Metallica Debuts Black Sabbath Deep Lower at Again to the Starting

Metallica rocked Birmingham, England’s Villa Park as a part of Black Sabbath‘s gargantuan Again to the Starting live performance, storming by means of a six-song set of Sabbath covers and originals that obtained the viewers primed for the night’s principal sights.

You may see the set record and fan-shot video of their efficiency under.

The thrash legends opened their set with the Sabotage basic “Gap within the Sky,” which they hadn’t carried out dwell since 2009. Additionally they dug deep into the Sabbath archives for a canopy of “Johnny Blade” off Never Say Die!, marking the primary time they’d ever performed the tune dwell.

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These Sabbath tunes had been accompanied by Metallica originals “Creeping Demise, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Battery” and “Grasp of Puppets.”

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Metallica was simply one in every of many rock and steel legends to take the stage throughout the Again to the Starting live performance. The all-day extravaganza additionally featured performances from Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Alice in Chains and extra, plus quite a lot of “supergroups” masking Black Sabbath.

The twin headliners had been a solo set from Ozzy Osbourne, billed as his last efficiency, and the primary present that includes Black Sabbath’s basic lineup — Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — since 2005.

Watch Metallica Cowl ‘Gap within the Sky’ at Again to the Starting

Watch Metallica Play ‘Grasp of Puppets’ at Again to the Starting

Metallica, 7/5/25, Again to the Starting Set Record

1. “Gap within the Sky”
2. “Creeping Demise”
3. “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
4. “Johnny Blade”
5. “Battery”
6. “Grasp of Puppets”