Hand of Doom (song)
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- This article is about the Black Sabbath song. A different song with the same name was recorded by Manowar.
| “Hand of Doom” | |||||
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| Song by Black Sabbath | |||||
| Album | Paranoid | ||||
| Released | 1970 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy Metal | ||||
| Length | 7:09 | ||||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) | ||||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | ||||
| Paranoid track listing | |||||
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"Hand of Doom" is an anti-heroin song by Black Sabbath from their breakthrough album Paranoid in 1970. Together with "Fairies Wear Boots", also from "Paranoid", it was one of the first drug-related songs by the band, and others would follow, including , "Sweet Leaf", "Snowblind" and "Supernaut".
Although "Hand of Doom" is a favorite of the band, it did not appear on the compilation Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978, which was likely compiled with little, if any input, from the band members. A live recording can be found on Past Lives.
Thematically, it is a heavy metal cousin to The Velvet Underground's landmark art rock song "Heroin" from their 1967 debut, in that the lyrical themes, imagery, and messages of both songs are quite similar. Both songs transition between loud and soft passages to represent "shooting up" the drug. This song was thought to influence the start of the doom metal genre.
[edit] Covers
- Slayer- from the tribute album Nativity in Black
- Danzig- from Blackacidevil, featuring re-written lyrics and song structure.
- Isis- from rare Red Sea EP (Japanese edition) and Sawblade EP
- HIM- live, they also featured it on their recent album Uneasy Listening Vol. 2.
- Cephalic Carnage- from the tribute album Hell Rules 2: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
- Orange Goblin- from Nuclear Guru EP
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