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System Of A Down played their first NYC-area show in over a decade last night (8/27) at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium, marking their first of two consecutive nights at the massive venue. They packed the set with hits and fan faves (“B.Y.O.B.,” “Prison Song,” “Aerials,” “Bounce, “Psycho,” “Chop Suey!,” “Toxicity,” “Sugar”), and they also broke out “Tentative” for the first time in a decade. Perhaps the most exciting setlist inclusion though was that they broke out their cover of Black Sabbath‘s “Snowblind” for the first time in 23 years in honor of the late Ozzy Osbourne. They recorded the cover for the soundtrack of The Osbournes back in the day and they performed it live a handful of times between 1999 and 2002.
Reflecting on the band’s early tours, guitarist Daron Malakian said, “There was one tour that never did more for System Of A Down: the Ozzfest. We did a few Ozzfests, some of you are old enough that you were there, some of you weren’t even born yet. I wanna thank Ozzy Osbourne, we wanna thank Ozzy Osbourne!” The crowd then responded with chants of “OZZ-EE! OZZ-EE!” and then SOAD went into “Snowblind.” Watch fan-shot footage below.
Wednesday night’s show was also the start of SOAD’s six-date North American run, which has direct support from Korn on both NYC-area shows, Avenged Sevenfold in Chicago, and Deftones (who just released their excellent new album Private Music) in Toronto. All six shows have additional support from Polyphia and rising shoegazer Wisp.
In related news, SOAD singer Serj Tankian announced a solo album of covers, collaborations, and more last week.
System Of A Down @ MetLife Stadium – 8/27/25 Setlist (via)
Soldier Side – Intro
B.Y.O.B.
Suite-Pee
Prison Song
Aerials
Science
Needles
Deer Dance
Darts
Radio/Video
Dreaming (breakdown only)
Hypnotize
ATWA
Bounce
Suggestions
Psycho
Chop Suey!
Lonely Day (with “Our Lips Are Sealed” (The Go-Go’s) intro)
Lost in Hollywood (with “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (The Who) tease)
Snowblind (Black Sabbath cover) (tribute to Ozzy Osbourne; first time since 2002)
Tentative (first time since 2015)
Mind
DAM
War?
Toxicity
Sugar
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