In These Black Days

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In These Black Days
In These Black Days, Vol's 1-6.jpg
Volumes 1–6
Compilation album by
various artists
Released1997–1999
Genre Heavy metal
Length66:47 (total)
Label Hydra Head
Professional ratings
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In These Black Days: A Tribute to Black Sabbath is the name of a six-volume Black Sabbath tribute series, released in the late 1990s as a series of split 7" singles by various artists on Hydra Head Records.

Contents

A double 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]

Track listing

Volume 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
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, WardAnal Cunt1:42
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

Volume 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
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

Volume 3

No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
1."Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Today Is the Day 6:05
2."Supernaut" (Vol. 4, 1972)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Coalesce 3:21

Volume 4

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
1."Into the Void" ( Master of Reality , 1971)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Cavity 6:03
2."Planet Caravan" (Paranoid, 1970)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Cable 2:52
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
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

Volume 5

No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
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

Volume 6

No.TitleWriter(s)Cover artistLength
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

Cancelled CD

The unreleased double CD compilation was intended to be a split release between Hydra Head and Relapse Records, with additional Sabbath covers provided by Goatsnake, Isis, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Amber Asylum, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. [2] Goatsnake's cover of "Who Are You" was instead included on a repress of the Dog Days EP; Isis' cover of "Hand of Doom" was included on the Sawblade EP; Amber Asylum's cover of "Black Sabbath" was included on The Supernatural Parlour Collection; The Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of "Paranoid" was included on a reissue of the Under the Running Board EP.

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References

  1. DaRonco, Mike. "In These Black Days". Allmusic . Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "In These Black Days". Hydra Head Records . May 27, 1999. Archived from the original on April 30, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  3. In These Black Days - Sabbath covers box set on Hydrahead Archived March 4, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 19, 2022.