Rick

Farewell and so long, Prince of Darkness.

Your time upon this earth has touched more lives than one can count.

You put it perfectly into words - it's so surreal witnessing history becoming myth in real time, and the true scope encompassed by his works is simply too hard to grasp.

It's difficult even to imagine that this is the end of just the beginning. So little time and it felt like an era.

The living roots of heavy metal are now passing into history

The end of an era and 'the end of the beginning'

Its hard not to feel a heavy emotion that isnt even necessarily about Ozzy himself but what he represents to heavy metal

Black Sabbath and Ozzy - you will always be legends

There's immense sadness, but it's incredibly moving to be able to share this pain and mourn together.

This too is part of Ozzy's legacy. A deep bonding and connection between all of us.

And so now we weep together.

Moments like this are a sting on our collective spirit because of how art and creation connect and empower us across time itself. Its the magic in the mundane

We're just a brief flame blinking between the nothingness -- and the love and beauty we share in the burning means something

I love you all

But beyond his persona and beyond his voice something that still back then shook me to core was hearing War Pigs live and it was like I was reading the Gutenberg bible.

The true, original, blueprint.

I have always jokingly said that I sold my soul seeing him live but I do believe that it was the closest I ever came to a paranormal experience.

Even in 2018, so not like the 80s, but he had an insane stage presence and I was completely transfixed as he sung.

Words cannot express how huge his legacy is. An entire genre, a rich community, a whole culture, spawned from the works of his band.

And now he's gone... the world is not the same anymore.

I am the person I am today became of heavy metal. My passion for this music shapes my daily life in every sense, and I wouldn't have come this far, I wouldn't have overcome all of my difficulties, without metal music.

And it's literally all because of Ozzy. He's the maker of it all.

rip to the originator of (slow heavy metal playing)

they say you die twice: once when your body passes, and again when the last person speaks your name aloud for the last time. ozzy will live forever

I really cannot conceptualise how hard Ozzy's death is hitting me, truly.

Every songs of every band, it all goes back to him. Everything we know and love about metal can be tracked back and pinpointed to Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album.

Just one single album from a single band.

Ozzy's death hitting so hard I'm back here

I'm honestly really looking forward to Easter this year.

I'm not going home to my family, rather I'm going to Essen to see Ye Banished Privateers lmao

Regarding my first point, I'm also living a rather monastic life as of now. Which I absolutely enjoy and find very calming, but I need a point of contact with the outside world.

My daily routine, with some exceptions, is being mainly comprised of studying at the library next to my house.

Weirdly enough I want to make an effort to return to (this) social media, for two reasons in particular.

First, currently I'm living abroad and alone; I want a place to record my random experiences and thoughts.

Second, I really miss a place to talk about metal, exchanging recommendations, etc.

music with which I learned English: punk rock, metal, etc.

music with which I am learning German: Rammstein, socialist hymns, miners' songs

it's currently 2 am at night and Radio BOB! is airing Living After Midnight

Hell yeah

fuck linear operators all my homies hate linear operators

Until now I had to make do with a treasured recording I took at a show... can't wait to get the physical release

I don't have money nor the time but damn that is the place to be

tbh your posts were one of the reasons I decided to come here after leaving twitter

Yooo @angelic.style just read your piece on Heavy Blog! Now the only thing left to do is listen to everything you've listed

Anyone knows brands for metal/rock/etc inspired clothes? Not necessarily band merch, but that's the vibe.

I need new hoodies and I want something I like but I would like quality things too.

Being both a leftist and someone interested in privacy has been... interesting in the last week, since DeepSeek was unveiled.

Oh so Leonardo is taking a break from manufacturing killing machines such as drones? Asking for a friend

mine is magnetic north! But after that, literally nothing

never got into them :(

which is ironical considering that album had a couple of good songs, as if it was a final breath. Def time to stop after that.

Yesterday I played The Last Of Us: Escape The Dark, a boardgame. I really really liked it, I knew the bare bones mechanics already and the ambience was really great. I now feel a tiny tiny bit of curiosity towards the two videogames but... after covid I realised I can't handle postapocalyptic stuff.