ozzy osbourne was not a member of black sabbath
following that osbourne and butler wrote the lyrics for a song called black sabbath which was inspired by the work of horror and adventurestory writer dennis wheatley along with a vision that butler had of a black silhouetted figure standing at the foot of his bed
 osbournes current drummer tommy clufetos has reflected this sentiment saying that we are already coming up with new ideas backstage in the hotel rooms and at soundcheck and have a bunch of ideas recorded