In a new interview, Ozzy says no one can touch Tony Iommi when it comes to creating and playing riffs. Black Sabbath brought the curtain down on their 49 year career last weekend when they played the final two shows in their hometown of Birmingham on the band’s The End tour.

Ozzy said, “People always say we invented heavy metal. But I like The Kinks, Zeppelin and The Who – and I think we spawned from that. But I do think that Tony Iommi, for what it’s worth, is the king of all demonic riffs. There’s just no one to fucking touch him. Considering he had his fretboard fingers chopped off – to this day I’m still amazed he knows he’s touching the strings.”

Check out the interview here.

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