Ozzy Osbourne has announced the upcoming release of his new album - his first record in six years.

The album, to be titled Black Rain, will reportedly be released on May 22.

Ozzy told NME how his creative influences had changed over the years: "I used to get frustrated with myself.

"I mean I thought that you had to get loaded to make songs. I just thought drugs and alcohol are probably the major inspiration for making music which I truly believed that because I never made a record without using it.

"And I thought that it was that making me creative."

Osbourne is also headlining Ozzfest which begins on July 12.