Occult/Satanic Lyrics: Pre-1970

Dean wrote: Can't really have a list such as this without including the dire musical ramblings of LaVey himself:

 

On a lighter note:

All good stuff guys. Thanx a million.

Edited by cannon - April 20 2011 at 13:04

cannon wrote: There is more references in the blues than any other genre from I've gathered going back all the way to Robert Johnson, Skip James and Lonnie Johnson. Even a couple of tunes from folkie Pete Seeger. A bit of voodoo in some ethnic folk and jazz as well. But very limited in both examples and in the descriptive content lyrically.   A couple of Grateful Dead tracks as well pre-1970. Like I said earlier I'm very surprised that there isn't more in rock. The Stones, Thier Satanic Magesties Request doesn't have any tracks in reference to the occult, only the title of the album.

The Dark Elf wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Helter Skelter da na na na na na na There's really nothing occult about the song, other than Charles Manson put on his tinfoil hat and began receiving secret messages from the album.   There is certainly occult lyrics in the blues and the blues covers by English groups prior to 1970:

 

^^^Ya, Fripp being a Wiccan there is some references lyrically in some content, but not much in reference to the Horned God.  

Slartibartfast wrote: Helter Skelter da na na na na na na

There's really nothing occult about the song, other than Charles Manson put on his tinfoil hat and began receiving secret messages from the album.

^^^ This is why I'm doing this thread. The First Wave of Black Metal of the early 80's obviously had some influences like Sabbath, Priest, Motorhead, Sex Pistols, etc. but I'm trying to find out what other bands had influences on the wave also. Some proto-metal and proto-doom bands of the early 70's (Icecross, Horse, Bodkin, Sudden Death, Lucifer's Friend, etc.) had influenced some latter day traditional doom/stoner bands but it doesn't seem these bands had much effect on the FWOBM. Coven, Black Widow, Jacula somewhat, maybe with thier lyrical content but not so much thier musical style IMO. The only song/album I can find so far is this tune from Cromagnon's album(1969) that comes close to a death metal sound.

Edited by cannon - April 20 2011 at 11:12

All my sins have damned my soul in hell. All off my sins have locked me in hell. (From the song Attack of the demon which there is in Sacrifice (album, 1970). The band is Black widow.

I AM THE GOD OF HELL-FIRE!  AND I BRING YOU.....