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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Children of the Grave

| cover = Black Sabbath- Children of the Grave.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Black Sabbath

| album = Master of Reality

| B-side = Solitude

| released =

| recorded = Island Studios, London, England

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Heavy metal

| length =

| label = Vertigo

| writer = Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward

| producer = Rodger Bain

| prev_title = After Forever

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Iron Man

| next_year = 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



# "Children of the Grave" (Edit) 3:47

# "Solitude" - 3:45

Legacy



"Children of the Grave" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, 'Kerrang' ranked the song number six on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, and in 2021, 'Louder Sound' ranked the song number five on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.

Cover versions



White Zombie version



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. The cover did not chart, but did receive some radio airplay on active rock stations in America.

Track listing



Personnel



;White Zombie

*Rob Zombie vocals

*Jay Yuenger guitar

*Sean Yseult bass

*Phil Buerstatte drums

;Production

*Bryan Carlstrom production

*White Zombie production

*Bob Chiappardi executive producer

*Terry Date mixing

Nepal version

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

Havok version

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

Master version

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 version

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

Racer X version

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



Category:Black Sabbath songs

Category:1971 songs

Category:Anti-war songs

Category:White Zombie (band) songs

Category:1994 singles

Category:Songs written by Ozzy Osbourne

Category:Songs written by Tony Iommi

Category:Songs written by Geezer Butler

Category:Songs written by Bill Ward (musician)

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Vertigo Records singles

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