In a recent interview with São Paulo, Brazil’s 89 FM A Rádio Rock radio station, Zakk was asked when he wrote “Ozzy’s Song” and how it came together. Zakk said: “ Yeah, I had the music written ’cause we’d been writing this album for the last three and a half years, almost four years. So, we stockpiled all these songs. And I was real happy with the way the music came out. And then I figured eventually I’ll finish the song. But then after we laid Ozzy to rest, when we got back home, we took a break from PANTERA celebration (touring with the reformed PANTERA). I sat in a little library room in our house. I just put the headphones on at about one o’clock in the morning and I was looking at a book of Ozzy and I just wrote the lyrics. And that’s what came out.”

He continued: “My wife would always be listening to it in the truck, Barbaranne, she’d be, like, ‘Babe, put on Ozzy‘s song again.’ So that was pretty much just the working title. It’s just, like, well, it’s Ozzy‘s song. So, people would always be asking, like, ‘I wonder since Zakk wrote a song for (late PANTERA guitarist) Dimebag (Darrell Abbott),’ and now we sing it for (late PANTERA drummer) Vinnie (Paul Abbott) as well, ‘with ‘In This River’, I wonder if Zakk will write a song for Ozzy on the new album.’ So, it’s only fitting. We just called it ‘Ozzy’s Song’. So that’s how we ended up with ‘Ozzy’s Song’.”

Wylde was also asked about BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s decision to perform a version of Ozzy‘s “No More Tears” during the band’s current tour. He said: “Well, (I) ended up doing the at the BRIT Awards when I ended up playing with Robbie Williams and Roberto (Robert Trujillo) and Adam (Wakeman) and Tommy (Clufetos). We ended up doing that to celebrate Ozz getting inducted for a lifetime achievement award. So I called the (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) fellows up. I said, ‘Man, we’ll put that in the set when we get back home before we go out and do ‘Engines Of Demolition’ crusade.’ So, that’s what we put in there. So that’s why we’re playing it. A little ode to the boss.”

Watch the previously released “Name In Blood”, “Broken And Blind”, “The Gallows” and “Lord Humungus” below.