Satan Songs
 

Not sure that this warrants it's own thread, but I'm posting this here rather than in a recommendations thread in favor of greater visibility. If the mod-squad decides to relocate it, so it goes.

I'm doing a presentation for one of my classes in which I discuss the components of the contemporary mythology of the Satan character as found in various forms of media - exorcism movies, political cartoons, church sermons, works of fiction, and, as I'm sure you saw coming, in music.

If you would all be so kind as to post some of your favorite diabolical ditties, tunes of the tempter, anthems of the antichrist, ballads of Beelzebub, and lullabies of Lucifer, I would greatly appreciate it.

It's usually Satan On The Beach by these guys, but since there's no Youtube vid, I will post this one:

Alrighty my dear, here is some that I thought of:









Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number
its number is six hundred and sixty six.

I lived alone
my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see?
Could I believe?
That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw
in my old dreams
were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?

'Cause in my dreams
it's always there
the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

Night was black
was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see
was someone watching me
In the mist
dark figures move and twist
was all this for real
or just some kind of hell
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and
sacred chants were phrased
as they start to cry
hands held to the sky
In the night
the fires are burning bright
the ritual has begun
Satan's work is done
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on
I must inform the law
Can this still be real
or just some crazy dream?
but I feel drawn
towards the chanting hordes
seem to mesmerise...can't avoid their eyes
6-6-6 the Number of the Beast
6-6-6 the one for you and me

I'm coming back
I will return
And I'll possess your body
and I'll make you burn
I'll have the fire
I'll have the force
I'll have the power
to make my evil take its course

here's an interesting one from Chris de Burgh (yeah I know :rolleyes:) in which God and the Devil play poker for the souls of the dead...

Bauhaus - Party of the First Part

Classic dueling with the devil on a fiddle

I can't believe I didn't think of this one. Good call! I've always wanted to watch The Devil and Daniel Mouse because of that.

How the hell (pun intended) hasn't anybody posted Slayer?

Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall - YouTube

...or how about the entire album:


Mercyful Fate - Melissa (Full Album) 1983 (25th Anniversary Reissue) - YouTube

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...oqaVZpwtTZmfDg

The album is actually really, really good. It's earnest and heartfelt. The best songs aren't explicitly about Satan, tho....

Here's some devil stuff made by a man who actually believes in and was once obsessed with Satan, Daniel Johnston:





And one, not specifically about Satan I guess, from another famous Texan who experienced a schizophrenic break and became obsessed with creatures from Hell, Roky Erickson:

:clap:

Thank you all so much, these are exactly the kinds of songs I was looking for. You ****ers froze my computer having posted so many videos but I couldn't be more pleased.

There are some major omissions.

motley crue - shout at the devil - YouTube

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - YouTube

Black Sabbath-N. I. B. - YouTube

"Mr. Crowley" also is vaguely about Satanism

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley - YouTube

Murder By Death "The Devil in Mexico"



Morrissey "Satan Rejected My Soul"



Ella Fitzgerald "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"



Roky Erickson and The Aliens "Don't Shake Me Lucifer"

Root - Píseň pro Satana



Tsjuder - Kill for Satan



Belketre - Hate



So many possibilities.

It's not nearly as dark as the other examples in this thread, but in terms of an interesting presentation of Satan... I think this is pretty good. Basically, a girl falls in love and eventually realizes it is Satan (played by the RZA in this song). It makes Satan out to be a somewhat sympathetic character without going down the road of endorsing Satanism necessarily, which I think is pretty unique.

Also, there's a very old song, showtune maybe, called "Get Thee Behind Me Satan."

What gives with this video anyway? It's so fake, like some kind of cartoon!!! I've heard on good authority that studio musicians are actually playing the song and Archie, Veronica & Betty are merely lip syncing the song. They can't fool me.. they don't even have any microphone or amplifiers!

Notice how the alleged drummer, Jughead begins the song playing on drum kit with only a tom-tom and a bass drum... then all of a sudden at around 48 seconds a cymbal magically appears, then the cymbal goes away in the next shot! Why is he wearing a crown? He needs to wipe that smug little smile off his face and lose that attitude!

Figured I'd add some country/bluegrass variety to the equation

The song itself isn't about Satan but I can't help but crack a smile every time I hear the intro

Anton LaVey - Satan Takes A Holliday

I just noticed that nobody posted this song. I figured it would have been by now.

Am I ****ing blind or did seriously no one remember this of all things???

Hell Bound Train - Savoy Brown

*cough*

Daniel Johnston - Don't Play Cards With Satan