50 Best Rock Songs About Monsters
Creepy Rock Tracks That Tap Into the Monster Mood
There’s something oddly satisfying in songs that lean into the creature vibe. The kind that plays with shadows instead of chasing them off. Monsters have always been shorthand for things people can’t quite name—fear, power, the parts of ourselves that get too loud. The right track doesn’t need to be dripping with horror imagery to hit that pulse. Sometimes it’s the sneer in a guitar riff or a vocalist sounding half-possessed that does it. These aren’t Halloween novelties. They’re the kind of songs that crawl under your skin mid-chorus and grin back.
You can hear it in the distortion that sounds like teeth grinding or the way drums crash like something trying to break free. Some of these tracks talk about real monsters. Others use them as stand-ins for heartbreak, greed, or fame that eats its own tail. It’s messy, half-human energy. There’s something strange in how even pop, rock, country, and R&B songs end up circling that same fascination with the dark. Everyone writes their own version of the beast eventually, even if they pretend it’s not there.
These songs aren’t all literal takes on claws and fangs, but they hold the same restless pulse. They make you want to turn the volume up when the world feels a little too quiet. Here are the best rock songs about monsters to soundtrack that late-night, half-spooked, half-thrilled kind of mood.
Top 10 Monster Rock Songs
1. 'Godzilla' by Blue Öyster Cult
2. 'Frankenstein' by The Edgar Winter Group
3. 'The Number of the Beast' by Iron Maiden
4. 'Werewolves of London' by Warren Zevon
5. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by The Rolling Stones
6. 'Runnin' with the Devil' by Van Halen
7. 'Mr. Crowley' by Ozzy Osbourne
8. 'King Kong' by Frank Zappa
9. 'Creatures of the Night' by Kiss
10. 'Boris the Spider' by The Who
Rock Music Tracks Referencing Horror Monsters #11 to 20
11. 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' by The Outlaws
12. 'Pet Sematary' by Ramones
13. 'The Boogieman' by The Electric Hellfire Club
14. 'Demon Cleaner' by Kyuss
15. 'Graveyard Shift' by The Misfits
16. 'Jekyll and Hyde' by Five Finger Death Punch
17. 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
18. 'Devil Woman' by Cliff Richard
19. 'Spiderwebs' by No Doubt
20. 'Swamp Witch' by Jim Stafford
Heavy Rock Songs Featuring Fictional Monsters #21 to 30
21. 'Devil Inside' by INXS
22. 'Feed My Frankenstein' by Alice Cooper
23. 'Shadow of the Moon' by Blackmore's Night
24. 'Goblin King' by Sarah Jarosz
25. 'Dragon Attack' by Queen
26. 'Dracula' by Gorillaz
27. 'Man or Animal' by Audioslave
28. 'The Ripper' by Judas Priest
29. 'Lola Montez' by Volbeat
30. 'Bloody Hammer' by Roky Erickson
Classic Rock Songs About Mythological Beings #31 to 40
31. 'Evil Woman' by Electric Light Orchestra
32. 'The Wolf' by The Spencer Davis Group
33. 'Where the Devil Roams' by The Dead South
34. 'The Raven' by The Alan Parsons Project
35. 'The Mummy' by The Ventures
36. 'The House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals
37. 'Banshee' by The Cruel Sea
38. 'Black Magic Woman' by Santana
39. 'Vampire' by John Lydon
40. 'Beast and the Harlot' by Avenged Sevenfold
Modern Rock Songs Referencing Supernatural Beasts #41 to 50
41. 'Skeletor and Me' by The Fall
42. 'Night Crawler' by Judas Priest
43. 'Dig Up Her Bones' by The Misfits
44. 'Witchy Woman' by Eagles
45. 'The Curse of the Black Pearl' by Hans Zimmer
46. 'Fire in the Hole' by Sepultura
47. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band
48. 'The Monster Mash' by Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
49. 'Billion Dollar Babies' by Alice Cooper
50. 'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Öyster Cult
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