Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)
"Into the Void" | ||||
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Song by Black Sabbath from the album Master of Reality | ||||
Released | 21 July 1971 | |||
Recorded | Record Plant, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, doom metal, space rock | |||
Length | 6:11 | |||
Label |
Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. (US) | |||
Writer(s) | Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | |||
Producer(s) | Rodger Bain | |||
Master of Reality track listing | ||||
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"Into the Void" is a song by 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. It is written in the key of C# minor.
Various artists have covered the song, including Kyuss, Sleep, Dr. Know, Cavity, Exhorder, Lumsk, Soundgarden, Monster Magnet, Dimmi Argus[1][2] and Orange Goblin.
In Soundgarden's version, the original lyrics are replaced by words of protest by Chief Seattle, which fit the metre of the song.[3] At the 1993 Grammy Awards, the appropriately renamed "Into the Void (Sealth)" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance.[4]
"Into the Void" | ||||
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Single by Kyuss | ||||
from the album Into the Void | ||||
A-side | Into the Void | |||
B-side | Fatso Forgotso | |||
Released | September 6, 1996 | |||
Recorded | Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, California | |||
Genre | Stoner rock, heavy metal | |||
Label | Man's Ruin Records | |||
Kyuss singles chronology | ||||
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Track listing
- "Into the Void" (Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)
Trivia
James Hetfield from Metallica lists "Into the Void" as his favorite Black Sabbath track.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Review: DIMMI ARGUS "Bad Dream" (2013)". MetalShock Finland. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
- ↑ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: DIMMI ARGUS "Bad Dream" (2013)". Metal Archives. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
- ↑ "Soundgarden". Guitar for the Practicing Musician. December 1992.
- ↑ "35th Grammy Awards - 1993". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "30 on 30", Guitar World, March 2010, Vol. 31/No. 3