What are “War Pigs”? As characterized in Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, War Pigs are politicians who initiate war expecting wealth in return. In War Pigs, the speaker is Black Sabbath. They are witnessing and observing the horrors of war. Black Sabbath’s intended audience is the common man, lower and middle class citizens. While Black Sabbath is expressing their beliefs on war, they imply the tone of seriousness and instructive. Throughout War Pigs, Black Sabbath construe their ideas about War Pigs through figurative language and imagery. In the lines “Generals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses,” Black Sabbath utilizes the word like to compare two different groups of people, which is a form of figurative language known
