love with this Prince of Darkness. Ozzy blew up into a Seventies teenage antihero because he seemed to speak for the misfits, the rejects, the outcasts. He helped invent metal as we know it with Black Sabbath,

Aside from his stage name, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne was also known as the music world's "Prince of Darkness." Here's how he got the nickname.

A tribute to the decade-spanning discography of the Black Sabbath frontman and first-name-only pop-cultural icon, who died this week at 76 after surviving enough metal madness to fill multiple lifetimes.

Ozzy Osbourne's death at 76 marks the end of a towering legacy in heavy metal after a career that spanned over 40 years.

Entertainment producer Don Rugg of Apple Valley reflected on the death of music legend Ozzy Osbourne, who he impersonated for nearly two decades.