Black Sabbath Rocks Universal Studios Hollywood's 'Halloween Horror Nights' as A New 3D Maze Inspired by the World-Renowned Band Joins the Line-Up of Blood-Curdling Haunted Attractions at the Award-Winning Extreme Terror Event

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath, the celebrated, multi-platinum rock band that pioneered the Heavy Metal genre with their dark and doom-laden sounds, fused with lyrical themes of the occult, addiction, war and nuclear apocalypse, will be immortalized in an all-original, terrifying 3D maze, "Black Sabbath: 13 3D" at Universal Studios Hollywood's premier Halloween Horror Nights event, beginning September 20, 2013.

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The new maze, based on the darkest lyrics from Black Sabbath's biggest hit songs and the only attraction at the horror event to incorporate 3D video, will also include scenes inspired by the legendary band's recently released Billboard #1 album, "13."  A nightmarish landscape of doom will engulf guests as they enter "Black Sabbath: 13 3D" and traverse through horrifying graveyards, disturbing madhouses and bone-chilling battlefields.

"We were all really excited when Universal Studios Hollywood approached us about doing a 3D 'Halloween Horror Nights' maze based on our music," said Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne.  "I've seen the drawings of what it will look like when it's finished and it looks amazing.  I can't wait to walk through it on opening night in September."

Guests will come face to face with a heart-stopping Lucifer and his bride, blood-soaked dead bodies and bubbling pools of "radioactive water" while song's inspired by "Luke's Wall," "Iron Man," "Paranoid," "War Pigs," "Electric Funeral" and – of course – "Black Sabbath" violently penetrate the confines of the maze at high volume.

"Very few bands can claim to have defined a genre of music but Black Sabbaths' remarkable influence in the evolution of Heavy Metal will go down in history," said John Murdy, Creative Director for Universal Studios Hollywood.  "Tony Iommi's dark, iconic riffs, Ozzy Osbourne's haunting vocals and Geezer Butler's foreboding lyrics provide the perfect soundtrack for 'Halloween Horror Nights' and endless inspiration for our new haunted attraction 'Black Sabbath 13 3D'."

Black Sabbath has sold 70 million records during a career spanning 43 years, and was named "The Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV.  The Grammy-Award winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees kicked off their 20-date North American concert tour on July 25 in Houston, Texas.  More information on Black Sabbath is available at www.blacksabbath.com, via Facebook at www.facebook.com/BlackSabbath, on Twitter at twitter.com/OfficialSabbath and Instagram at instagram.com/officialsabbath/.

"Halloween Horror Nights" 2013 at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in the living, breathing, three-dimensional world of the most notorious and terrifying creatures and features a slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, terror-filled Scare Zones and a fully re-imagined "Terror Tram" experience, uniquely themed to today's most definitive horror properties.  This year's haunted attractions will include "The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven," based on AMC's Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy Award-winning show, and "Evil Dead:  Book of the Dead," inspired by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's chilling remake of the cult classic.

Watch for announcement videos on Universal Studios Hollywood's YouTube Channel.  Additional mazes to be announced shortly. Updates on "Halloween Horror Nights" are available online at Halloween Horror Nights, on Facebook at: "Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood," on Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Join the conversation using #UniversalHHN.

Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A. includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas and the "5 Towers" state-of-the-art outdoor concert venue. World-class rides and attractions include the critically-acclaimed and award-winning mega-attraction, "Transformers: The Ride—3D," the intense, award-winning ride, "King Kong 360 3-D" on the famed behind-the-scenes Studio Tour, "The Simpsons Ride^TM," "Revenge of the Mummy^SM —The Ride" and "Jurassic Park® —The Ride." 

SOURCE Universal Studios Hollywood