This is a list of notable Black Sabbath covers or samples by various artists. It does not include bootleg or unrecorded live performances, or any unreleased demo recordings.
A National Acrobat Second track on album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973).
The heavy metal band Metallica covered this song and "Sabbra Cadabra" on their Garage Inc. cover album in one condensed song entitled "Sabbra Cadabra". Swedish stoner/doom metal band DoomDogs covered "A National Acrobat" on their album "Unleash the Truth". Czech singer Jiří Schelinger covered "A National Acrobat" as a member of "František Ringo Čech" band. The song appeared on their debut album "Nemám hlas jako zvon" (My voice does not ring the bell) in 1974 under a name "Metro, dobrý den" (Hello, underground). American psychedelic rock band ACIDTHRONE covered "A National Acrobat" as their 12th song in their 2021 album "The Philosopher's Stoned".
After Forever Second track on their album Master of Reality (1971).
"After Forever" has been covered by Biohazard for Nativity in Black, a Black Sabbath tribute album. Aurora Borealis for Hell Rules: Tribute to Black Sabbath, Vol. 2. Deliverance on their 1992 album What a Joke. Frost Like Ashes on their debut EP Pure As the Blood Covered Snow. Shelter on their 1992 album Quest for Certainty. Stryper on their 2015 album Fallen. Troglodyte Dawn with rewritten lyrics and titled "Forever After" on their 2003 debut album Troglodyte Dawn. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Sapattivuosi Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Ikuisuuden jälkeen'.
Behind the Wall of Sleep Third track on their album Black Sabbath (1970). Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2. Static-X covered this on their album Beneath... Between... Beyond.... Macabre covered this on their EP Behind the Wall of Sleep.
Black Sabbath First track on their album Black Sabbath (1970).
Jazz Sabbath in 2022 on their album Vol.2. Amber Asylum in 2000, on their album The Supernatural Parlour Collection. Flower Travellin' Band in 1970, on their album Anywhere. For Record Store Day 2014 Gonga released a 12" single "Black Sabbeth" (sic) containing a cover of "Black Sabbath" featuring guest vocals by Beth Gibbons of Portishead. Halo on their album Massive Corporate Disease Iced Earth in 2002, on their album Tribute to the Gods. LA Guns in 1996, on their album American Hardcore (bonus track on Japan release). Rotting Christ, on the tribute album "Sabbath Cadabra: A Greek Tribute to Black Sabbath". The Throwaways in 1993, on their album Postmadonna Primadonna. Type O Negative in 1994, for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black. Vader in 1994, on their EP Sothis, later included on their album Future of the Past. Van Helsing's Curse in 2004, on their album Oculus Infernum. The main riff of the song has been sampled by Ice-T in his song "Shut up! Be happy!" (featuring Jello Biafra) on the album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!. The main riff of the song has also been sampled by Ice-T in his song "Midnight" on the album O.G. Original Gangster. Magoo on a 1998 split single with Mogwai on Fierce Panda Records. Venetian Snares released this song and "Electric Funeral" in 2007 as a dub remix 12" under the name Snares. Brownout released this song on their 2014 "Brown Sabbath" LP on Ubiquity Records. Nürnberg (Post-Punk band from Minsk, Belarus) in 2025, on "The Black Album" by Cleopatra Records.https://open.spotify.com/track/5fHgrjB98pA6TUvgE2h5GG
Changes Third track on their album Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972).
Country musician Billy Walker recorded a version of the song on his 1973 album The Hand of Love. Sampled by rapper Eminem on the song "Going Through Changes" for his Recovery album. A new version with altered lyrics appeared on Prince of Darkness with Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy singing a duet version. Hell Is for Heroes covered this song as a B-side to their single "Night Vision". Fudge Tunnel covered this song on Earache's Masters of Misery compilation. Overkill covered the song on their 1999 cover album Coverkill. Japanese melodic punk band Hi-Standard covered this song on their Making the Road album. In 2013, soul singer Charles Bradley released a single with his version of the song. UK based Heavy/Doom Metal band Raven Black Night covered this song on their 2013's album Barbarian Winter. Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album. Yungblud released a live rendition recorded during the Back to the Beginning performance on July 11, 2025.
Children of the Grave Fourth track on their album Master of Reality (1971).
Canadian rockers Jet Set Satellite covered the song on their 2008 album End of an Era. American band Racer X released a cover of the song that can be heard on the Japanese version of Technical Difficulties. The song has been covered by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. Also, hardcore punk band The Fartz covered it for their Because This Fuckin' World Still Stinks album. It has also been covered by the Finnish band Tarot on To Live Forever. The American straight edge hardcore band Earth Crisis covered the song for their covers album "Last Of The Sane." The Swedish stoner metal band Hellfueled covered this song on their 2002 demo album "The Red One." The band White Zombie covered "Children of the Grave" for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black. It was later released as a promo single in 1994. Melodic death metal band from Sweden Amon Amarth on their compilation album Hymns to the Rising Sun. American death metal band Master on their 1990 self-titled debut album. Cancer Bats covered Children of the Grave on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality". American thrash metal band Havok on their 2013 album Unnatural Selection. Peruvian black metal band Two Face Sinner covered the song on their EP "Buried Alive in Black". Italian doom metal band Firelord covered the song on their 2013 album "Among the Snakes". Neurosis in 1999, on a split EP with Soilent Green that is Volume 6 of the In These Black Days tribute series. American alternative metal band Stone Sour covered this song on their 2015 EP "Meanwhile in Burbank..." Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Hautuumaan lapset'. Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album. Brownout released this song on their 2016 "Brown Sabbath, Vol. 2" LP on Ubiquity Records.
Children of the Sea Second track on the album Heaven and Hell (1980).
Jag Panzer covered the song on the album Holy Dio: A Tribute to the Voice of Metal. Silver Fist covered this song on their album Ave Fenix. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Ihmisen Merkki in Finnish as "Uneen Hukkuneet".
Cornucopia Seventh track on their album Black Sabbath Vol.4 (1972).
In 1999, the thrash metal band Overkill covered the song for their cover album Coverkill. British sludge metal band Iron Monkey covered it on their album Ruined By Idiots. Rochester, NY-based grindcore band Brutal Truth covered it on In These Black Days: Vol. 2. Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura covered it on their live album Under a Pale Grey Sky.
Die Young Sixth track on the album Heaven and Hell (1980).
Fates Warning covered the song on their album Awaken the Guardian. Suicide Silence covered the song acoustic live at the Mitch Lucker Memorial Show. Primal Fear covered the song on their album Devil's Ground. Dragonfly covered the song on their 2011 album Non Requiem. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Ihmisen merkki in Finnish as "Yö saa".
Dirty Women Eighth track on album "Technical Ecstasy"
The Hellacopters covered the song on their album "Cream of the Crap Vol. 2" Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Sapattivuosi Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Tarvin pimuu'.
Disturbing the Priest Third track on the album "Born Again".
American death metal band Coffin Texts covered the song on the 1999 tribute album Hell Rules. The same recording later appeared on their debut album Gods of Creation, Death & Afterlife.
Electric Funeral Fifth track on their album "Paranoid".
Jazz Sabbath in 2024 on their album The 1968 Tapes. Pantera covered the song for Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black II". Iced Earth covered the song on their album "The Melancholy E.P.". Vitamin String Quartet covered the song on the album "The String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath". Cavalera Conspiracy covered the song on their second album "Blunt Force Trauma" Primus covered the song live "Les Claypool". American death metal band Brutality, in 1994 on their album When the Sky Turns Black Candlemass third album Ancient Dreams has a bonus track titled Black Sabbath Medley which includes 1:04 snippet of Electric Funeral. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their album Sapattivuosi Vol. 2 in Finnish as 'Sähköhauta'. Krisiun in 2015, on their album Forged in Fury. The 2017 covers album by Slothrust, titled Show Me How You Want It To Be, includes a cover version of "Electric Funeral". Brownout released this song on their 2016 "Brown Sabbath, Vol. 2" LP on Ubiquity Records.
Fairies Wear Boots Last track on the album "Paranoid".
American all-female metal band Phantom Blue covered the song on their 1995 album Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts. American thrash metal band Flotsam & Jetsam recorded the song in 2008 and included it on the remastered version of their fifth studio album, Drift. American glam rock band Toilet Böys include the song on their EP Sinners and Saints. Rose Hill Drive, an American power trio, covered "Fairies Wear Boots" at the 2007 Hyde Park Calling festival. American jam band Widespread Panic covered the song during their summer 2007 tour and opened the 31 Oct 2010 NOLAween show in tribute to Ozzy who was playing at the nearby Voodoo Experience. American metal band Fozzy released a cover of the song as a bonus track on their 2012 album Sin and Bones. Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Keijujen kengät'. Jazz Sabbath released an instrumental jazz rendition of this song on their self-titled debut album. Brownout released this song on their 2016 "Brown Sabbath, Vol. 2" LP on Ubiquity Records.
Hand of Doom Sixth track on the album "Paranoid".
Danzig in 1996, on their album Blackacidevil. Orange Goblin on a their EP Nuclear Guru. Slayer in 2000, on the tribute album "Nativity in Black II".
Reverend on their 1990 album "World Won't Miss You" (bonus track). Tool live at the Back to the Beginning festival in 2025.
Heaven and Hell Fourth track on the album "Heaven and Hell".
The American doom metal band Solitude Aeturnus covered the song for their album Adagio. The song's intro was used during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert to introduce Tony Iommi. Benedictum covered the song on their debut album, Uncreation. Liechtenstein based gothic metal band Elis covered the song on their 2006 album Griefshire. The song was also briefly covered by Tenacious D for Dio's music video for the song "Push". At the beginning of the music video, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are shown standing on a sidewalk busking and singing "Heaven and Hell" with alternate lyrics. They stop when Dio walks up to them and tells them that he will pay them to play some Tenacious D songs. Thrash band Overkill can be heard rehearsing the song at the end of their 1994 album W.F.O., along with "The Ripper" of Judas Priest. Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered the song and released it under their official bootleg "Uncovered 2003–2005". Heavy metal band Manowar covered the song at the Sonisphere Festival in Bucharest. A studio version of the cover was released on the album Magic: A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio.