1997 compilation album by various artists
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In These Black Days: A Tribute to Black Sabbath is a six-volumeBlack Sabbath tribute series, released in the late 1990s as a series of split7" singles by various artists onHydra Head Records .
Adouble CD compiling all of the songs from the 7"s with additional Black Sabbath covers from other bands associated with Hydra Head Records was planned for years, but has not been released.[ 2]
In 2013, all six volumes were re-released in a 7×7" box set that is limited to less than 100 copies.[ 3]
No. Title Writer(s) Cover artist Length 1. "Killing Yourself to Live" (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , 1973) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Anal Cunt 3:40 2. "It's Alright /Sabbra Cadabra / Blow on a Jug" (Technical Ecstasy , 1976 /Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , 1973 /Sabotage , 1975) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Anal Cunt 1:42 3. "Sabbath Jam" (Medley of "Cornucopia" (Vol. 4 , 1972), "Hand of Doom " (Paranoid , 1970) and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (Black Sabbath , 1970)) Geezer Butler ,Tony Iommi ,Ozzy Osbourne ,Bill Ward Eyehategod 6:02
No. Title Writer(s) Cover artist Length 1. "Cornucopia" (Vol. 4 , 1972) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Brutal Truth 3:14 2. "Snowblind" (Vol. 4 , 1972) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Converge 4:29
Disc 2 No. Title Writer(s) Cover artist Length 1. "Hole in the Sky" (Sabotage , 1975) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Jesuit 3:48 2. "A National Acrobat " (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , 1973) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Overcast 5:32
No. Title Writer(s) Cover artist Length 1. "N.I.B. " (Black Sabbath , 1970) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Cave In 4:14 2. "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath , 1970) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Botch 4:26
No. Title Writer(s) Cover artist Length 1. "Children of the Grave " (Master of Reality , 1971) Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Neurosis 5:40 2. "Lord of the Southern Priest" (Medley of "Lord of This World" (Master of Reality , 1971), "The Sign of the Southern Cross" (Mob Rules , 1981) and "Disturbing the Priest " (Born Again , 1983)) Butler,Ronnie James Dio ,Ian Gillan , Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Soilent Green 5:42
The unreleased double CD compilation was intended to be a split release between Hydra Head andRelapse Records , with additional Sabbath covers provided byGoatsnake ,Isis ,Agoraphobic Nosebleed ,Amber Asylum , andThe Dillinger Escape Plan .[ 2] Goatsnake's cover of "Who Are You" was instead included on a repress of theDog Days EP; Isis' cover of "Hand of Doom" was included on theSawblade EP; Amber Asylum's cover of "Black Sabbath " was included onThe Supernatural Parlour Collection ; The Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of "Paranoid " was included on a reissue of theUnder the Running Board EP.
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