System Of A Down Pay Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne By Covering Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind” During New Jersey Show

At their first New York-area concert in over a decade on Wednesday (August 27) at MetLife Stadium, System of a Down honored the late Ozzy Osbourne by performing a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind.” SOAD originally recorded Sabbath’s Vol. 4 classic over 25 years ago for the hit MTV reality show, The Osbournes, and they last played the song live at OzzFest 2002. During the tribute, guitarist Daron Malakian led the crowd in chant of “Ozzy! Ozzy!!,” before he delivered the metal legend’s standard introduction of the track, “We’re gonna do a number now about cocaine, it’s called ‘Snowblind.’” Following Ozzy’s death on July 22, each of System’s band members expressed deep admiration for him on social media, with frontman Serj Tankian writing, “Ozzy was our musical Godfather, inducting us into the world of Ozzfest as a young band. He was always funny with a disdain for hypocrisy, a quality I will forever admire and cherish.” (Rolling Stone)