The scream heard around the world

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne is one of the most popular figures in the world of heavy metal. An announcement posted on his website last Wednesday (April 14) informed fans: "OZZY OSBOURNE will release SCREAM — his first album in almost three years and 10th studio album overall — June 15 via Epic Records."

The site also mentions Ozzy will hit the road for an 18-month long world tour of several countries. There’s also an announcement coming this week about Ozzfest, his annual summer music festival.

Scream is the 11th album of the rocker’s solo career since he left Black Sabbath. Ozzy was originally going to name the new album Soul Sucka. Fans quickly expressed their disapproval so he went back to the drawing board and chose another title.

Fans can listen to a first excerpt of the song Let Me Hear You Scream on the AOL music website.

Other songs on the new album include Diggin’ Me Down, Let It Die, Soul Sucka, Fearless, I Want It All, Time, Crucify and I Love You All.

Ozzy Osbourne’s last album, Black Rain, was released in 2007.