Judas Priest have coated Battle Pigs in tribute to fellow Birmingham heavy metallic legends Black Sabbath.
Earlier at this time (July 1), the self-anointed Metallic Gods put out their tackle the opening music from Sabbath’s seminal second album Paranoid, the unique model of which they’ve performed from the tape earlier than their concert events for a few years.
The band remark: “We’re honoured to point out our love for Ozzy [Osbourne] and Black Sabbath with our homage to Battle Pigs: a music we play at each present around the globe that followers sing alongside to – reinforcing their love as properly for the legendary Prince Of Darkness!”
Sabbath’s founding lineup – vocalist Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward – will reunite onstage for the primary time in virtually 20 years at their Again To The Starting all-dayer this Saturday (July 5).
Being held at Villa Park in Birmingham, the present will mark Osbourne’s final time onstage, following his retirement from touring in 2023. The singer will play each with Sabbath and as a solo artist, and the invoice might be rounded out by a who’s-who of arduous rock and heavy metallic, with different performers together with Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses and Slayer.
Priest are one of many few vaunted metallic bands to not be on the lineup for Saturday, however they’re lacking out for good motive. As frontman Rob Halford just lately defined to Metallic Hammer, the band are taking part in the Sixtieth-anniversary celebrations for arduous rockers Scorpions in Germany the identical day and wouldn’t have the ability to make each exhibits occur.
He mentioned he was “gutted” over the conflict however added that founding guitarist Ok.Ok. Downing, who left Priest in 2011, would signify “the spirit of the band” at Again To The Starting.
Priest are presently touring Europe on their Defend Of Ache run, celebrating each their newest album Invincible Defend and the thirty fifth anniversary of their 1990 traditional Painkiller. The tour might be capped off by two UK exhibits, the second being a co-headliner with Alice Cooper on the O2 Enviornment in London on July 25.
Priest will tour North America with Cooper from September to October. See particulars and get tickets through their web site.
