Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)

"Into the Void"
Song by Black Sabbath from the album Master of Reality
Released	21 July 1971 (1971-07-21)
Recorded	Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Heavy metal, Doom metal
Length	6:11
Label	Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. (US)
Writer(s)	Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
Producer(s)	Rodger Bain
Master of Reality track listing
"Solitude" (7) "Into the Void" (8)

"Into the Void"
Single by Kyuss
from the album Into the Void
A-side	Into the Void
B-side	Fatso Forgotso
Released	September 6, 1996
Recorded	Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, California
Label	Man's Ruin Records
Kyuss singles chronology
"Shine!" (1996) "Into the Void" (1996)

"Into the Void" is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. An early version of "Into the Void" called "Spanish Sid" was released on the deluxe edition of Master of Reality. It is written in the key of C# minor.

Various artists have covered the song, including Kyuss, Sleep, Dr. Know, Cavity, Exhorder, Lumsk, Soundgarden, Monster Magnet, Dimmi Argus and Orange Goblin.

In Soundgarden's version, the original lyrics are replaced by words of protest by Chief Seattle, which fit the metre of the song. At the 1993 Grammy Awards, the appropriately renamed "Into the Void (Sealth)" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance.

"Into the Void" has been listed as a favorite song by some of heavy metal's most iconic performers. James Hetfield from Metallica lists "Into the Void" as his favorite Black Sabbath track. Additionally, Eddie Van Halen has listed the song's main riff as one of his all-time favorites.

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