A Brash Badass Cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’ Sung in Amharic With the Sax Subbing for Guitar

Ethiopian Crunch band uKanDanZ performed a badass cover of the classic Black Sabbath song “War Pigs” entirely in Amharic, the lingua franca of Ethiopia. The band, which features Asnake Gebreyes on vocals, who sounded a lot like an early Ozzy Osbourne, while saxophonist Lionel Martin did an amazing job subbing his horn for Tommy Iommi‘s guitar parts from the original song.

Asnake Gebreyes : Vocals

Lionel Martin (Madsaxx) : Tenor Sax

Fred Escoffier : Keyboards

Thomas Pierre / Jean Joly : Drums

Damien Cluzel : Bass, Guitar & Arrangement

via The Awesomer

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