50 Best Rock Songs About Storms
Rock Songs That Feel Like Storms
There’s a strange electricity that builds before a storm hits. The air gets thick, things go quiet in that way that makes you hold your breath, and somewhere inside you, something starts to stir. The same thing happens when a song lands right in that mood. The guitars feel like wind picking up through the trees, the drums hit like the first crack of thunder, and the lyrics pull everything apart before it settles again. Some of these tracks tell storm stories straight out, others only carry the mood—the kind that creeps in under your skin until it feels like weather.
Storm songs don’t stay still. They crash, they spiral, they level everything in sight before the quiet comes back. Sometimes the noise feels like panic, sometimes it’s clarity showing up late. A few of these tracks come from old-school rock bands that built entire albums on tempests and heartburn. Others are newer, warped by pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that keep circling that same restless feeling. They’re not all literal, but they all live in that same surge of energy that comes when things get unstable and alive again.
It’s the kind of playlist you throw on when the sky turns gray and the air hums like something’s coming. When you can’t tell if you’re waiting for lightning or trying to stop it. These songs carry that tension and let it stay messy, loud, and a little cinematic. Here are the best rock songs that sound like storms.
Top 10 Storm Themed Rock Songs
1. 'Riders on the Storm' by The Doors
2. 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC
3. 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' by Scorpions
4. 'November Rain' by Guns N' Roses
5. 'Ridin' the Storm Out' by REO Speedwagon
6. 'The Rain Song' by Led Zeppelin
7. 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. 'Gimme Shelter' by The Rolling Stones
9. 'Like a Hurricane' by Neil Young
10. 'When the Levee Breaks' by Led Zeppelin
Rock Music Storm and Weather Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Shelter from the Storm' by Bob Dylan
12. 'Stormbringer' by Deep Purple
13. 'Storms' by Fleetwood Mac
14. 'Crying in the Rain' by Whitesnake
15. 'God of Thunder' by Kiss
16. 'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan
17. 'The Shock of the Lightning' by Oasis
18. 'Lightning Strikes' by Aerosmith
19. 'Electrical Storm' by U2
20. 'Fool in the Rain' by Led Zeppelin
Hard Rock Tracks About Storms and Weather #21 to 30
21. 'Tornado of Souls' by Megadeth
22. 'Fire and Rain' by James Taylor
23. 'After the Storm' by Mumford & Sons
24. 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen
25. 'A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall' by Bob Dylan
26. 'Only Happy When It Rains' by Garbage
27. 'Caught in the Storm' by Goo Goo Dolls
28. 'Dry Lightning' by Bruce Springsteen
29. 'Rainmaker' by Iron Maiden
30. 'Black Rain' by Soundgarden
Classic Rock Songs With Storm Metaphors #31 to 40
31. 'Thunder and Lightning' by Chi Coltrane
32. 'Heart of the Hurricane' by Beyond the Black
33. 'Hurricane Party' by James McMurtry
34. 'The Wind Cries Mary' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
35. 'Wind of Change' by Scorpions
36. 'Thunder Underground' by Ozzy Osbourne
37. 'Storm Warning' by Bonnie Raitt
38. 'Against the Wind' by Bob Seger
39. 'She's Thunderstorms' by Arctic Monkeys
40. 'Ride the Lightning' by Metallica
More Rock Songs About Bad Weather #41 to 50
41. 'Come In From The Rain' by Wishbone Ash
42. 'Black Clouds' by Papa Roach
43. 'Running From the Storm' by Gary Moore
44. 'Lightning Crashes' by Live
45. 'Stormy Weather' by The Pixies
46. 'Storm Front' by Billy Joel
47. 'The Storm' by The FattRat & Maisy Kay
48. 'The Lightning' by Arcade Fire
49. 'Rusted from the Rain' by Billy Talent
50. 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash
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