Musicians Talking About Satanism

Here's what rock and metal musicians have to say about the topic of Satanism.

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[Caffeine_Club]

"It takes me all my time to conjure myself out of bed in the morning, let alone conjure up the Devil" is 10 times more real than Gaahl's toast to Satan.

[badbabyray]

dave mustaine: doesnt dabble in stanism anymore cause hes a born again christian just being honest
ozzy: ah, im too tired to conjure a demon...too much work

[chinthing]

In an interview about Black Sabbath's origins, Ozzy said that people liked to watch scary movies, so they wanted to make scary music.

[ianmcpeck]

Leave it to Ozzy to have the best answer to such a question

[rowanshreds]

Ozzy's the most unintentionally funny person on Earth.

[andrewpappas]

I think that Dave, Ozzy, Tobias and Lars all had really good answers but I think Alice really hit the nail in the head with his response, really well-put

[Miss_Kisa]

"there's a bunch of people looking like penguins that are burning our churches" why the fuck did that make me laugh so hard? 😭

[AdvancedLiving]

That was quite the mullet Lars had in the 80’s. Supernaturally magnificent.

[heatnationwpb]

I lived through the satanic panic in Mississippi, and even at 13 years old I was baffled that our local pastors would round up the kids and actually burn rock albums. Saw it with my own eyes. I remember the pentagram on Motley Crue's Theater of Pain cover really set that guy off! He had a real hard-on for Prince too - Darling Nikki and all 😂

I just remember being pissed off about the albums themselves because it was such a waste of great albums that I wanted for myself.

[andrewbarker]

for a start the word ( occult) means hidden, so I think a lot of people assume satanism is hand in hand with heavy metal, realistically it could be madonna or lady gaga just as easily as a band like Ghost

[JC-MindsEye-]

Alice Copper's description at the end is the most accurate in terms of "rock-n-roll" Satanism, it's just for show and not real.

[adriandossantos]

Like Slayer said, they just wanted to freak the Christians out.

And Judas Priest defended themselves in court by saying that them getting their fans to off themselves would be bad for business!😂

[bjmoyer]

The devil wears a suit and tie and deals with the devil are real. True darkness comes from those with all the power, money and control. Not the musicians up on stage.

[safespacebear]

I was in the Bible belt during the satanic panic...was around 7 or 8 years old. It made Halloween A LOT of fun. Kids daring each other to walk thru the graveyard at night and wondering if there would be "devil worshippers" there.

[TThrash]

I’m not really religious but I’ve always found bands that just write about satanism very boring, it’s so cliché, what I do listen to like that I listen to for the sound and music, but I find songs with more meaning and more like a story way more entertaining and impressive

[josephwalton]

Keep in mind that the real Lucifer was supposedly the most beautiful of all heaven's angels. If you are looking for satan, then you are looking for the most conservative, beautiful person you have ever seen in a million dollar evening gown or 3 piece suit. As Alice Cooper said, you won't find Satan amidst the Halloween of heavy metal.

[BroncoKnight]

I’m a Christian and I love all the artists (sans the guy before Alice Cooper and Nergal, although I respect Nergal’s accomplishments), but I think Cooper really hit it home with it all being show for rock and roll. I listen to heavy and dark stuff, but I don’t take it into my heart. I listen to it and hear music, lyrics, stories, etc being told and hear the art in it.

[Vinnay]

4:44 This guy really goes into the depth of Satanism and it's origins

[tingachhakchhuak]

I can listen to both Satanic Metal and Christian Metal. It's all about the music for me

[Kikester]

Dave Mustaine probably put a hex on Metallica making them come out with St. Anger