There are TONS of them. Which ones do you think did them justice?
A few of my favorite covers:
KYUSS - Into the Void PRIMUS - N.I.B. JOHN TESH w/ AZ/DZ - The Wizard (priceless!) CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Lord of This World CATHEDRAL - Wheels of Confusion CATHEDRAL - Solitude FAITH NO MORE - War Pigs (studio version) ICED EARTH - Black Sabbath SCREAMING TREES - Tomorrow's Dream MEGADETH - Never Say Die SLEEP - Snowblind SLEEP - Lord of This World FORSAKEN - Neon Knights LAST CHAPTER - Children of the Sea SPIRIT CARAVAN - Wicked World
As far as tribute albums go, there have been almost 30 different tributes released to date with a WIDE range of styles available. I've been checking out many of them lately and I tend to prefer the oddball ones over the typical metal tributes.
The Kind of Black jazz tribute by THE CASUALTIES OF JAZZ is stellar and quite possibly the best overall tribute album I've heard yet. It's a jazz trio made up of a drummer, upright bassist and an organist playing a Hammond B3. Sabbath's stuff was full of jazz influences, especially in the beginning, so this tribute really brings out some cool nuances in their music!
I'm also checking out IRON HORSE's bluegrass tribute (Black & Bluegrass) right now, which is a hoot! As Steve Martin said, "Yyou just can't be sad when you're playing or listening to banjo!" How right he is!
Other oddball tributes include Lullaby versions, Indian/Hindu versions, Acoustic version w/ female vox, String Quartet versions, Folk versions, Electronic versions and a Medieval tribute played entirely on authentic period instruments and sung completely in Latin! Awesome!
SabbSteve What is the Matrix?
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I did not know that Spirit Caravan did Wicked World,well you got me back for the wind breaking thread Trog,now I'm crying.From what I've heard,and yes I am biased since I once had the chance to be their vocalist,I really think Last Chapter nailed "Children Of The Sea".Also,I really liked the Mood cover of LITW.
TrogDawn Janitor of the Void
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I did not know that Spirit Caravan did Wicked World,well you got me back for the wind breaking thread Trog,now I'm crying.
Yes, I was surprised when I found it also. It exists only on a 2 disc comp called Sucking the 70's, which features several current doom & stoner bands covering hard rock standards of that era.
Didn't you read my bio! LOL yeah,its kind of my "claim to fame".John told me they were looking for a singer and I tried out.They were all great guys,in particular guitarist Darrin Davis who was an AWESOME enough soul to be willing to pick me up and give my no car butt a RIDE to practice!My voice wasn't exactly what they were looking for but they were willing to work with me.Due to the #$%&*! Dallas/Fort Worth traffic it just wasn't possible for him to do it ,we tried a few times but there just wasn't enough time left to pick me up and make it to Arlington where they practiced.I told them from the beginning after I heard them play that no matter what happened I would be a fan.In the process I became friends with them ,yes its true ,I actually got to sing some of the awesome lyrics of Last Chapter with the band behind me in practice,of all the great shows I have ever seen,that was my finest DOOM moment! I am truly both proud but humbled to say that if you have a copy of the Last Chapter cds it is my name that is given a special thanks in the credits.I don't know the exact details but after vox Shawn Green left the band decided to call it a day,then shortly after ,Cody quit and moved away .
TrogDawn Janitor of the Void
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Yeah,if you're really bored it might make for some interesting reading.Seriously though ,I really have been blessed to have met some cool people and been involved in some cool events.After auditioning for Last Chapter,the next coolest purely personal moment would be thanks to equip. failure Roger Rose played through my Crate at the Mad/Rose show at the Salvation Army gym in Irving.Third took place at the same place wildly enough when Mortification presented to me mid -show a Saint Vitus cap.
TrogDawn Janitor of the Void
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Does anybody have any of the following by any chance?
A.C. - It's Alright/Sabbra Cadabra/Blow on a Jug BANDIT - Evil Woman BELPHEGOR - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath BOTCH - The Wizard BRUTAL TRUTH - Cornucopia CABLE - Planet Caravan CAVE IN - N.I.B. CAVITY - Into the Void CONVERGE - Snowblind CORPORAL GANDER'S FIREDOG BRIGADE - Paranoid DOOM - Hole in the Sky DOOM - Symptom of the Universe DR. KNOW - Into the Void FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - Black Sabbath GODSPEED - Hole in the Sky GOLGOTHA - Snowblind ICED EARTH - Solitude L.A. GUNS - Black Sabbath METALLICA - Hole in the Sky/Iron Man SEPULTURA - Paranoid SHELTER - After Forever SOUNDGARDEN - Supernaut SPACE NEGROES - Iron Man TODAY IS THE DAY - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath WORD SALAD - Electric Funeral
dOOm&gLOOm TROGLIKE
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Nah, that was the first Sabbath cover I ever heard that was done by a Xian band, so I love it for that reason alone - despite the style not quite being my personal cup of meat.
I will say however, that my dissatisfaction with their version was directly responsible for me doing my own version on the first TD album.
ghosts of athanasius Pioneer Cave Keeper
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alex skolnick, guitarist for testament and savatage, formed a jazz trio which covers a lot of old rock and metal tunes. on their first cd they cover "war pigs". quite sick.
TrogDawn Janitor of the Void
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alex skolnick, guitarist for testament and savatage, formed a jazz trio which covers a lot of old rock and metal tunes. on their first cd they cover "war pigs". quite sick.
I have that one. Very cool. If you like Sabbath given the jazz treatment, check out Kind of Black by THE CASUALTIES OF JAZZ. It's the best Sab tribute I've yet heard. A jazz trio made up of a drummer, upright bassist and an organist on a Hammond B3. Smooth.
SabbSteve What is the Matrix?
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Couldn't let this one fade ,too cool a subject.Been listening to a lot of epic doom lately.SA, Sorcerer, and Solitude's near English cousin Solstice and some Memory Garden.Their cover of Country Girl is pretty cool.That was always one of my fave Dio era Sab songs and its totally cool how he sings"Saabath ending",love it !One of the strangest ones has to be the Ultraviolence cover of "Paranoid".
oldschooldoom Mattafakka
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Subject: Re: Favorite BLACK SABBATH covers/tributes... Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:02 am
Some of my fave Sabbath tribute albums:
Dehumanized Witch-A Mark II Black Sabbath Tribute
Hell Rules-A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Masters of Misery-A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Sapattivuosi—‘Ihmisen Merkki’ aka Man Mark
Sapattivuosi—‘Vol. 2’ (Finnish) and
The String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath (just to be different )
_Wes What is the Matrix?
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I love 'Heaven & Hell' no matter who covers it. Such a great song with deep meaning.
oldschooldoom Mattafakka
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Subject: Re: Favorite BLACK SABBATH covers/tributes... Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:20 pm
I've been listening to a cool BS tribute lately. The Uruguayan band 'Aplanadora' has an album called 'Tributo a Black Sabbath'. For being from South America, they have GOT things covered. Check out their sound
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Subject: Re: Favorite BLACK SABBATH covers/tributes...
Subject: Favorite BLACK SABBATH covers/tributes... 
Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:24 pm
I did not know that Spirit Caravan did Wicked World,well you got me back for the wind breaking thread Trog,now I'm crying.From what I've heard,and yes I am biased since I once had the chance to be their vocalist,I really think Last Chapter nailed "Children Of The Sea".Also,I really liked the Mood cover of LITW.
What happened? And whatever happened to those guys anyway? They just disappeared...
so I love it for that reason alone - despite the style not quite being my personal cup of meat. 
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