50 Best Rock Songs About Dragons
Best Rock Tracks Featuring Dragons
There’s a strange energy tied to dragon songs in rock. They swing between fantasy and menace, pulling you into worlds that feel half pulled from old myths and half from fever dreams. Sometimes the riffs spit fire harder than the lyrics ever could, and other times the words carry that imagery while the guitars circle like smoke. A lot of tracks that land in this space might not literally tell a dragon story, but they capture the same heat and scale that makes the theme stick. That tension between the mythical and the raw makes these songs feel bigger than life.
The fun part is how different bands bend the idea. Some lean into sword-and-sorcery grandeur with booming choruses that feel carved out of a Dungeons & Dragons session. Others drag the dragon symbol into personal battles, turning it into something closer to inner demons than fire-breathing beasts. It works in the same way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs sometimes twist universal images into personal ones. You get these tracks that stand tall without winking, that roar with a straight face even when the theme should feel absurd.
Think of it less as a neat playlist and more like a grab bag of fire, chaos, and over-the-top riffs that happen to circle around the same creature. There’s no clean line through them, only that shared spark of theatrical danger. These are the best rock songs about dragons to blast when you want music that breathes smoke and claws at the walls.
Top 10 Dragon Rock Songs
1. 'Dragon Attack' by Queen
2. 'Tears of the Dragon' by Bruce Dickinson
3. 'Ride the Dragon' by The Sword
4. 'Sacred Heart' by Dio
5. 'Chasing the Dragon' by Adrenaline Mob
6. 'Dragon's Kiss' by Marty Friedman
7. 'Dragon' by G-Dragon
8. 'Flight of the Sapphire Dragon' by Manilla Road
9. 'Dragon Queen' by Kvelertak
10. 'The Dragon Song' by Wintersun
Fantasy Rock Songs and Dragon Legends #11 to 20
11. 'Dragonfly' by The Alan Parsons Project
12. 'Black Dragon' by Black Diamond
13. 'The Dragon's Lair' by Gamma Ray
14. 'Dragonaut' by Sleep
15. 'Through the Fire and Flames' by DragonForce
16. 'Dragons are Real' by Big & Rich
17. 'Battle of the Dragon' by Stevie Nicks
18. 'Dragons and Fables' by The Human League
19. 'Welcome to Dying' by Metal Church
20. 'Where Dragons Rule' by Rage
Songs with Dragon-Themed Lyrics #21 to 30
21. 'Here Be Dragons' by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
22. 'Ice Dragons' by Noe Venable
23. 'The Dragon Lies Bleeding' by HammerFall
24. 'Dragonhearted' by TryHardNinja
25. 'Dragon Rider' by Wizard
26. 'Dragonship' by Helloween
27. 'Enter the Dragon' by Lee Scratch Perry
28. 'Sleeping Dragons' by Coheed and Cambria
29. 'I See a Dragon' by The Birthday Party
30. 'Megalomaniac' by KMFDM
Rock Music About Mythical Dragons #31 to 40
31. 'The Dragon Roars' by Saxon
32. 'Dragon of the West' by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
33. 'Dragonslayer' by Dragonforce
34. 'The Dragon Has Found Its Eyes' by Vangelis
35. 'The Dragon's Breath' by Angra
36. 'The Dragon King' by Alestorm
37. 'Dragon's Kiss' by Dragonlord
38. 'The Dragonborn Comes' by Malukah
39. 'Dragon's Fire' by The Cult
40. 'Dragon's Lair' by Krokus
Rock Songs About Dragons and Fantasy #41 to 50
41. 'Dragon Blood' by Stratovarius
42. 'Black Dragon' by The Birthday Massacre
43. 'Dragon Ship' by Nightwish
44. 'Dragon Rising' by Judas Priest
45. 'Dragonfly' by Iron Savior
46. 'Dragons' by Benjamin William Hastings
47. 'The Ballad of the Dragon's Breath' by The Faint
48. 'Dragon's Den' by The Hives
49. 'The Dragon Sleeps' by The Cure
50. 'Black Dragon Fighting Society' by My Chemical Romance
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