Osbourne vows: 'No more Black Sabbath'

Hellraising rocker Ozzy Osbourne has ruled out a reunion album with former band Black Sabbath, because he doesn't want to tarnish their reputation.

Despite being happy to play with them in one-off live gigs, Osbourne, whose last Black Sabbath studio album was in 1978, refuses to return to the studio with his former bandmates.

The flamboyant frontman is terrified a new record would not match the standard of previous releases, including Paranoid and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

He says: "I love the guys and we had fun and all became friendly again. But it's time to move on.

"I don't want to make another Sabbath album, not if it's not up to scratch. But what's the point in demolishing such a great thing?"