50 Best Rock Songs About Lucifer

Rock Tracks That Dance With the Devil

There’s a strange thrill in songs that flirt with the idea of Lucifer. Not the cartoon villain with horns, but the symbol that lurks in old lyrics and midnight riffs—the rebel, the fallen one, the outsider who saw too much. Some tracks trace him straight from scripture, others twist him into a metaphor for fame, temptation, or self-destruction. They come from every corner of sound, slipping between pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that never say his name out loud yet hum with that same charged defiance. Not every song here speaks of the devil literally, but each one carries a spark that feels like looking too long into the dark.

There’s something magnetic in how artists pull him into their stories. The blues made him a crossroads companion, rock made him an anthem, and metal built him a myth. You can hear that pulse in guitars that grind low and in lyrics that sound half confession, half challenge. Sometimes the devil’s a lover, sometimes a mirror, sometimes the thing you run toward because running away stopped working. These songs lean into that uneasy line between power and ruin, where the music almost dares you to follow.

This isn’t the neat kind of rebellion. It’s the noise that fills a room when you turn the volume too high and everyone goes quiet for a second. It’s the riff that makes you grin even as something under your skin starts to twitch. These tracks carry the flicker of danger and the thrill that trails it, twisting the old symbol into something electric. Here are the best rock songs about Lucifer to turn up when the night feels too calm.

1. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by The Rolling Stones

2. 'N.I.B.' by Black Sabbath

3. 'Lucifer Sam' by Pink Floyd

4. 'Friend of the Devil' by Grateful Dead

5. 'Running with the Devil' by Van Halen

6. 'The Number of the Beast' by Iron Maiden

7. 'Devil’s Dance' by Metallica

8. 'Lucifer' by The Alan Parsons Project

9. 'Dance with the Devil' by Breaking Benjamin

10. 'Shout at the Devil' by Mötley Crüe

11. 'Lucifer Rising' by Rob Zombie

12. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by Guns N’ Roses (cover)

13. 'Lucifer Effect' by In This Moment

14. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band

15. 'Lucifer' by Jay-Z (with rock influence production by Kanye West)

16. 'Season of the Witch' by Donovan

17. 'Devil Inside' by INXS

18. 'Runnin’ with the Devil’s Son' by Ghost

19. 'Lucifer’s Friend' by Lucifer’s Friend

20. 'The Devil in I' by Slipknot

21. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by Jane’s Addiction (live version)

22. 'Lucifer’s Light' by Blue öyster Cult

23. 'The Devil’s Bleeding Crown' by Volbeat

24. 'Burn in Hell' by Twisted Sister

25. 'Hell’s Bells' by AC/DC

26. 'Lucifer’' by Shinee (rock remix version)

27. 'The Devil’s Orchard' by Opeth

28. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by Ozzy Osbourne (live cover)

29. '(Don’t Fear) The Reaper' by Blue Öyster Cult

30. 'Lucifer' by The Cult

31. 'Gods & Monsters' by Lana Del Rey (rock live version)

32. 'Lucifer Rising' by Candlemass

33. 'The Devil Cried' by Heaven & Hell

34. 'House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals

35. 'Lucifer Over London' by Current 93

36. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by Blood, Sweat & Tears (cover)

37. 'The Devil’s Den' by Electric Wizard

38. 'Lucifer’s Rocking Chair' by Marilyn Manson

39. 'The Devil’s Rejects' by Rob Zombie

40. 'Dreamless (Lucifer and Lilith)' by Moonspell

41. 'Hell’s Coming With Me' by Poor Mans Poison

42. 'Lucifer’s Star Machine' by Monster Magnet

43. 'The Devil’s Song' by Tears for Fears

44. 'Lucifer on the Sofa' by Spoon

45. 'Lucifer’s Hammer' by Warlord

46. 'Devil Man' by White Zombie

47. 'Lucifer’s Angel' by The Rasmus

48. 'The Devil’s Whisper' by Foxy Shazam

49. 'Lucifer’s Cage' by Witchfynde

50. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by Motörhead (cover)