Black Sabbath Debut “End of the Beginning” on “CSI”

Black Sabbath fans jonesing for an early taste of the band’s upcoming “13” album got a treat last night (May 15), when Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler showed up to debut some new material on the season finale of “CSI”.

The band was shown performing the song in question, “End of the Beginning”, during a scene from the guest star-packed episode, which revolved around a mystery involving a serial killer whose obsessions with Dante and the Bible led to some rather gruesome ends for his victims. In spite of a showy appearance from cable movie mainstay Eric Roberts, who played a minister/pimp, Sabbath stole the finale with their performance (embedded above), which even included a bit of post-concert dialogue from Osbourne. You can watch the full episode of ‘CSI’ on CBS’ website.

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Jeff Giles for Ultimate Classic Rock, 16 May 2013