Ian Gillan re-used the vocal melody of the title track "Scarabus" on the song "Disturbing the Priest" six years later, on the album Born Again (1983) during his short tenure with the British hard rock/heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
A melody from an earlier track, "Scarabus," was reworked and used in a new song, "Disturbing the Priest," which appeared on the 1983 album Born Again, during Ian Gillan's brief period with the band Black Sabbath.