Children of the Grave

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"Children of the Grave"
Black Sabbath- Children of the Grave.jpg
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Master of Reality
B-side"Solitude"
ReleasedAugust 1971 (1971-08) [1]
RecordedIsland Studios, London, England
GenreHeavy metal
Length
  • 5:17 (album version)
  • 3:47 (single version)
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer(s)Rodger Bain
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"After Forever"
(1971) 		"Children of the Grave"
(1971) 		"Iron Man"
(1971)

"Children of the Grave" is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from Paranoid.

The song has been featured on a number of greatest hits and live albums by Black Sabbath, as well as by the band's lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne during his solo career.

Track listing[]

  1. "Children of the Grave" (Edit) – 3:47 [2]
  2. "Solitude" - 3:45

Cover versions[]

White Zombie[]

"Children of the Grave"
White Zombie Children of the Grave.jpg
Single by White Zombie
from the album Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Released1994
Recorded1994
GenreHeavy metal, Thrash metal
Length5:50
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Geezer Butler
Tony Iommi
Ozzy Osbourne
Bill Ward
Producer(s)Bryan Carlstrom
White Zombie
White Zombie singles chronology
"I Am Hell"
(1993) 		"Children of the Grave"
(1994) 		"Feed the Gods"
(1994)

The band White Zombie covered "Children of the Grave" (with slightly altered lyrics) for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black. It was later released as a promo single in 1994.

Nepal[]

The Argentine thrash metal band Nepal recorded a cover version of the song for their third studio album, Manifiesto (1997).[3]

Havok[]

American thrash metal band Havok included a cover of the song on their third studio album, Unnatural Selection (2013).

Master[]

American death metal band Master covered the song for their 1990 debut album Master. Whilst keeping the clean finger picking intro of Embryo and the opening build up, the rest of the cover is more similar to the style of Venom.

Jazz Sabbath[]

English jazz trio Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their 2020 self-titled debut album.

Racer X[]

American heavy metal band Racer X covered this song and released it as a bonus track in the European/Japanese edition of the album Technical Difficulties (1999).

References[]

  1. ^ "Children of the Grave single".
  2. ^ "Children of the Grave single".
  3. ^ "hmNepal.8m.com". Biography. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009.

External links[]

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