Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne‘s final live performances — on July 5 in Birmingham, England, will be special for the myriad musicians involved. But Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo has a different stake in the proceedings.

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But Sabbath was the band that basically wrote the rule book on metal. Without them, there would likely be no Metallica. Winner: Black Sabbath. Category 3: Best frontman. This one’s a doozy.

Metallica opened their time on stage by performing Black Sabbath’s 1975 track “Hole in the Sky.” It’s a track they’ve performed live before, but not in more than 15 years.

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Metallica performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony when Black Sabbath were inducted—and Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield were the ones who inducted them—and Butler joined Metallica ...

In an expansive, long-lost interview, Ozzy Osbourne talked about working with wife Sharon, guitarist Randy Rhoads, death threats, glam metal and more.

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,