{"id":10945,"date":"2025-08-01T00:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=10945"},"modified":"2025-08-01T00:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:08:26","slug":"metallica-pay-respect-to-black-sabbath-with-thunderous-back-to-the-beginning-set-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=10945","title":{"rendered":"Metallica Pay Respect to Black Sabbath with Thunderous \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d Set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/karkpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/metallica.webp\" alt=\"metallica\" title=\"Metallica Pay Respect to Black Sabbath with Thunderous \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d Set\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/karkpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/metallica.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metallica took the stage with purpose on Saturday (July 5th) in Birmingham, England, serving as the final act before Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath closed out their legendary careers at the \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d concert\u2014a historic night marking the end of an era for heavy metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Hetfield and the band kicked off their set with a fiery rendition of Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cHole in the Sky,\u201d a fitting tribute to the pioneers who made the night possible. From there, they tore through their own classics \u201cCreeping Death\u201d and \u201cFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u201d before circling back to Sabbath with a rare live cover of \u201cJohnny Blade.\u201d Metallica kept the energy surging with \u201cBattery\u201d and closed with the fan-favorite anthem \u201cMaster of Puppets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=JnH9GDDSNm0%3Ffeature%3Doembed\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their performance followed a stacked lineup that included Guns N\u2019 Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Gojira, and more, along with superjam appearances from members of Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ghost, Aerosmith, and other rock heavyweights, making it a true celebration of metal\u2019s past, present, and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the show, Metallica\u2019s Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo shared their reflections with Heavy Consequence on what it meant to stand alongside Black Sabbath on such a monumental night, emphasizing the honor of being part of Sabbath\u2019s final chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>MASTER!!!!! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mijailanarco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mijailanarco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Metallica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Metallica<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackSabbath?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackSabbath<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackToTheBeginning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackToTheBeginning<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QAA3actmEN\">pic.twitter.com\/QAA3actmEN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Portal Metallica Brasil | \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 (@PortalMetallica)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PortalMetallica\/status\/1941583872480657531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metallica took the stage with purpose on Saturday (July 5th) in Birmingham, England, serving as the final act&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-musician"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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