9 Scariest Songs You've Never Heard

2. Black Sabbath €“ Black Sabbath

Even though the iconic heavy metal band's first studio album was received negatively by contemporary critics and is still commonly regarded as one of the group's weaker early efforts, it was undeniably influential and remains responsible for the popularisation of the heavy metal genre.

There's an abstract quality to the record that likely contributed to this negative response, and some of the songs occasionally come across as slightly improvised. Yet this disregard for traditional song structure in exchange for the band's vision undoubtedly lead to a new and striking kind of music.

Though many associated the band with Satanism around the time of their formation, the song Black Sabbath from the band's debut record of the same name has no interest in glorifying the prince of darkness. Instead, the singer is clearly terrified of Satan, going so far as to beg god for mercy. You know when a band like Sabbath are terrified of something that it's truly worth getting unsettled by...

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