50 Best Rock Songs About the Devil
Rock Songs That Invoke the Devil
There’s a particular kind of mood that happens when musicians drag the devil into the picture. It’s not pure fear, not full parody, something that hangs in the space between menace and theater. You can almost hear the grin behind the riff or the smirk in the vocal delivery. Sometimes it’s straight-up fire and brimstone imagery, other times it’s a sly metaphor for temptation, fame, or the mess people walk into knowingly. The best tracks know how to make that imagery feel like it belongs on the stage, not in a dusty sermon.
The funny thing is a lot of these tracks aren’t really about a horned figure waiting in shadows. They use that figure as shorthand for chaos, rebellion, bad decisions you still chase, or the price you keep paying. The devil can be a character, a metaphor, or even a convenient excuse when a riff sounds too dangerous for anything else. It’s the same way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs lean on symbols to cut straight into a gut feeling. So some of these tracks are literal, some aren’t, but they all fit the same strange world.
You can imagine these songs spilling out of a car window on a late-night drive, or rattling around the walls of a club where the floor feels unstable. They thrive on edge, swagger, and the rush of turning something dark into something that makes you want to shout along. The devil theme becomes less about belief and more about atmosphere, and in that atmosphere the music takes over. With that in mind, here are the best rock songs about the devil.
Top 10 Devil Rock Songs
1. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by The Rolling Stones
2. 'The Number of the Beast' by Iron Maiden
3. 'Runnin' With the Devil' by Van Halen
4. 'Shout at the Devil' by Mötley Crüe
5. 'Devil Inside' by INXS
6. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band
7. 'Devil's Haircut' by Beck
8. 'Friend of the Devil' by The Grateful Dead
9. 'Me and the Devil Blues' by Robert Johnson
10. 'Highway to Hell' by AC/DC
Rock Songs Mentioning the Devil #11 to 20
11. 'Devil's Dance' by Metallica
12. 'Lil' Devil' by The Cult
13. 'The Devil in I' by Slipknot
14. 'Race With the Devil' by Gun
15. 'Devil's Playground' by Pentagram
16. 'Black Sabbath' by Black Sabbath
17. 'Deal With the Devil' by Judas Priest
18. 'Devil Woman' by Cliff Richard
19. 'Angel Witch' by Angel Witch
20. 'To Hell With the Devil' by Stryper
Alternative Devil-Themed Rock Tracks #21 to 30
21. 'Devil in a Midnight Mass' by Billy Talent
22. 'The Devil's Right Hand' by Steve Earle
23. 'Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)' by Tenacious D
24. 'Lucifer Sam' by Pink Floyd
25. 'Devil's Answer' by Atomic Rooster
26. 'Hell' by Squirrel Nut Zippers
27. 'The Devil's Chasing Me' by Reverend Horton Heat
28. 'Dance With the Devil' by Immortal Technique
29. 'I Love the Dead' by Alice Cooper
30. 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here' by Alice in Chains
Popular Rock Music About the Devil #31 to 40
31. 'Evil Walks' by Accept
32. 'Christmas with the Devil' by Spinal Tap
33. 'D Devil' by A-ha
34. 'The Devil' by The Amazing Devil
35. 'The Devil's Orchard' by Opeth
36. 'The Devil's Dance' by The Amazing Devil
37. 'Welcome to Hell' by Venom
38. 'The Conjuring' by Megadeth
39. 'N.I.B.' by Black Sabbath
40. 'Satan' by Mill Supply
Rock Songs About the Devil #41 to 50
41. 'Devil and Daughter' by Black Sabbath
42. 'Devil Woman' by Ringo Starr
43. 'Race with the Devil on the Spanish Highway' by Al Di Meola
44. 'Devil's Plaything' by Danzig
45. 'The Devil Cried' by Black Sabbath
46. 'Goddamn Devil' by Ugly Kid Joe
47. 'Devil With a Blue Dress On' by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
48. 'Lil' Devil' by The Cult
49. 'The Devil Came from Kansas' by Procol Harum
50. 'Pact With Lucifer' by Coven
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