Wherein Eric and John return to the fray for season #6(66!) of the Heavy Metal 101 podcast, kicking things off in style with explorations of hardcore, crossover, and early metalcore, and culminating in a discussion of the band Converge and their seminal masterpiece Jane Doe.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Suggested Listening:

Bad Brains- "Pay to Cum" (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTRfvq7q1O8

Video Break #1:

Suicidal Tendencies- "Institutionalized" from Suicidal Tendencies (1983) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ

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Listening break #1:

Killswitch Engage- "Temple from the Within" from Killswitch Engage (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVGPWMGK4g

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Listening break #2:

Converge- "Concubine" from Jane Doe (2001)

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAxmXDSiuA

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grave - grindcore/powerviolence/death metal instrumental [free]pekarot

Sad Piano Ambient Music (Copyright Free) - "Undertow" by ‪@ScottBuckley‬ 🇦🇺BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

Wherein Eric, John, and special guest Quinn, of the And Vol. 4 All podcast, chit-chat delightfully about many of the most important heavy metal albums of the 1990s.

Like Heavy Metal 101, And Vol. 4 All can be found EVERYWHERE you listen to podcasts. Do check out Quinn's wonderful show! You can also reach Quinn at: https://x.com/AV4APod

For a written version of Eric and Quinn's lists, as well as links to John's selected "Most Hated Metal Songs" from the episode click here.

Official Listening Break:

Megadeth - "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" from Rust in Peace (1990) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5o8Daw1ZsY

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Megadeth - Hangar 18 (16-bit Sega Cover)

Warrior Soul audio excerpt recorded live in Frankfurt, 3/28/10

Guns N' Roses - Estranged 8 BITS2mattosbr

Skid Row - Slave To The Grind (8 bit) Chiptune Planet

Death - Suicide Machine 8-Bit RequiemSic

Deep Theta Waves Meditation | Royalty Free Meditation Music 432 HzHealing Meditation Music

Alice In Chains - Would? (8 Bit) pandoozles

Black Sabbath - Computer God (Doom Soundfont)Jim's Music Dungeon

Ticking Tension Trailer NoCopyright Background Music / Ticking Tension by SoundridemusicSoundridemusic - No Copyright Music

COPYRIGHT FREE) Broadway Walk - Big Band Music No Copyright Music By AJ

Type O Negative - Black No 1 8 bit remixMonstercoreXFilms

Carcass - Heartwork [8-bit] Metal 8 BIT

Nine Inch Nails - Heresy (8-Bit Version) Walrus

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance - Royalty Free Music - DOWNLOAD Free Music Warehouse™

 Copyright Free Inspirational Music - 'The Travelling Symphony' by ‪@SavfkMusic‬ 🇮🇹 BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

Tool - Forty Six & 2 [8-Bit Cover] 8BitWaffle

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers

The beautiful people - Marilyn Manson (8-Bit) 8 Bit Music

All Hail The New Flesh - Strapping Young Lad (8-bit) Barbed Wire Gardens

Alaska's Flag - Alaskan State Anthem (8 BIT) alaskagal

Death - Spirit Crusher (8-Bit Metal Cover) MrChiptune

Children Of Bodom - Downfall (8 Bit) pandoozles

Immortal - Withstand The Fall Of Time (8 bit) Chiptune Planet

Wherein Eric and John, following a vanishingly brief look at the early history and development of doom metal, investigate the fragmentation of doom into various sub-sub genres in the 1990s, including death doom (Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema), gothic metal (Type O Negative), stoner metal (Sleep, Electric Wizard), and more.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Listening Break #1:

Pentagram- "The Ghoul" from Pentagram/Relentless (1985/93) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIkfMSnED4

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Listening break #2:

Paradise Lost- "Paradise Lost" from Lost Paradise (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znqVVjOOMwA

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Listening break #3:

Paradise Lost- "Gothic" from Gothic (1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnqXkN1xpO8

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Video break #1:

Type O Negative "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All" from Bloody Kisses (1993) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFwYJYl5GUQ

Listening break #4:

Sleep "Dragonaut" from Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OWwgGYhsBs

Listening break #4:

Lectric Wizard "Funeralopolis" from Dopethrone (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdlEIlq9nZg

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Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 by J.S. Bach (performed by E. Schwartz)

Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music]poweredBYGDK

The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) [8-BIT]PlayToDie

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Miles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers

[FREE] Doom Metal x Stoner Metal Instrumental - "THE LOST WITCH" - Electric WizardNo Copyright Metal

Ash Nazg | War Chant of MordorSirRacha

FREE] Doom Metal X Slow Heavy Metal - "Slow Burner"Mauricio Mirapalheta Sound

MISTRESS OF FLYING | Doom Metal | No Copyright Music | ROYALTY FREE MUSICDark Burden

[FREE] Stoner Metal X Doom Metal Instrumental - "Stoner Minimoe"Mauricio Mirapalheta Sound

Horror Background Music(No Copyright)Scary Dark Mysterious Music/Horror Trailer Music[Royalty Free]Power Music Factory

Paradise Lost - Gothic (8-Bit Version)Squskii

[No Copyright Music] The Graveyard | Horror Music | Royalty Free MusicVIVEK ABHISHEK

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Retro Post Punk by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / After Duty

Infraction - No Copyright Music

Gothic Organ Intense Music | Royalty Free Musicgravitymusic

[ROYALTY FREE] 90's Rave Type Early Techno | Acidic Techno | LxftBeat Lab

Royalty Free Gothic Metal, PrecipiceIridium Music

Funeral Doom: Aethyr - Ave A - Royalty Free Stoner Doom Metal

Non Solus [eklektik underground

[FREE] SOUNDS OF SUICIDE 💀 DSBT type beat 💀 depressive suicidal black metal beat Elliot Skram

(free) dystopia x sludge metal type instrumental | “mortify” (prod. sxzu x erik rottenburg)SXZU

[ No Copyright ] The Forgotten Carousel | Horror Music | ROYALTY FREE MUSICVIVEK ABHISHEK

Funny Song | Comedic Background Music | Silly ChickenFesliyanStudios Background Music

M87 - 70s Psychedelic Rock With Guitar Solo [Royalty Free Music]LonePeakMusic

Wherein Eric and John explore three significant, influential branches of Swedish death metal, the Stockholm scene, the Gothenburg scene, and progressive Swedish death metal, discussing bands including Entombed, Dismember, At the Gates, In Flames, Edge of Sanity, Opeth, and MANY more.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Listening Break #1:

Entombed- "Left Hand Path" from Left Hand Path (1990)

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weyYzWU-FNI

Listening break #2:

At the Gates- "Slaughter of the Soul" from Slaughter of the Soul (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIqTfc0XIfg

Listening break #3:

Opeth "The Moor" from Still Life (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ob2GdSUQKg

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Free SWEDISH DEATH METAL Music - Haunting of the Flesh // No Copyright 

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free) hardcore punk x metal x alternative rock type beat - "M.F.P.S" (prod. Capsized)Capsized

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Royalty Free // Epic Fantasy Music "Leaving for Valhalla" by Alexander NakaradaAlexander Nakarada - CreatorChords

Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio

Royalty Free Instrumental Death Metal Track-AMRPHIS

Free DEATH METAL Music - Cult of the Skull - // Copyright Free Music - White Bat Audio

Royalty free french musicDar Golan

Audio Assault Bulldozer: Boss Hm2 Swedish Death Metal Tone Made with Amp Sim VSTGoat Surgeon

D-Beat Backing Track (165 BPM) [Drum Loop]NoCombs_NoMasters

Horror Background Music(No Copyright)Scary Dark Mysterious Music/Horror Trailer Music[Royalty Free]Power Music Factory

Melodic Death Metal Type Instrumental "Dread" Prod. Beef DrewBeef Drew ♪

weeping - melodic death/black metal instrumental [free]pekarot

A Love Song (for Erin)

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It's In The Fog' by ‪@DarrenCurtisMusic‬ 🇺🇸 | Horror Music (No Copyright) ☠️BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

[ No Copyright ] The Devil Below | AMBIENT DARK MUSIC | ROYALTY FREE MUSICVIVEK ABHISHEK

Gates of Valhalla Viking Metal Royalty FreeDJ XU 666 WEB RADIO

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder god 8-bitDAWG BALLS

Royalty Free Instrumental Progressive Death Metal "DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES" (No AI)David J. Barrios | Royalty Free Metal Music

Royalty Free Instrumental Symphonic Metal - "BLOOD ASCENDANT" (NO AI) #royaltyfreemusicDavid J. Barrios | Royalty Free Metal Music

Creepy 80's Horror Theme - Bad Omen // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio

EWQL Royalty Free Creepy Music "Come Out And Play"Darren Curtis Music

Wherein Eric briefly introduces the listener to the storied career of Bay Area thrash legends Testament before sitting down to chat with Testament frontman Chuck Billy about their fantastic 2025 album, Para Bellum, and their 2026 US tour, Thrash of the Titans, with Overkill and Destruction.

For more information about Testament visit:

⁠https://www.testamentlegions.com/site/

Suggested Testament songs:

"Over the Wall" from The Legacy (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZkYB81FeDc

"The Ballad" from Practice What You Preach (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ9-xPIuGs0

"Down for Life" from The Gathering (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIu4yr5mYMc

"More Than Meets the Eye" from The Foundation of Damnation (2008)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rHDabBQfA

"Brotherhood of the Snake" from Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeIgFsU0x4I

"Night of the Witch" from Titans of Creation (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF2hIrXq2ss

Para Bellum is available either via digital:

https://testament.bandcamp.com/album/para-bellum

or physical media:

https://shop.nuclearblast.com/products/testament-para-bellum?srsltid=AfmBOopKN2P0S13Romq-IpQwncDIXZeWkawfzllbOlHLD-jn-zUbpRwQ

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Electric Crown 8-bit, trooper888888888888

1924 version: Al Jolson - California, Here I Come (Isham Jones Orch.)

Testament - Over The Wall (8 Bit) pandoozles

Testament - The Ballad (8-bit) slantyrock

Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio

"More Than Meets The Eye" - Testament (8-Bit) Manny Jimenez

"Para Bellum" (excerpt) from Para Bellum (2025)

Testament (used with permission courtesy of Testament/Nuclear Blast)

"Meant to Be" (excerpt) from Para Bellum (2025)

Testament (used with permission courtesy of Testament/Nuclear Blast)

Wherein Eric and John unleash their inner chaotic neutral bard and lawful evil cleric and explore the D&D-laced fantasy world of power metal through bands including: Manowar, Helloween, Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Nightwish, and more!

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Listening Break #1:

Manowar- "Hail and Kill" from Kings of Metal (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zOT3IZ90U

Listening break #2: A Helloween choose your own adventure!

A) "Twilight of the Gods" from Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1 (1987)-⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-FNnMzVAY

B) "I Want Out" from Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2 (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMhL9NZ0Kdw

Listening break #3: Blind Guardian "Mirror Mirror" from Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGCvI9dpZY

Listening break #4: Rhapsody "Emerald Sword" from Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5kLxQGbRYg

Listening break #5: Nightwish "Sacrament of Wilderness" from Oceanborn (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGEQ-MEOTQs

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[Free Music] Dark Fantasy "Prepare Thyself" Royalty Free Music Darren Curtis

Adventure | Alexander Nakarada - CreatorChords

Adventure BeyondAlexander Nakarada - CreatorChords

Shinsei Dawn 🎸 Anime Rock | No Copyright Twitch MusicPanda Beats -

Fast POWER METAL-Walls Around You -(Vlog Free Music)Юрій Голобородько

Europe - The Final Countdown - Virtual Marimba CoverMarimbaLab

Rock The Night - Europe - 8Bit8BitUzz

Pacman Melody | Neoclassical Metal | No Copyright Music By WildebasterXWildebasterX

Very emotional classical guitar song by Fernando Sor | Copyright free

Optimistic & Positive (Free Music) - "ABILITY TO REJOY" by Numall Fix 🇷🇺BreakingCopyright

Viking Music - Ivar the BonelessPawl D Beats

Royalty Free // Epic Fantasy Music "Leaving for Valhalla" by Alexander Nakarada

Germany National Anthem (Olympic Version 2012/2016) | Free Copyright for Youtube

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Unyielding Flame – Royalty Free Power Metal | Epic, Melodic, Heroic Instrumental MusicRoyalty Free Audio Vault

Epic Neoclassical Metal Instrumental | Shredding Guitar Symphony

Copyright Free Background Music - Neoclassical Metal Instrumental 🎸Anti Vocal

[Free Music] Dark Fantasy "Prepare Thyself" Royalty Free MusicDarren Curtis Music

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Potentiality - E Minor Power Metal Instrumental (NO COPYRIGHT MUSIC)Jared Elejorde

The Star-Spangled Banner (In a minor key)David Knighten

The Fire Within (Power Metal Instrumental) No Copyright : Free MusicWildebasterX

Adventurous Metal Pirates by Alexander Nakarada [Free Music – Metal No Copyright]FM Free Music -

Wherein Eric and John rekindle their friendship whilst exploring the radiant majest of the holiest of holies that was Slayer from 1988-2001.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Listening Break #1:

South of Heaven (1988) Choose Your Own Adventure!

A) "South of Heaven" - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nTzbgDGWM

B) "Behind the Crooked Cross- https://youtu.be/uuIAPU6Gpaw?si=LYjyulyZRllYiSYa

Video Break #1: "War Ensemble" from Seasons in the Abyss (1990)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnC54vbUbU

Listening break #2: "Stain of Mind" from Diabolus in Musica (1998)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dqYutGrXk

Listening break #3: "Disciple" from God Hates Us All (2001)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN8HgHoCuzI

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[Horror Music No Copyright]Horror Background Music No Copyright - Non Copyrighted Scary MusicPower Music Factory

Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music] poweredBYGDK

Seasons In The Abyss [8 Bit Tribute to Slayer] - 8 Bit Universe

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Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio

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Wherein Eric celebrates the holiday season by presenting an informal fireside chat discussing some of the best books ever written about heavy metal in a variety of different categories! This episode is being offered on the main podcast feed as a "Patreon Sneak Peek" for non-members. Please consider signing up to the Heavy Metal 101 Patreon page for just $3/month. Members get access to exclusive content (like this!), as well as the satisfaction of supporting our scrappy little podcast.

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Wherein Eric battles John, at his very most Johnniest, in a doomed effort to convince him that nü metal can actually be pretty damn cool in the hands of practitioners including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Deftones.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Video Break #1: Comparing and contrasting nü metal with groove metal through two iterations of Machinehead-

A) Nü: "From this Day" from The Burning Red (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzeJiHHQOY

B) Groove: "Locust" from Unto the Locust (2011)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjeqCd6Zm0

Listening* Break #1: Korn "Blind" from Korn (1994)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGK00Q7xx-s

*The official YouTube links for each of the "listening break" songs are music videos, so feel free to watch or just listen. Whatever floats your boat!

Listening break #2: Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" from Significant Other (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY

Listening break #3: Deftones "Change (In the House of Flies)" from White Pony (2000)- ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpDyIJdasg

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Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8Floors

Colonel Bogey March free music no copyrightFree Music

Stryper - To Hell With The Devil (8-bit)Joseph Adan Angel

Korn - Blind (8-Bit Version)Walrus

Uplifting & Tropical (Free Music) - "JOURNEY" by Roa 🇯🇵BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

Sacred Light - Choir Music Royalty FreeTalekeeper Music - Royalty Free Music for Video

Funk of Steel [Funk Metal Fusion Instrumental] [Royalty-Free]Guitar Soul Purification and Momirko

8-BITS)KORN-ADIDAS(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

(8-BITS)KORN-FREAK ON A LEASH (8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

Emotional Sad Piano Music | Touch (Download and Royalty FREE)MATTIA CUPELLI

(8-BITS)LIMP BIZKIT-NOOKIE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

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Limp Bizkit - Faith (8 bit)Chiptune Planet

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff 8bit- 8Bit Albums By MegaTallica

8-BIT ARCADE - Rumble Fish (8-Bit Sevendust Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - Official

Sugar [8 Bit Tribute to System of a Down] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe

Wait And Bleed (8-bit) - Slipknot- 8bitQueen11

(8-BITS)DEFTONES-ELITE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

(8-BITS)DEFTONES-7 WORDS(8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

(8-BITS)DEFTONES-BACK TO SCHOOL(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio

Royalty Free Sober Sad Music (For Videos) - "Yearning" by Shane Ivers 🇬🇧BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

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Wherein Eric and John pay tribute to our beloved, dearly departed Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne.

Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:

Listening Break #1: Earth "Blue Suede Shoes" (by Carl Perkins) early demo (1969)- ⁠https://youtu.be/IYxkYHqOjLY?si=YNkxQ-5fIrOehY31&t=576

Listening Break #2: "You Said It All (Live)" from Ozzy Osbourne Live EP (1980)- https://youtu.be/49GY60BkQB4?si=oW3JQvte6cyopvpF

Listening break #3: "Crazy Train (Live 1981)" from Tribute (1987)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq4x9Ek66es

Video break #1: "Bark at the Moon" from Bark at the Moon (1983)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LplPi2CxNHI

Video break #2: excerpt from Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQUYq21G-o

Listening break #4: "Patient Number 9" from Patient Number 9 (2022)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkiniZBRt3s

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“Crazy Train” arranged and performed by Eric Schwartz

I Want To Hold Your Hand [8 Bit Tribute to The Beatles] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe

Free Rock Metal Music (For Videos) - "Cherry Metal" by Arthur Vyncke 🇧🇪BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

Iron Man [8 Bit Tribute to Black Sabbath] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 8-bitOmnigrad

Noire #1 - Free Royalty-Free MusicMusic By Pedro

Epic Superhero Theme - Royalty Free MusicLuis Humanoide 2

Crazy Train (8 Bit Remix Cover Version) [Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe

Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 16-bit SNES version (no console limitation) werc85werc85

A Love Song (for Erin) by Eric Schwartz

Power Metal Themes - "Wedding March" (Mendelssohn)Serraphas3

Nostalgic Music [Copyright Free Music] - "Brahe" by Punch Deck 🌎BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music

[FREE] 80s Glam Metal x Glam Rock Type Beat "Fire Inside"LIVING PUFF

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (8-Bits)Rock Bit

Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark (8 bit)Chiptune Planet

Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution (Live) 8 BitsCharly Navarrete

Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man 8-bitMi 28

Black Sabbath - War Pigs 8-bitOmnigrad

OZZY OSBOURNE - No More Tears 8 BITLeonardo Messina

Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You (8 bit)Chiptune Planet

Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8Floors

Take What You Want [8 Bit Tribute to Post Malone feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott]8 Bit Universe

8-BIT ARCADE - Ordinary Man (8-Bit Ozzy Osbourne & Elton John Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - Official

Piano ONLY Version - Changes (Black Sabbath)RemyRocks

Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 - piano karaoke instrumental cover, lyricsHotMelody

Black Sabbath - Changes, Australia 1973RareSabbath