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Jul 16, 2010 Updated Jul 19, 2010

Classic songs from heavy metal veterans Black Sabbath have been reworked into an album of childrens' bedtime lullabies, out this month.

But whether the tortured voice of Ozzy Osbourne, who famously bit the head off a live bat on stage, will actually help put kids to sleep, remains to be seen.

The album, called Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Black Sabbath is part of a series where rock songs are transformed into 'soothing' lullabies.

Famous Black Sabbath tracks, like 'Paranoid,' 'Iron Man' and 'War Pigs', have undergone dreamy makeovers, with gentle bells, polyphonic keyboards and glockenspiels replacing the band's heavy trademark riffs.

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Iron Man
N.I.B
War Pigs
Paranoid
Sweet Leaf
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Wicked World
Fairies Wear Boots
Children of the Grave
Electric Funeral
Heaven and Hell
Planet Caravan
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Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22 musicians have at one time been members of Black Sabbath....

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