Jeden ze základních kamenů hardrockové muziky 70. let a skupina, která naznačila další ubírání rockové hudby směrem k heavy metalu. Pozdější metalové proudy navazovaly i na jejich složku textovou a ideovou (okultismus, mysticismus apod.)....

Píseň: Swinging The Chain

Interpret:
Black Sabbath
Album:
Never Say Die
It's against my uniform 
To be a civil judge 
All the songs are history now 
`Bout rock stars and their grudge 
Let us cast our minds back 
To thirty years or more 
You took up all the vandals 
Will Hitler beat `em all? 
And we're sad and sorry 
Really sorry that it happened that way 
Yes we're sad and sorry 
But why'd you have to treat us that way? 
Compare ourselves with others 
And cover them in sin 
Oh, God what a terrible 
A terrible state we're in 
There must be some way out of here 
A comprimise that's right 
If we cannot work it out 
We're gonna have to fight 
Yes we're sad and sorry 
Really sorry that it happened that way 
Yes we're sad and sorry 
We cannot go on in those days 
I'm talking about my brothers 
Yeah, I'm talking `bout sisters as well 
I wish you good luck 
Good luck! 
Oh, but the world's still on fire 
Chain the hope you take on, liar 
This fire 
We're on fire, we're on fire, yeah...