Zakk Sabath @ The Vine Showroom at del Lago Casino
Waterloo, NY, USA
November 21, 2025
Zakk Sabbath Live Review – American Winter Tour 2025
It’s officially official: Zakk is carrying the torch for Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s legacy.
The sold-out venue kicked off the night with Bonfire, an AC/DC cover band all the way from L.A. Not your typical tribute act either — they focused on the early Bon Scott era and absolutely crushed it. Their high-energy set had the crowd fully warmed up for the heaviness to come.
Zakk made his entrance in the most Zakk way possible: wearing his “Ultimate Warrior–style” wrestling mask, video-recording with his phone, action figures in hand, casually walking among fans like a metal superhero doing his pre-show ritual — mostly to film the crowd and build excitement. And if you look closely, he’s added an Ozzy figure to the group.
If you’ve never seen Zakk Sabbath, be prepared — this is next-level musicianship. This is Black Sabbath at its heaviest. The sound is massive, and Zakk’s guitar playing is aggressively heavy and hypnotic.
The lineup was stacked with his Black Label Society brothers:
John “JD” DeServio delivering those thick, punchy bass lines with full swagger, and Jeff Fabb smashing the drums like they personally offended him.
When Zakk plays these Sabbath classics, he doesn’t copy them — he supercharges them. He takes the DNA of Iommi’s riffs and pumps it full of raw power, turning the heaviness up until it’s almost overwhelming. It’s Sabbath, but fed through Zakk’s hands and Zakk’s fury. It’s chaos and precision crashing into each other at full speed.
And the way he performs it? Hair flying, guitar in the air, squeals slicing through the room, leaning into JD like they’re summoning some ancient metal spirit — the whole thing feels less like a concert and more like a ritual. A full-on, high-volume ceremony to honor the legend of Black Sabbath while showing everyone exactly why Zakk is the one carrying the torch now.
And of course, Zakk knows how to work a crowd. Not just from the stage — he literally walks into the pit mid-solo, shredding while fans gather around him, cameras up, trying to capture every second.
And then the Ozzy moment. Zakk chanting his name. The entire venue shouting it back. A wave of emotion you could physically feel.
This is the closest we’ll ever get to Ozzy again — and Zakk delivers it with so much love and power that it hits straight in the heart.
Setlist:
1. Supernaut
2. Snowblind
3. Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes
4. Tomorrow's Dream
5. Wicked World
6. Fairies Wear Boots
7. Into the Void
8. Children of the Grave
9. After Forever
10. Hand of Doom
11. Behind the Wall of Sleep
12. Bassically
13. N.I.B.
14. War Pigs
All photos by @front.row.fans
