Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Ayomi talked about his “unmistakable” death Ozi Ozborn. Heavy metal’s pioneer died on Tuesday, July 22 at the age of 76 with his family saying he was “surrounded by love”. Ozi Ozborn He died a few days after a marathon “Back to the Beginning” concert held at Villa Park in Birmingham, where she appeared with Black Sabbath for the first time since 2005.

Tony Ayomi talked about his friend’s death, saying to ITV News: “It was a shock for us. When I heard it yesterday I couldn’t imagine it » explained. “I thought:” can’t happen. ” I had received his message the day before. It just seemed to me unreal, surreal. And in the night, I began to think about it, “My God, do I dream of all this?” But as I said before, it wasn’t well in rehearsals.

I think he just endured to make this show » Ayomi continued. “I and Giser was discussing it last night – that we believe he could do it, and shortly thereafter, he did it and bid farewell to the fans. And that was the end, really » noted.

“I think he had something in mind as if he were saying,” Well, this will be the last thing I will ever do. ” I don’t know if he thought he would die or not. But he really wanted to do it and he was determined to do it » added.

He also mentioned how important it was for all Black Sabbath members who were back in Birmingham with Ozi a breath away from where they grew up: “It was very moving. Again, it was like living a dream. Before we understand it, we had come down from the stage and said, “What happened now?” The guitarist of the band stressed.