More than 25 years after contributing to the music of Vol. 4 to the soundtrack of The Osbournes, Soad revisits classic Black Sabbath at Metlife Stadium
THE system of a Down paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne During the band’s show on Wednesday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a version of “Snowblind”from Black Sabbath.
The show at Metlife Stadium, the first of the band in the New York region in over a decade, also marked the first performance of the system of a Down Since the death of Osbourneon July 22. After driving the audience in a corner of “Ozzy! Ozzy!”The guitarist Daron Malakian invoked the spirit of Osbourne quoting the characteristic introduction of the singer: “Let’s play a song about cocaine, called ‘Snowblind’”.
THE system of a Down made the first version of “Snowblind” for over 25 years, as part of the soundtrack of the reality show Ozzy in MTV, The Osbournes. Although the range of Vol. 4 was executed frequently in the band’s live repertoire in the early 2000s, the group did not play “Snowblind” in shows since a presentation in August 2002, in Ozzfest of that year, quite appropriately.
After the death of Osbournethe members of the system of a Down paid tribute to the Heavy Metal icon on social networks, where they also shared behind -the -scenes images Ozzfests.
“If you can see my face and my eyes in this picture, you will realize that I felt like I was in a dream. That’s because when I was a child, Ozzy It was so important to me that he really appeared in my dreams, ”he wrote Malakian. “I was only 22 or 23 when this picture was taken, so I was still a boy. But I was living my dream, next to the guy who idolized all my life. Rip Ozzy. You meant everything to me. ”
The vocalist SERJ TANKIAN added: “Ozzy It was our godfather, introducing us to the world of Ozzfest When we were a young band. He was always funny and was contested by hypocrisy, a quality that I will always admire and value. ”
This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Daniel Kreps on August 28, 2025, and can be seen here.
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