Sabbath

Yungblud also offered VMAs attendees a taste of his performance from the Black Sabbath “Back to the Beginning” farewell concert in July.

Slash was first drawn to the event in 2013 due to a haunted house themed around the music and images of Black Sabbath.

He added: “I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did. Have no interest in biting the heads of chickens or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less, you know.”

He died less than three weeks after he and his Black Sabbath bandmates had played a farewell concert for 40,000 fans at Villa Park football ground.

The band’s music drew clear inspiration from Black Sabbath and Slayer and influenced subsequent metal acts like Baroness and Pallbearer.