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“War Pigs“ is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It is the opening track from their 1970 album Paranoid. The original title of “War Pigs“ was “Walpurgis“, dealing with the witches' sabbath.“Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan“, said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. “It wasn’t about politics or government or anything. It was (about) evil. So I was saying 'generals gathered in the masses/just like witches at black masses' to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought 'Walpurgis' sounded too Satanic. And that’s when we turned it into ‘War Pigs.’ But we didn’t change the lyrics, because they were already finished.“ Prior to its official release, the band often altered the lyrics significantly when performing it example of this can be found on Ozzy Osbourne's compilation The Ozzman Cometh, which features an early version recorded by
