Snowblind (song)
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This article is about the Black Sabbath song. For other uses, go to Snowblind (disambiguation)
| "Snowblind" | ||
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| Song by Black Sabbath | ||
| from the album Black Sabbath Vol. 4 | ||
| Released | September, 1972 | |
| Recorded | 1972 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 5:31 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Writer(s) | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | |
| Producer(s) | Patrick Meehan, Black Sabbath | |
| Black Sabbath Vol. 4 track listing | ||
| "Supernaut" (5) |
"Snowblind" (6) |
"Cornucopia" (7) |
"Snowblind" is a song on the album Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1972. The song was written when all four members of the band were suffering from cocaine addiction. It is one of several songs by the band made about or related to drugs, along with "Fairies Wear Boots", "Sweet Leaf", "Hand of Doom", "Supernaut", and others. Volume 4, the album featuring the song, was originally intended to be named Snowblind, but was ultimately changed by the record company, possibly to avoid the cocaine reference. The song had to be redone several times as Ozzy Osbourne kept shouting 'COCAINE' after each verse. Snowblind appears on Black Sabbath's albums Reunion, Past Lives, We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll, and Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978.
The song can be found covered by System of a Down on Nativity in Black II (a Black Sabbath tribute album) and Lonely Day and covered by Sleep on Masters of Misery: The Black Sabbath Tribute. It has also been covered by Black Label Society, appearing on the second discs of both their live album Alcohol Fuelled Brewtality and the compilation album Kings of Damnation. Converge have performed a live cover of the song which appears on two of their EPs.
