Hand of Doom

"Hand of Doom" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, originally appearing on their second album Paranoid, released in 1970.

Background
The song was conceived after the band had observed a growing number of US soldiers arriving in England from the Vietnam War in the late 1960s with severe drug addictions. The song paints an unflattering picture of hard drug use for the purpose of self-medication. The lyrics were written by Geezer Butler while the music is credited to the entire band.

Personnel

 * Black Sabbath
 * Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
 * Tony Iommi – guitars
 * Geezer Butler – bass guitar
 * Bill Ward – drums

In popular culture

 * Melissa Auf der Maur, known for her work with Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins, was the leader of a Black Sabbath cover band named after this song.
 * The song was used in a scene in the fourteenth episode of the first season of Elementary, originally aired on February 3, 2013.