In These Black Days

In These Black Days
Covers for all six volumes.
Compilation album by various
Released	1997 - 1999
Genre(s)	Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal
Length	66:47 (total)
Label	Hydra Head Records

In These Black Days: A Tribute to Black Sabbath is the name of a six-volume Black Sabbath tribute series, released in the late 1990s as a series of split 7" singles by various artists on Hydra Head Records.

A double CD compiling all of the songs from the 7"s with additional Black Sabbath covers from other bands associated with Hydra Head Records was planned for years but never finished.

In February 2013, all six volumes were re-released in a 7×7" box set that is limited to less than 100 copies. The copies for these sets were specifically set aside, with colors being totally random in each set.

General Information

Volume 1

Volume 1, featuring the New Orleans rock band Eyehategod and the Boston grindcore band Anal Cunt, was released in 1996. Eyehategod's "Sabbath Jam" is a medley of "Cornucopia", "Hand of Doom" and "Behind The Wall of Sleep". This song also appeared on Preaching the End-Time Message. Anal Cunt's cover of "Killing Yourself to Live" also appeared on Masters Of Misery - Black Sabbath: The Earache Tribute. Both covers appear on Old Stuff Part 3.

First Press: 105 on Opaque Blue vinyl 315 on Clear Brown vinyl 1608 on Black vinyl All with typed design labels.

Second Press: 109 on Opaque Green vinyl 910 on Black vinyl All with handwriting design on labels.

Volume 2

The second volume was released in 1997 featuring Brutal Truth and Converge. Brutal Truth recorded June 1997 in New York City at Baby Monster Studios. Mixed June 1997 in New York City at The Magic Shop. Converge recorded at The Outpost on May 13th 1997.

First pressing with brown/black printed labels.:- 1612 Black 300 Opaque Maroon 100 Opaque Blue 100 with limited/numbered black and white covers

Second pressing with white labels:- 1 opaque tan 113 opaque purple 906 black

Volume 3

The third volume initially saw release in 1997, featuring Today Is The Day and Coalesce. Track A recorded at Austin Enterprises July 1997. Track B recorded at Red House Studios on Aug. 17 1997.

First pressing Black vinyl........(706 pressed) with orange/red label Green vinyl.......(103 pressed) with orange/red label Tan vinyl...........(307 pressed) with orange/red label

Second pressing Black vinyl.........(502 pressed) with white label Random color vinyl..(105 pressed) with white blank or orange/red labels (Brown or purple or blue etc)

Third pressing Clear vinyl.........(406 pressed) with white label

Volume 4

Volume 4 would be released as a double 7" set in 1998 featuring Jesuit, Overcast, Cavity and Cable. Track A recorded on November 21st 1997 at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, FL. Track B recorded February 1998 at Sampson Studios. Track C recorded Winter 1998 at God City. Track D recorded Winter 1998 at Rockhouse Road.

Vinyl color: With handmade covers for the converge/grade "in my eyes" tour. Label: Black & silver labels First pressing: 75 pressed

First pressing (all with with black & silver labels) Black vinyl (2700 pressed) Pink & grey vinyl (300 pressed) Blue & Green vinyl (27 pressed) Purple & Tan vinyl (22 pressed) Color & Black vinyl (30 pressed) Handmade different cover (75 pressed)

Volume 5

Volume 5 was released in 1999 featuring Cave-In and Botch. Track A recorded in Winter 1999 at God City. Track B recorded in Winter 1998 at Studio Litho and Stepping Stone. Cave-In's cover of "NIB" also appeared on the 2010 compilation Anomalies Vol. 1.

Pressing info: 106 copies on clear yellow vinyl 220 copies on solid yellow vinyl 340 copies on yellow/red split vinyl 1504 copies on black vinyl

Volume 6

The sixth and final volume was released in 1999, featuring Neurosis and Soilent Green. Side A was recorded at Electrical Audio Recording, Chicago, Oct. 1998. Side B was recorded on the evening of December 7th and 8th 1998. Mixed on the evening of December 10th, 1998, at Festival Studios. Soilent Green's "Lord of the Southern Priest" is a medley of "Lord of This World", "The Sign of the Southern Cross" and "Disturbing the Priest".

Pressing info: 2700 copies on black vinyl 220 copies on brown vinyl 110 copies on "vomit" vinyl 110 copies on clear vinyl

Tracklist

All songs written by Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward except where noted.

Volume 1

• A1. Anal Cunt - Killing Yourself to Live ("Live at Last" Mix) (3:40)
• A2. Anal Cunt - It's Alright / Sabbra Cadabra / Blow on a Jug (1:42)
• B1. Eyehategod - Sabbath Jam (6:02)

Volume 2

• A. Brutal Truth - Cornucopia (3:14)
• B. Converge - Snowblind (4:29)

Volume 3

• A. Today is The Day - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (6:05)
• B. Coalesce - Supernaut (3:21)

Volume 4

• A. Jesuit - Hole in The Sky (3:48)
• B. Overcast - A National Acrobat (5:32)
• C. Cavity - Into The Void (6:03)
• D. Cable - Planet Caravan (2:52)

Volume 5

• A. Cave-In - N.I.B. (4:14)
• B. Botch - The Wizard (4:26)

Volume 6

• A. Neurosis - Children of the Grave (5:40)
• B. Soilent Green - Sign of the Southern Priest (5:42) (Iommi, Butler, Osbourne, Ward, Dio, Gillan)

Canceled CD

The unreleased double CD compilation was intended to be a collaboration between Hydra Head and Relapse Records, with additional Sabbath covers provided by Goatsnake, ISIS, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Amber Asylum, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Goatsnake's cover of "Who Are You" was instead included on a repress of the Dog Days EP; Isis' cover of "Hand of Doom" was included on the Sawblade EP; Amber Asylum's cover of "Black Sabbath" was included on The Supernatural Parlour Collection; The Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of "Paranoid" was included on a reissue of the Under the Running Board EP.

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