System of a Down paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne during the band’s concert on Wednesday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a rendition of Black Sabbath ’s “Snowblind.”

The MetLife Stadium gig, the band’s first New York City-area concert in over a decade, also marked System of a Down’s first concert since Osbourne’s July 22 death . After leading the crowd through a chant of “Ozzy! Ozzy!,” guitarist Daron Malakian summoned the spirit of Osbourne by quoting that singer’s trademark introduction: “We’re gonna do a number now about cocaine, it’s called ‘Snowblind.'”

System of a Down first covered “Snowblind” over 25 years ago as part of the soundtrack for Ozzy’s MTV reality show The Osbournes . While the Vol. 4 track was in heavy rotation in System of a Down’s live repertoire at the

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