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 JiÃ
ÂÃÂ Schelinger covered "A National Acrobat" as a member of "FrantiÃ
¡ek Ringo ÃÂech" 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).
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Third track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).
Black Sabbath
First track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).
- Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2.
- Amber Asylum in 2000, on their album The Supernatural Parlour Collection.
- Flower Travellin' Band in 1970, on their album Anywhere.
- For Record Store Day 2014 Gonga released a 12" single "Black Sabbeth" (sic) containing a cover of "Black Sabbath" featuring guest vocals by Beth Gibbons of Portishead.
- Halo on their album Massive Corporate Disease
- Iced Earth in 2002, on their album Tribute to the Gods.
- 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".
- The Throwaways in 1993, on their album Postmadonna Primadonna.
- Type O Negative in 1994, for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black.
- Vader in 1994, on their EP Sothis, later included on their album Future of the Past.
- Van Helsing's Curse in 2004, on their album Oculus Infernum.
- The main riff of the song has been sampled by Ice-T in his song "Shut up! Be happy!" (featuring Jello Biafra) on the album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!.
- The main riff of the song has also been sampled by Ice-T in his song "Midnight" on the album O.G. Original Gangster.
- Magoo on a 1998 split single with Mogwai on Fierce Panda Records.
- Venetian Snares released this song and "Electric Funeral" in 2007 as a dub remix 12" under the name Snares.
- Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records.
- Nürnberg (Post-Punk band from Minsk, Belarus) in 2025, on "The Black Album" by Cleopatra Records.
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.
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
Eighth 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
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 2003âÂÂ2005".
- 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 '.
- 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".
- Jazz Sabbath in 2024 on the Record Store Day edition of their album The 1968 Tapes.
- Overkill covered the song on the album "Fuck You and Then Some".
- Pantera covered this on the album "".
- Confessor covered the song on the album "Masters of Misery: The Black Sabbath Earache Tribute".
- Metallica covered this during Black Sabbath's rock and roll hall of fame induction in 2006.
- Machine Head cover the song on the 2008 bonus disc of the album "The Blackening".
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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.
- 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.
- 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, ', 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.
- Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder has, on occasion, such as at the Reading Festival 2007, played the song humorously on ukulele.
- Kanye West samples the song on his song "Hell of a Life" on his album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
- 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.
- Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records.
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.
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.ÃÂ.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 Channel, on a Hello Kitty Mini-Guitar, as well as an acoustic cover for SiriusXM YouTube Channel.
- 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
Second track on the album "Paranoid".
Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by:
- Cindy & Bert: "Der Hund von Baskerville" â German schlager version, 1971. This version has been covered in turn by Church of Misery.
- Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2.
- 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, 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.
- Hellsongs on their debut EP Lounge and again on Hymns in the Key of 666.
- 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.
- 3rd Strike on their album Lost Angel.
- Soviet (later Russian) heavy/thrash-metal band Master(rus. ÃÂðÃÂÃÂõÃÂ) 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).
- Adam Parfrey in the album A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows.
- 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 '.
- 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
- Weezer on their album Teal Album
- Avenged Sevenfold on their album Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough
- Skrewdriver, a neo-Nazi band, covered the song on their live album Live at Waterloo '92. The end of the track includes a monologue from their lead singer about a police attempt to shut down the gig, as well as some anti-Semitic comments.
- "Corporal Gander's Fire Dog Brigade", a short-lived German rock band, covered the song on their only studio album "On The Rocks" in 1970.
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
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
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".
- Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2.
- The thrash metal band Sepultura covered the song for the Black Sabbath tribute album, "Nativity in Black".
- The song has also been covered by Helmet, noticeably in the film , in which they are featured as the club band with Ozzy Osbourne guest-starring as their manager.
- Finnish thrash metal band Stone released a version as a bonus track on their 2008 compilation Stoneage 2.0.
- American rock band Comes With the Fall have also covered in on their album Live 2002.
- In the documentary A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett can be seen jamming the main riff to the song in his hotel room. It was also covered in 2010 by Orange Goblin for a Metal Hammer tribute CD to Black Sabbath and by the Melvins in 1989 on their Melvins/Mudhoney split 7-inch Album.
- Ukrainian thrash metal band Violent Omen covered the song on their full-length album "Lunatic's Revenge" released in April 2011.
- UK based thrash metal band Deathwish covered the song on their second full-length album "Demon Preacher".
- Candlemass open the song Black Sabbath Medley with 1:30 of this song on the album Ancient Dreams.
- Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Sapattivuosi Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Matka universumiin'.
- Brownout released this song on their 2016 "Brown Sabbath, Vol. 2" LP on Ubiquity Records.
- English crustcore band Doom on their "Peel Sessions" album.
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".
- 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
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".
- 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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