{"id":38785,"date":"2025-07-05T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/metallica-debuts-black-sabbath-deep-cut-at-back-to-the-beginning\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T21:16:10","slug":"metallica-debuts-black-sabbath-deep-cut-at-back-to-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/metallica-debuts-black-sabbath-deep-cut-at-back-to-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica Debuts Black Sabbath Deep Cut at Back to the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/metallica\/\">Metallica<\/a> rocked\u00a0Birmingham, England&#8217;s Villa Park as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/black-sabbath\">Black Sabbath<\/a>&#8216;s gargantuan Back to the Beginning concert, storming through a six-song set of Sabbath covers and originals that got the audience primed for the evening&#8217;s main attractions.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the set list and fan-shot video of their performance below.<\/p>\n<p>The thrash legends opened their set with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/black-sabbath-sabotage\/\"><em>Sa<\/em><em>botage<\/em><\/a> classic &#8220;Hole in the Sky,&#8221; which they hadn&#8217;t performed live since 2009. They also dug deep into the Sabbath archives for a cover of &#8220;Johnny Blade&#8221; off\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/black-sabbath-never-say-die\/\"><em>Never Say Die!<\/em><\/a>, marking the first time they&#8217;d ever played the song live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/who-covered-which-black-sabbath-songs-at-back-to-the-beginning\/\">Ozzy&#8217;s Final Show: Here&#8217;s Who Covered Which Black Sabbath Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These Sabbath tunes were accompanied by Metallica originals &#8220;Creeping Death, &#8220;For Whom the Bell Tolls,&#8221; &#8220;Battery&#8221; and &#8220;Master of Puppets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Who Else Performed at Black Sabbath&#8217;s Back to the Beginning Concert?<\/h3>\n<p>Metallica was just one of many rock and metal legends to take the stage during the Back to the Beginning concert. The all-day extravaganza also featured performances from <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/guns-n-roses\">Guns N&#8217; Roses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/slayer\/\">Slayer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/alice-in-chains\">Alice in Chains<\/a> and more, plus a variety of &#8220;supergroups&#8221; covering Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/guns-n-roses-black-sabbath-covers\/\">Watch Guns N&#8217; Roses Perform Four Black Sabbath Covers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dual headliners were a solo set from <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/ozzy-osbourne\/\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, billed as his final performance, and the first show featuring Black Sabbath&#8217;s classic lineup \u2014 Osbourne, <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/tony-iommi\">Tony Iommi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/geezer-butler\">Geezer Butler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/bill-ward\">Bill Ward<\/a> \u2014 since 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Watch Metallica\u00a0Cover &#8216;Hole in the Sky&#8217; at Back to the Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Watch Metallica Play &#8216;Master of Puppets&#8217; at Back to the Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Watch Metallica Play &#8216;Creeping Death&#8217; at Back to the Beginning&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Metallica, 7\/5\/25, Back to the Beginning Set List<\/strong><br \/>1. &#8220;Hole in the Sky&#8221;<br \/>2. &#8220;Creeping Death&#8221;<br \/>3. &#8220;For Whom the Bell Tolls&#8221;<br \/>4. &#8220;Johnny Blade&#8221;<br \/>5. &#8220;Battery&#8221;<br \/>6. &#8220;Master of Puppets&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Black Sabbath Albums Ranked  <\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>From Ozzy to Dio and beyond, we look at all of the band&#8217;s studio LPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Eduardo Rivadavia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=159&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/metallica-black-sabbath-reunion-set-list-video\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metallica rocked\u00a0Birmingham, England&#8217;s Villa Park as part of Black Sabbath&#8216;s gargantuan Back to the Beginning concert, storming through a six-song set of Sabbath covers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}