Death Metal Promotion has confirmed the release date, final lineup, and cover artwork for the compilation Death Metal Tribute to OZZY.

The album will be released digitally on August 7, 2026, featuring 26 DEATH METAL bands from the global extreme metal underground. Bands from Europe, North and South America, and Asia each contribute interpretations of songs originally performed by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath.

Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on July 22, 2025, remains one of the defining voices of heavy metal, known for his work with Black Sabbath and his solo career. The idea behind the compilation is simple: to pay tribute to his legacy by taking well-known tracks and pushing them through different interpretations coming from the death metal scene. The result isn’t meant to replicate the originals, but to reinterpret them in a heavier and more aggressive form, underlining how deeply these songs have influenced generations of metal musicians across the entire spectrum of the genre.

Tracklist:

1. Imperial Domain (Sweden) – Mr. Crowley
2. Hetrem (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Bark at the Moon
3. Roast Dead (UK) – Crazy Train
4. Pleasure of Mutilate (Ecuador) – Paranoid
5. World Eater (USA) – Shot in the Dark
6. Icons of Blasphemy (Peru) – Believer
7. Desekryptor (USA) – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
8. Flamecore (Greece) – A National Acrobat
9. Misgivings (France) – Hole in the Sky
10. Becoming the Entity (Mexico) – Symptom of the Universe
11. Vastness (Poland) – The Ultimate Sin
12. Insineratehymn (USA) – Into the Void
13. Pestifer (Portugal) – Killing Yourself to Live
14. Vephar (Poland) – Snowblind
15. Clairvoyance (Poland) – Sweet Leaf
16. Paraphilia (USA) – Cornucopia
17. Slaveson (Austria) – Gets Me Through
18. Rêvasseur (Vietnam) – I Don’t Wanna Stop
19. Hallucinate (Germany) – Changes
20. On Soulwings (USA) – A National Acrobat
21. Reckless Manslaughter (Germany) – Demon Alcohol
22. Bottlekopf (Poland) – Never Say Die
23. Tvmvlo (Portugal) – I Don’t Know
24. Podridão (Brazil) – Under the Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes
25. Withering Earth (USA) – No More Tears
26. Transmigration Macabre (Argentina / Uruguay) – Electric Funeral

In the meantime, follow Death Metal Promotion on Bandcamp to make sure you don’t miss the album release: https://deathmetalpromotion.bandcamp.com