Judas Priest has released an official cover version of Black Sabbath‘s War Pigs ahead of the Ozzy Osbourne-fronted heavy metal legends’ final concert this weekend.
Although singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis aren’t scheduled to perform at Saturday’s massive Back To The Beginning event in Birmingham, United Kingdom, they have paid tribute by recording a studio version of the 1970 Paranoid classic that they have used as walk-on music before hitting the stage. They have also released a performance video for the track, which can be seen below.
PRIEST said in a statement, “We are honored to show our love for Ozzy and Black Sabbath with our homage of War Pigs, a song we play at every show around the world that fans sing along to, reinforcing their love as well for the legendary Prince Of Darkness!”
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I got goosebumps. This version is KILLER.
Faulkin’ Awesome! Heavy Metal legends covering Heavy Metal legends. True to the original version with the proper amount of Mighty Priest mixed in. Richie Faulkner absolutely shreds channeling his inner Iommi. Great video too, best thing I’ve heard this year!
You know who else does a great cover of “War Pigs?” The Vindys! Seriously! Seen them open for Pat Benatar back in May and they were phenomenal!!
Amazing!!! So great when a band can take someone else’s song and make it their own just as great as the original. My favorite version is Faith no More doing War Pigs! Rob sounds great!