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"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" was the opening track to the bands second album, Paranoid, which released in 1970.

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("Remembering the Vietnam War through pictures")

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"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" was released at the height of the Vietnam war, and drew from anti-war sentiment.

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"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" was released during the Vietnam War, and its anti-war theme soon found a home.

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“Remembering the Vietnam War Through Pictures” MSN, March. 2024, msn.com/en-ie/cars/news/remembering-the-vietnam-war-in-pictures/ss-BB1hRzxm

“The Official Black Sabbath Website: The History of Black Sabbath.” Blacksabbath.com, 2012, www.blacksabbath.com/history.html

James E. Wright, "The Vietnam War’s Effect on Nixon’s 1968 Win" https://www.thehistoryreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1280px-NixononCambodia.jpg

“BLACK SABBATH - “War Pigs” (Live Video).” YouTube, 22 Jan. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b6SGoN6dA.

"The Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults" vox.com, 2021

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“In the field, the bodies burning/As the war machine keeps turning”

“Death and hatred to mankind/poisoning their brainwashed minds”

Black Sabbath uses bleak lyrics to remove the glory from war and from fighting

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The song argues that the politicians who command war are cold, cruel, and don't care about the value of human life.

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("The law enforcement guide to satanic cults")

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Occult symbolism was used by the band and represented a counter to the political themes such as the "Moral Majority" movement.

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“Generals gathered in their masses/Just like witches at black masses”

“Evil minds that plot destruction/Sorcerers of death’s construction”

The song associates generals and politicians with occult and satanic figures, and says how they cause destruction.

"Politicians hide themselves away”

“Why should they go out to fight?"

It also points out their hypocrisy in starting wars without fighting in them.

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This live performance from 1970 captures the gritty aesthetic of the band and the role of the supporting instruments.

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While the lyrics of "War Pigs/Luke's Wall" aren't very sympathetic towards soldiers fighting, the song mostly blames generals and politicians who cause the wars.

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"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" presents war and those fighting it not as noble soldiers fighting for a cause, but as a blind war machine that causes destruction.

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"War Pigs/Luke's Wall" is one of the most popular Black Sabbath songs, and influenced many songs that followed it from various bands.

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Black Sabbath would go on to create an entire genre of music: metal.

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Black Sabbath. “War Pigs/Luke’s Wall.” Paranoid. Vertigo Records, 1970, Record.

“The Official Black Sabbath Website: The History of Black Sabbath.” Blacksabbath.com, 2012, www.blacksabbath.com/history.html

Brooks, Travis James. "The Devil Is in The Details: An Analysis of the Satanic Panic." (2024).

‌“Film and Propaganda · UNO Digital Humanities Projects.”

Unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net,unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net/exhibits/show/film-and-propaganda/posters

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Black Sabbath would go on to inspire bands such as Metalica, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest.