| Hand of Doom | |
| Artist: | Black Sabbath |
| Album: | Paranoid |
| Genre: | Heavy metal, Doom metal |
| Length: | 7:08 |
| Producer: | Rodger Bain |
"Hand of Doom" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, originally appearing on their second album Paranoid, released in 1970.
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.[1] 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.