SLAYER performed a six-song set at BLACK SABBATH‘s “Again To The Starting” charity occasion on Saturday (July 5).
The California thrash steel pioneers opened their efficiency with “Disciple” and “Struggle Ensemble” earlier than taking part in BLACK SABBATH‘s deep reduce “Depraved World” from the latter’s self-titled album. SLAYER concluded its set by taking part in three extra of its traditional songs: “South Of Heaven”, Raining Blood” and “Angel Of Dying”.
SLAYER‘s “Again To The Starting” setlist was as follows:
01. Disciple
02. Struggle Ensemble
03. Depraved World (BLACK SABBATH cowl) (snippet)
04. South Of Heaven (with “Depraved World” reprise)
05. Raining Blood
06. Angel Of Dying
This previous April, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King instructed Igor Miranda of Rolling Stone Brasil about his band’s look at “Again To The Starting”: “It is such an honor to even be considered to play that, and I am glad we have been really within the ‘working mode’ so we will get that provide. It is gonna be superior. And I drug my ft and picked our tune actually late, so when there weren’t as many apparent selections, however the one I picked is gonna work out actually cool. I labored it out with my [solo] band, so me and Paul [Bostaph, SLAYER and KERRY KING drummer] might rehearse it. So we have already obtained it. We have simply gotta get Tom [Araya, SLAYER bassist/vocalist] and Gary [Holt, SLAYER guitarist] on board every time — most likely in June we are going to rehearse for that. It is gonna be killer. What we’re doing is cool.”
“I’ve already thought of being at that present very early ‘trigger there’s loads of my buddies which might be gonna be taking part in SABBATH songs, and I wanna see loads of it,” King added. “I am positive the stage is gonna be a nightmare getting onto, so I am hoping there’s dwell feeds backstage so we will simply watch it and listen to it. I wanna see METALLICA. I wanna see PANTERA. I wanna see Lzzy Hale, simply to call a couple of.”
SLAYER famously lined SABBATH‘s “Hand Of Doom” for the “Nativity In Black II: A Tribute To Black Sabbath” album, which got here out in 2000.
Final December, King was requested by Australia’s Wall Of Sound which BLACK SABBATH album he would take with him if the planet was being blown up and we have been all boarding a giant spaceship and he was solely allowed to take one SABBATH LP with him. He responded:  ”I might take… It is easy and it is arduous ‘trigger I am an excellent [Ronnie James] Dio fan. However I might take [SABBATH‘s sixth studio album, 1975’s] ‘Sabotage’. One thing in regards to the vibe on that document. It is cool. I imply, they’re all cool, however one thing about that one. Perhaps ‘Symptom Of The Universe’. I do not know. It is nonstop badassery.”
Again in 2017, King picked “Sabotage” as one among his 10 favourite steel albums, telling Rolling Stone journal: “‘Sabotage’ is only a very heavy document. There’s a lot good things on there. As I picked these data, I picked those I am compelled to play if I am understanding or driving, and ‘Sabotage’ was my alternative for BLACK SABBATH. It has ‘Megalomania’, ‘Symptom Of The Universe’, which has undoubtedly obtained perspective, ‘Gap In The Sky’. And it has the instrumental ‘Supertzar’. I really like that one. It grips me for some cause.”
Final yr, Kerry was requested by Steel Hammer Greece‘s TV present “TV Struggle” if he has ever had a damaging expertise assembly one among his musical idols. He responded: “Yeah. Solely as soon as. And I will not even inform you who, as a result of he would not deserve it. However 9 occasions out of ten… The final one which I will say I obtained over the hump with, ‘trigger I used to be nonetheless such a fan, was [BLACK SABBATH‘s] Tony Iommi. And it was very late in our careers, however it’s fucking Tony; he is the godfather of all this shit. I feel it was, like, 2006, lastly. And I knew him earlier than that, however I could not speak to him. It was Tony Iommi; I simply could not do it.”
Kerry continued: “in 2006 I went to the Traditional Rock Awards in Britain. And I used to be presenting Tony with an award, and I used to be nervous as fucking all hell. I used to be out of my atmosphere. I’ve executed steel reveals, I’ve executed the [Revolver] Golden Gods billions of fucking occasions, however on the Traditional Rock Awards, I used to be out of my aspect. Fucking Steven Tyler‘s [AEROSMITH] on the market, AC/DC‘s on the market, DEF LEPPARD‘s on the market — people who I’ve admired in my historical past however did not know any of them. So I am fucking shaking up there. I hit the mic after I’m speaking. And I used to be only a fucking fool. [Laughs] So, I get to offer Tony his award, take an image with him. Then I felt like we have been bros. I used to be over the Tony hump, and that was cool.”
King added: “I’ve had loads of heroes, be it from [JUDAS] PRIEST to SABBATH and whoever the hell, [DEEP PURPLE‘s] Ritchie Blackmore. However, yeah, Tony was the one. I needed to climb that mountain and recover from it.”
Greater than 40,000 followers attended “Again To The Starting”, which additionally noticed performances from BLACK SABBATH, Ozzy Osbourne, GUNS N’ ROSES, METALLICA, PANTERA, LAMB OF GOD and ANTHRAX, amongst others. Earnings from the present can be shared equally between the charities Treatment Parkinson’s, Birmingham Kids’s Hospital and Acorn Kids’s Hospice.
The all-day occasion at Villa Park, produced by Reside Nation, was hosted and compered by American actor Jason Momoa, and featured a supergroup of musicians.
A livestream of the daylong occasion was introduced in June. Whereas it was referred to as a livestream, the video was delayed two hours from the in-arena begin time.
Broadcast dwell from Birmingham, United Kingdom’s Villa Park, those that missed out on being there can nonetheless expertise this unforgettable second, with the prospect to rewatch the live performance in its entirety for one more 48 hours.
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