Scariest Songs in Classic Rock

These songs will rock you…and make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end.

Ozzy Osbourne believes Black Sabbath’s title track is the scariest song ever written and gives it credit for his nickname.

“That’s when the whole Prince Of Darkness shit started. When people get excited about Halloween coming around each year, all I think is, ‘Well, we used to have Halloween every f*cking night.’”

Whether or not you agree, Classic Rock does have a TON of scary songs to choose from. Here’s some of our favorites:

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Alice Cooper – Welcome to My Nightmare

Alice Cooper – I Love the Dead

Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein

Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil

Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil

The Who – Boris the Spider

AC/DC – Highway to Hell

Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper

KISS – God of Thunder

The Eagles – Hotel California

Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London

Metallica – Enter Sandman

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