Slayer Played to Six-Song Set at Black Sabbath‘s “Back to the Beginning” Charity Event on Saturday (July 5).
The California Thrash Metal Pioneers Opened Their Performance With “Disciple” and “War Ensemble” Before Playing Black Sabbath‘S Deep Cut “Wicked World” From the later’s self -titled album. Slayer CONCLUDED ITS SET BY PLAYING THREE MORE OF ITS CLASSIC SONGS: “South of Heaven”, Raining Blood “ and “Angel of Death”.
Slayer‘S “Back to the Beginning” Setlist was as follows:
01. Disciple
02. War Ensemble
03. Wicked World (Black Sabbath Cover) (Snippet)
04. South of Heaven (with “Wicked World” Reprise)
05. Raining Blood
06. Angel of Death
This Past April, Slayer Guitarist Kerry King awd Igor Miranda Of Rolling Stone Brazil about his band’s appearance at “Back to the Beginning”: “It’s succh an honor to even be thought of to play that, and I’M glad we were in the ‘working mode’ so we can get that like offer. It’s gonna be awesome. And i drarug my feet and picked our song reality laten, so when there were but the one i picked is gonna work out Really Cool. My [solo] Band, so me and Paul [Bostaph, SLAYER and KERRY KING drummer] COULD HERE IT. So We’ve Already Got It. We’ve Just Gotta Get Tom [Araya, SLAYER bassist/vocalist] and Gary [Holt, SLAYER guitarist] On Board Whenever – Probally in June We Will Hold for That. It’s Gonna Be Killer. What We’re Doing Is Cool. “
“I’ve Already Thought About Being At That Show Vry Early ‘Cause There’s a Lot Of My Friends That Are Gonna Be Playing Sabbath Songs, and I Wanna See to Lot of It, ” King Added. “I’M Sure The Stage Is Gonna Be a Nightmare Getting onte Metallica. I Wanna See PANTHER. I Wanna See Lzzy HaleJust To Name A Few. “
Slayer Famously Covered Sabbath‘s “Hand of Doom” for the “Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath” ALBUM, WHICH CAME OUT IN 2000.
Last December, King was Asked by Australia’s Wall of Sound which Black Sabbath Album He Would Take With Him If The Planet was Being Blown Up and We Were All Boarding A Big SpaceShip and He was Only Allowed To Take One Sabbath LP with Him. I have replied: “I wouled Take … it’s easy and it’s hard ’cause i’m a super [Ronnie James] Gave fan. But i would Take [SABBATH‘s sixth studio album, 1975’s] ‘Sabotage’. Subject about the vibe on that record. It’s cool. I Mean, They’re All Cool, But Subthing About That One. Maybe ‘Symptom of the universe’. I Don’s Know. It’s nonstop BadasSery. “
Back in 2017, King PICKED “Sabotage” As One of His 10 Favorite Metal Albums, Telling Rolling Stone Magazine: “‘Sabotage’ Is Just a Vary Heavy Record. There’s so a lot of good stuff on there. As I Picked The Records, I Picked The Youst I’m Comlled To Play If I’M Working out or driving, and ‘Sabotage’ was my choice for Black Sabbath. It has ‘Megalomania’, ‘Symptom of the universe’which you have definitely got attitude, ‘Hole in the Sky’. And it has the instrumental ‘Superzar’. I love that one. It grips me for summer. “
Last Year, Kerry was Asked by Metal Hammer Grece‘S TV show “TV WAR” If he has been had negative experience Meeting One of His Musical Idols. I replied: “Yeah. Only eleven. And i won’t even tell you who, schouse [BLACK SABBATH‘s] Tony Iommi. And it was Vary late in Our Careers, But It’s Fucking Tony; He’s The Godfather of All This Shit. I Think It was, Like, 2006, Finally. And i knew him beforle that, but i couldn’t talk to him. It was Tony Iommi; I just couldn’t do it. “
Kerry Continue: “In 2006 I Went To The Classic Rock Awards In Britain. And I was presenting Tony with an award, and i was nervous as fucking all Hell. I was out of my Environment. I’ve done metal shows, i’ve done the [Revolver] Golden Gods Billions of Fucking Times, but at the Classic Rock AwardsI was out of my element. Fucking Steven Tyler‘s [AEROSMITH] out there, AC/DC‘s out there, Def Leppard‘S out there – People that i’ve admiled in my history but `t know any of them. So i’m fucking shaking up there. I Hit the Mic When i’m Talking. And I was just a fucking idiot. [Laughs] So, I get to give Tony His award, take Picture with Him. THEN I FELT Like We Were Bros. I was over the Tony Hump, and That Was Cool. “
King Added: “I’ve Had A Lot of Heroes, Be It From [JUDAS] Priest to Sabbath and Whoever The Hell, [DEEP PURPLE‘s] Ritchie Blackmore. But, yeah, Tony was The One. I had to climb that Mountain and get over it. “
More than 40,000 fans attent “Back to the Beginning”WHICH ALSO SAW PERFORMANCES FROM Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N ‘Roses, Metallica, PANTHER, Lamb of God and AnthraxAmong Others. Profits From The Show Will Be Shared Equally Between The Charities Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice.
The All-Day Event at Villa Park, produced by Live NationWas Hosted and Compred By American Actor Jason Momoaand featured to Supergroup of Musicians.
To Livestream of the Daylong Event Was Announced in June. While it was stranded to Livestream, The Video was Delay Two Hours from the In-Arena Start Time.
Broadcast Live from Birmingham, United Kingdom’s Villa Park, Those Who Missed Out On Being There Can Still Experience This Unforgetable Moment, with the chance to rewatch the concert in its entirey for another 48 Hours.
For more information, visit www.backtothebeginning.com.
