This is a list of recorded
Black Sabbath covers or samples by notable artists. It does not include bootleg or unrecorded live performances, or any unreleased demo recordings.
It includes, but is not limited to, the following:
A National Acrobat
Second track on album
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973).
The
heavy metal band
Metallica covered this song and "
Sabbra Cadabra " on their
Garage Inc. cover album in one condensed song entitled "Sabbra Cadabra".
Swedish stoner/doom metal band DoomDogs covered "A National Acrobat" on their album "Unleash the Truth".
Czech singer
Jiří Schelinger covered "A National Acrobat" as a member of "
František Ringo Čech " band. The song appeared on their debut album "Nemám hlas jako zvon" (My voice does not ring the bell) in 1974 under a name "Metro, dobrý den" (Hello, underground).
American
psychedelic rock band ACIDTHRONE covered "A National Acrobat" as their 12th song in their 2021 album "The Philosopher's Stoned".
After Forever
Second track on their album
Master of Reality (1971).
Air Dance
Sixth track on the album
Never Say Die! (1978).
Swedish pop singer Lisa Ljungberg covered the song on her 2012 album Seven Seas .
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Third track on their album
Black Sabbath (1970).
Black Sabbath
First track on their album
Black Sabbath (1970).
Ad Hominem in 2004, on a split EP with Geimhre.
Amber Asylum in 2000, on their album The Supernatural Parlour Collection .
Flower Travellin' Band in 1970, on their album
Anywhere .
[2]
Halo on their album Massive Corporate Disease
Iced Earth in 2002, on their album
Tribute to the Gods .
[3]
LA Guns in 1996, on their album
American Hardcore (bonus track on Japan release).
Rotting Christ , on the tribute album "Sabbath Cadabra: A Greek Tribute to Black Sabbath".
Throne of Ahaz in 1996, on their album On Twilight Enthroned .
The Throwaways in 1993, on their album Postmadonna Primadonna .
Type O Negative in 1994, for the Black Sabbath tribute album
Nativity in Black .
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Vader in 1994, on their EP
Sothis ,
[5] later included on their album
Future of the Past .
[6]
Van Helsing's Curse in 2004, on their album Oculus Infernum .
[7]
The main riff of the song has been sampled by
Ice-T in his song "Shut up! Be happy!" on the album
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say! .
Megadeth used this song as an intro for their live shows.
Magoo on a 1998 split single with
Mogwai on
Fierce Panda Records .
Changes
Third track on their album
Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972).
Sampled by rapper
Eminem on the song "Going Through Changes" for his
Recovery album.
A new version with altered lyrics appeared on
Prince of Darkness with
Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy singing a duet version.
Hell Is for Heroes covered this song as a B-side to their single "
Night Vision ".
Fudge Tunnel covered this song on Earache's Masters of Misery compilation.
Overkill covered the song on their 1999 cover album
Coverkill .
Japanese melodic punk band
Hi-Standard covered this song on their
Making the Road album.
In 2013, soul singer
Charles Bradley released a single with his version of the song.
UK based Heavy/Doom Metal band Raven Black Night covered this song on their 2013's album Barbarian Winter .
Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album.
Children of the Grave
Fourth track on their album Master of Reality (1971).
Children of the Sea
Second track on the album
Heaven and Hell (1980).
Jag Panzer covered the song on the album Holy Dio: A Tribute to the Voice of Metal .
Silver Fist covered this song on their album Ave Fenix .
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Ihmisen Merkki in Finnish as "Uneen Hukkuneet".
Cornucopia
Seventh track on their album Black Sabbath Vol.4 (1972).
Die Young
Sixth track on the album Heaven and Hell (1980).
Dirty Women
Eight track on album "
Technical Ecstasy "
Disturbing the Priest
Third track on the album "
Born Again ".
American death metal band Coffin Texts covered the song on the 1999 tribute album Hell Rules . The same recording later appeared on their debut album Gods of Creation, Death & Afterlife .
Electric Funeral
Fifth track on their album "
Paranoid ".
Fairies Wear Boots
Last track on the album "Paranoid".
Hand of Doom
Sixth track on the album "Paranoid".
Headless Cross
Second track on the album "Headless Cross"
Heaven and Hell
Fourth track on the album "Heaven and Hell".
The American
doom metal band
Solitude Aeturnus covered the song for their album
Adagio .
The song's intro was used during
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert to introduce
Tony Iommi .
Benedictum covered the song on their debut album,
Uncreation .
Liechtenstein based
gothic metal band
Elis covered the song on their 2006 album
Griefshire .
The song was also briefly covered by
Tenacious D for
Dio 's music video for the song "Push". At the beginning of the music video,
Jack Black and
Kyle Gass are shown standing on a sidewalk busking and singing "Heaven and Hell" with alternate lyrics. They stop when Dio walks up to them and tells them that he will pay them to play some Tenacious D songs.
Thrash band
Overkill can be heard rehearsing the song at the end of their 1994 album
W.F.O. , along with "
The Ripper " of
Judas Priest .
Progressive metal band
Dream Theater covered the song and released it under their official bootleg "Uncovered 2003–2005".
Heavy metal band
Manowar covered the song at the
Sonisphere Festival in
Bucharest . A studio version of the cover was released on the album Magic: A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio .
Thrash metal band
Anthrax covered some of the song at "The Big 4"
Sonisphere concert in
Sofia , Prague,
Warsaw ,
Bucharest ,
Istanbul , Stockholm and
Athens , and also at other Sonisphere events such as
Knebworth House . The concert was released as the DVD/Blu-ray
The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria .
Christian
glam metal band
Stryper released a cover of the song as the first single from their 2011 album,
The Covering .
Rock band
Coheed and Cambria covered the song.
American
thrash metal band
Death Angel recorded cover of
Heaven and Hell as bonus track on US limited digipack The Dreams Call for Blood.
American rock band Bridger covered the song on their self-titled album.
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album
Ihmisen merkki in Finnish as 'Tuli ja maa'.
Belarusian rock band
Molchat Doma covered the song with a dark wave sound and Russian lyrics for the tribute/compilation album What Is This That Stands Before Me?.
Hole in the Sky
First track on the album "
Sabotage ".
I
Ninth track on the album "
Dehumanizer ".
Into the Void
Last track on the album "Master of Reality".
Various artists have covered the song, including
Iron Man
Fourth track on the album Paranoid (1970).
Green Day covered part of the song live
The Cardigans covered the song on their 1996 album
First Band on the Moon .
[11]
Cat Rapes Dog covered the song for the 1990 single "Fundamental"
Electric Eel Shock from Japan recorded an up tempo version on their 2005 album
Beat Me they also often open live shows with the intro.
Giant Sand covered the song on their 2002 album
Cover Magazine .
The Bad Plus covered the song on their 2004 album
Give .
[12]
Sir Mix-a-Lot (backed by
metal band
Metal Church ) covered the song with new lyrics on Mix-A-Lot's 1988 album
Swass .
NOFX recorded a cover of the song which was released years later on their 1992 compilation,
Maximum Rocknroll .
Northern Irish band
Therapy? covered the song for the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute album
Nativity in Black . Vocals on the track were provided by
Ozzy Osbourne , who sang on the original.
Busta Rhymes used the song on his 1998 album,
E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front , as the backing for the song "This Means War", keeping the original chorus. Ozzy Osbourne is featured as a guest vocalist. This song is also featured on the second
Nativity in Black tribute album.
Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids covered the song on their 1990 demos, albeit with the lyrics altered to make reference to the
Son of Sam murders.
Metallica covered the song when Black Sabbath was introduced in the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
[13]
Pearl Jam vocalist
Eddie Vedder has, on occasion, such as at the
Reading Festival 2007, played the song humorously on ukulele.
[14]
Kanye West samples the song on his song "Hell of a Life" on his album,
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy .
[15]
Four Tet performs an instrumental cover on the Black Sabbath covers album Everything Comes & Goes .
William Shatner covers the song alongside
Zakk Wylde (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist) on his 2011 album
Seeking Major Tom .
Comedian
Bob Rivers recorded a
parody as the title track of his album
I Am Santa Claus .
Cancer Bats covered Iron Man on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality".
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Rautamies'.
Electroclash group
Add N To (X) performed a cover version as the B side of their 7-inch single "Revenge Of The Black Regent".
Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album.
It's Alright
Third track on the album "Technical Ecstasy".
Killing Yourself to Live
Fifth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".
Anal Cunt covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery:The Black Sabbath Earache Tribute".
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Elävinä kuolleisiin'.
Letters from Earth
Fourth track on the album "
Dehumanizer ".
Lord of This World
Sixth track on the album "Master of Reality".
Megalomania
Fourth track on the album "Sabotage".
Venom covered the song on the album "Prime Evil".
The Mob Rules
Fifth track on the album "
Mob Rules ".
Neon Knights
First track on the album "Heaven and Hell".
Never Say Die!
First track on the album "
Never Say Die! ".
N.I.B.
Fourth track on the album "Black Sabbath".
Ugly Kid Joe covered the song on the album "Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath".
Pitchshifter covered the song on the "Triad" single.
Ozzy Osbourne performed the song for his live album "
Speak of the Devil ".
Type O Negative covered the song on the album "Nativity in Negativity (Nativity disc)".
Cave In covered the song on the album "Relapse Sampler 1999".
Primus covered the song on the album "Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath".
Acid Drinkers covered the song on the album "
Fishdick ".
Cancer Bats covered
N.I.B. on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality".
Danzig covered the song on their 2015 album
Skeletons .
Krokus open the 2017 album "
Big Rocks " with a 1:16 snippet of the N.I.B. riff
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'S.Ä.N.K.I.'.
Carnivore (band) covered N.I.B at a show at L'Amour BKLYN in 1989.
Zakk Wylde covered the song for Loudwire YouTube Chanel, on a Hello Kitty Mini-Guitar, as well as an acoustic cover for SiriusXM YouTube Chanel.
Over and Over
Last track on the album "Mob Rules".
Cover versions of "Over and Over were performed by:
Paranoid
Second track on the album "Paranoid".
Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:
Cindy & Bert : "Der Hund von Baskerville" – German
schlager version, 1971. This version has been covered in turn by
Church of Misery .
Heavy metal band
Megadeth for the Black Sabbath
tribute album ,
Nativity in Black . At the end of the recording, while the rest of the band stops, drummer
Nick Menza continues playing until singer
Dave Mustaine shouts to him, to which Menza replies profanely. The cover was later nominated for a Grammy,
[16] and appeared on the
Hidden Treasures EP.
The Dickies on their album
The Incredible Shrinking Dickies .
The Dillinger Escape Plan for the reissue of their
Under the Running Board EP.
Avenged Sevenfold on a tribute album called
Covered, A Revolution in Sound .
[17]
Hellsongs on their debut EP Lounge
[18] and again on Hymns in the Key of 666 .
[19]
Type O Negative on their Origin Of The Feces EP.
The Clay People for the Black Sabbath tribute album, Tribute To Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters .
[20]
3rd Strike on their album
Lost Angel .
Soviet (later Russian) heavy/thrash-metal band
Master(rus. Мастер) on their album
Talk of the Devil .
Mystic Prophecy as a bonus track on their album
Satanic Curses .
Steel Pole Bath Tub as a track on their debut album Butterfly Love .
Gus Black as a track on his album Uncivilized Love .
George Lynch as a track on his album Guitar Slinger (with
Mötley Crüe 's singer
Vince Neil ).
[21]
Adam Parfrey in the album A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows .
[22]
Green Day played it live on their
21st Century Breakdown
World Tour
Big Country Recorded it and released in on Disc2 of the Ships UK Limited Edition 2 x CD Single Set
Queens of the Stone Age live at the
VH1 Rock Honors in 2007 .
New wave of British heavy metal band
Angel Witch covered this song in their 1980's tours
Metallica played it live at the 25th Anniversary of
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, with Osbourne guest singing. This track is playable in the video game
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock .
Show of Hands played a comedic snippet of the song live, which features in the hidden track on
As You Were .
Ministry on their album
Undercover
Kylesa on their album
Exhausting Fire
Extra Hot Sauce on their album Taco of Death
German
grindcore band Nyctophobic, as a
ghost track on their album Insects
Planet Caravan
Third track on the album "Paranoid".
The Anomoanon covered this song on the Black Sabbath tribute album Everything Comes & Goes .
Pantera covered the song on the album
Far Beyond Driven .
Mercury Rev as part of a 2001
John Peel radio session and as a B-side on CD1 of their 2002 single The Dark Is Rising .
Clive Jones of
Black Widow and Agony Bag in 2007.
Cable on
In These Black Days: Volume 4 , a tribute to Black Sabbath.
Estonian band
Rondellus covered this song in Medieval style, on their tribute album Sabbatum , for voice,
lute and
psaltery . In their version the lyrics are translated into Latin, and the song has been retitled "Planetarum Vagatio" (literally, "Wandering of the Planets").
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album
Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Planeettakaravaani'.
Rat Salad
Seventh track on the album "Paranoid".
Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
First track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".
Sabbra Cadabra
Fourth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".
Shock Wave
Fifth track on the album "Never Say Die!".
Cathedral covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery - Black Sabbath: An Earache Tribute".
Sleeping Village
The intro to "Sleeping Village" has been performed by many Black Sabbath tribute bands.
Snowblind
Sixth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4"
Solitude
Seventh track on the album "Master of Reality".
Spiral Architect
Last track on the album "
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ".
St. Vitus Dance
Ninth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".
Cathedral covered the song on the album "After Forever".
Supernaut
Fifth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".
Sweet Leaf
First track on the album "Master of Reality".
Symptom of the Universe
Third track on the album "Sabotage".
The Sign of the Southern Cross
Third track on the album "Mob Rules".
Fates Warning covered the song on the album "Holy Dio: A Tribute to the Voice of Metal (disc 1)".
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album
Ihmisen merkki in Finnish as 'Ihmisen merkki'.
The Wizard
Second song on the album "Black Sabbath".
The song was covered by
Rob Halford 's band Bullring Brummies for the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black".
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The song was covered by
Zakk Wylde 's band
Pride & Glory on the second disc of the reissue of "
Pride & Glory ". Wylde had also been a member of
Ozzy Osbourne 's solo band at the time.
Scorn covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery: The Black Sabbath Earache Tribute".
Zakk Wylde also covered the song on the album "Rare Trax".
Botch covered the song on the album "Cave in/Botch".
Finley Quaye covered the song on the album "Spiritualized".
Shihad covered the song on the EP album "Devolve".
Brand New Sin covered this song as track 16 on their 2011 album "United State".
Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band
Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Parantaja'.
Time Machine
Sixth track on the album "
Dehumanizer ".
Pegasus covered the song on the album "Death... Is Just the Beginning, Volume 6 (disc 1)".
Tomorrow's Dream
Second track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".
TV Crimes
Third track on the album "Dehumanizer".
Plan 4 covered the song on the album "Sabbath Crosses: Tributo a Black Sabbath".
Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes
Last track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4
War Pigs
First track on the album "Paranoid".
Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener
First track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".
Estonian band
Rondellus on their tribute album Sabbatum , sung by two female voices accompanied by a
frame drum . Their version has lyrics translated into Latin, and the song has been retitled "Rotae Confusionis".
[42]
Doom metal band
Cathedral on the tribute album Masters of Misery - The Earache Tribute .
Who are You
Sixth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".
OLD covered the song on the album "Tribute to Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters".
Goatsnake covered the song on the album "1 + Dog Days".
Wicked World
Last track on the album "Black Sabbath".
Zero the Hero
Fifth track on the album "
Born Again ".
Cannibal Corpse covered the song on the album "Tribute to Black Sabbath: Eternal Masters", which also appeared on their 1993 "Hammer Smashed Face" EP.
German/American hard rock band Thunderhead covered the song on their 1995 album "Were You Told the Truth About Hell?".
Godflesh covered the song on the tribute album Masters of Misery - The Earache Tribute .
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