adidas and Aston Villa just unveiled a pair of custom Ozzy Osbourne Predators, celebrating the ‘Prince of Darkness’ and Black Sabbath in time for Halloween.
Osbourne is a lifelong Villa fan, with the Black Sabbath frontman even featuring in the club’s first-ever adidas kit launch over the summer alongside bandmate Geezer Butler. It's only right then, that adidas designed some custom Preds for one of the biggest artists to come out of Birmingham.
The boots were hand-painted by artist Jordan Dawson, drawing inspiration from the band's old album covers and live shows to create a design that perfectly encapsulates the Black Sabbath aesthetic.
Arriving in a black base with a hot pink soleplate, a snarling wolf is painted on the boots in purple, blue and white. On the side panels, ‘Ozzy Osbourne’ and ‘Prince of Darkness’ are written in that quintessential Black Sabbath font.
The boots aren’t up for sale, but Emi Martínez will debut them against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup on October 30.
In addition to the boots, 250 Aston Villa x Black Sabbath kits will be available to purchase via the club shop at Villa Park.
Take a closer look at the boots below.