Cover The Song War Pigs, Judas Priest Shows Love For Ozzy Osbourne And Black Sabbath

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JAKARTA - Ahead of the Black Sabbath farewell concert at Villa Park, Birmingham on July 5, Judas Priest released a cover of the heavy metal picoinir song, War Pigs, one of the tracks from the album Paranoid which was released in 1970.

Judas Priest has used the classic song as the opening song for their show since 2011. Now, they have shared new recordings of the song in honor of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne ahead of their last concert.

"We are honored to show our love for Ozzy and Black Sabbath with our respect for War Pigs," wrote Judas Priest, citing an Instagram post caption, Thursday, July 3.

It's a song we play at every show around the world sung with fans to strengthen their love for the legendary Prince of Darkness too!

The release of this cover is inseparable from the disappointment of Judas Priest who was unable to take part in the last Black Sabbath show, because on the same night, they will play alongside Scorpions at Hannover celebrating Germany's 60th anniversary of the hard rock band.

The vocalist, Rob Halford, recently declared himself very disappointed, for not realizing the show, until it was too late.

"I didn't know it was going to happen," he said. We already know Ossy Hoppe he's like a god in Germany for metal music he came to see me at one of our last shows and said, Are you going to do something very special and important? I'm going to appear at Scorpions to celebrate their 60th birthday, in their hometown. Do you want to work with the band?

"I immediately said, 'Finish! We have no plans, everything is fine'," he added. Everything was announced... and suddenly I got a call (from Sharon Osbourne, who said): Robbie, I know you're going to perform with Scorpions, but can you come to do something with Ozzy and friends, he must be happy to meet you.