Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)

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"Into the Void"
Song by Black Sabbath
from the album Master of Reality
Released21 July 1971 (1971-07-21)
Recorded Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length6:11
Label Vertigo
Songwriters Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer Rodger Bain

"Into the Void" is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album Master of Reality . An early version of "Into the Void" called "Spanish Sid" was released on the deluxe edition of Master of Reality.

"Into the Void" was ranked the 13th best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check. [1]

Influence

"Into the Void" has been listed as a favourite song by some of heavy metal's most notable performers. James Hetfield from Metallica lists "Into the Void" as his favorite Black Sabbath track. [2] Eddie Van Halen has listed the song's main riff as one of his all-time favourites. [3] Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Void took their name from the song. [4]

Soundgarden covered the song, replacing the original lyrics with words of protest by Chief Seattle, which fit the metre of the song. [5] At the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, the appropriately renamed "Into the Void (Sealth)" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Rehe, Christoph (2013). Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch (in German). Sysyphus Sysyphus Verlags GmbH. ISBN   978-3868526462.
  2. ↑ Hetfield, James (March 2010). "30 on 30". Guitar World . 31 (3).
  3. ↑ Payne, Chris (November 12, 2015). "Watch Eddie Van Halen Pick His All-Time Favorite Guitar Riffs". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ Finn, Craig (27 October 2011). "The Faith and Void: the glorious Dischord of 1980s harDCore punk". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Soundgarden". Guitar for the Practicing Musician. December 1992.
  6. ↑ "35th Grammy Awards - 1993". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
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