Children of the Grave

"Children of the Grave"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Master of Reality
B-side"Solitude"
ReleasedAugust 1971 (1971-08)
RecordedIsland Studios, London, England
Genre
Length
  • 5:17 (album version)
  • 3:47 (single version)
LabelVertigo
SongwritersOzzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
ProducerRodger Bain
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"Paranoid"
(1970)
"Children of the Grave"
(1971)
"Iron Man"
(1970)

"Children of the Grave" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from the band's previous album Paranoid.

The song has been featured on a number of greatest hits and live albums by Black Sabbath, as well as by the band's lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne during his solo career.