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Hear a new 30th anniversary version of Hellraiser featuring Ozzy and Lemmy 'duet'

The late, great Lemmy of Motörhead 'duets' with Ozzy Osbourne on this new, 30th anniversary edition of The Prince Of Darkness' Hellraiser…

Hear a new 30th anniversary version of Hellraiser featuring Ozzy and Lemmy 'duet'
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Emily Carter

Ahead of the 30th anniversary release of Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears, a brand-new version of Hellraiser has just been unleashed.

This new rendition is a 'duet' with late Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister, the mash-up combining Ozzy's original and the re-recorded 1992 version on March ör Die.

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"I hope everyone enjoys the song," says Ozzy. "This is just a small way to honor my friend Lemmy. Sharon and I talk a lot about how much we miss him."

Physical and digital versions of the 30th anniversary edition of No More Tears arrive this Friday (September 17) – until then, listen to Hellraiser below:

In his White Line Fever autobiography (via Ultimate Classic Rock), Lemmy said of writing with Ozzy: "That was one of the easiest gigs I ever had. Sharon rang me up and said, 'I'll give you X amount of money to write some songs for Ozzy', and I said, 'Alright – you got a pen?' I wrote six or seven sets of words, and he ended up using four of them.

"I made more money out of writing those four songs than I made out of 15 years of Motörhead – ludicrous, isn't it?"

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