VENOM Puts Together BLACK SABBATH Medley To Honor OZZY OSBOURNE

Venom would not exist if it weren’t for Black Sabbath – and whereas sure, that argument is equally as legitimate for any metallic band on the market – however frontman Conrad “Cronos” Lant defined to Metal Hammer that “these early [Black] Sabbath albums actually did one thing to me,” as a result of “within the late ’60s, early ’70s, it was Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath.”

And he was impressed not solely as a musician, however as a frontman and entertainer: “I all the time needed to hold the [Ozzy Osbourne] factor to the nth diploma.”

He went as far as to be continually “studying up on Satanism and demonology and witchcraft. I went out with a lady who was in a witch coven and that sparked one thing in me.”

So, after the introduction to Black Sabbath after which a coven, Cronos was off like a lightweight, “I liked [Black Sabbath], however I spotted that they’d solely touched the tip of the iceberg. This might go to this point. Ozzy was singing about being chased by the Satan. I believed: I will be the Satan!”

With that in thoughts, it was solely a matter of time earlier than Venom paid their respects to the Prince of Darkness, who handed on the finish of July.

This previous Saturday (ninth August), at Hellsinki Steel Pageant in Helsinki, Finland, Venom carried out a medley of “Kids Of The Grave” and “Symptom Of The Universe,” honoring the Black Sabbath frontman.

You may try fan-filmed footage of the medley above.

In current information referring to Ozzy, the BBC is due to debut a one-hour documentary that follows the previous couple of years of the late Prince of Darkness as he returned to his residence in England along with his spouse, Sharon Osbourne, and dealt along with his Parkinson’s prognosis, earlier than finally placing on his final present at Again To The Starting.

Appropriately titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming House, it is attributable to hit BBC One and iPlayer at 9 p.m. (GMT+1) subsequent Monday, the 18th of August.