The album itself was not even originally meant to be called Paranoid. The band wanted to call it War Pigs, after the song of the same name on the record. But the record company pressured them into using Paranoid instead, because War Pigs sounded more offensive and more dangerous, especially within the political climate of the time and against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. The result is that the album cover does not really fit the title Paranoid, because it essentially depicts a literal “War Pig,” a figure with a sword and shield. In other words, the artwork kept the original logic while the title changed at the last moment.