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List of cover versions of Black Sabbath songs

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This is a list of notable Black Sabbath covers or samples by various artists. It does not include bootleg or unrecorded live performances, or any unreleased demo recordings.

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".
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After Forever

Second track on their album Master of Reality (1971).

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Behind the Wall of Sleep

Third track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).

Black Sabbath

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First track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).

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Changes

Third track on their album Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972).

  • Country musician Billy Walker recorded a version of the song on his 1973 album The Hand of Love.
  • 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.
  • Yungblud released a live rendition recorded during the Back to the Beginning performance on July 11, 2025.
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Children of the Grave

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Fourth track on their album Master of Reality (1971).

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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).

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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".

  • Reverend on their 1990 album "World Won't Miss You" (bonus track).

Heaven and Hell

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Fourth track on the album "Heaven and Hell".

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

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Fourth track on the album Paranoid (1970).

It's Alright

Third track on the album "Technical Ecstasy".

Jerusalem

Third track on the album "Tyr"

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.

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Fourth track on the album "Black Sabbath".

  • Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2.
  • 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.
  • Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records.

Over and Over

Last track on the album "Mob Rules".

Cover versions of "Over and Over were performed by:

Paranoid

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Second track on the album "Paranoid".

Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:

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'.
  • Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records.

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

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First track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

Sabbra Cadabra

Fourth track on the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".

The Shining

First track on the album "The Eternal Idol"

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

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Fifth track on the album "Black Sabbath Vol. 4".

Sweet Leaf

First track on the album "Master of Reality".

Symptom of the Universe

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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".

  • Jazz Sabbath in 2024 on their album The 1968 Tapes.
  • The song was covered by Rob Halford's band Bullring Brummies for the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black".[33]
  • 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'.
  • Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records.

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

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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".[47]
  • Doom metal band Cathedral on the tribute album Masters of Misery - The Earache Tribute.

When Death Calls

Fourth track on the album "Headless Cross".

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 North American edition of 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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