History NightmareFuel / BlackSabbath

** "When Death Calls", from its soft, eerie buil-up and haunting themes about fearing death and going to Hell afterwords, up to its louder parts about warning not to stare in "those sunken eyes" and Satan stealing your soul forever. It's goose bump-inducing stuff.

* "Headless Cross" is based on an actual event that happened in a small village in England during the time of pestilence. A group of people went up to a headless cross on a hill to pray to get better, and predictably nobody survives. Martin's vocal delivery and the depressing timbre of the song certainly creates a tragic atmosphere.

* The cover of ''Black Sabbath''. A figure in black standing in front of a dilapidated house in a wooded area, an image that hits on the same scary imagery ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' covered thirty years later. And who ''is'' that? Is it Death? Satan? A witch? Or just a creepy hermit? And what is it staring at?

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* Their self-titled song. A pure and prime example of ''"Diabolus in musica."'' The song was inspired by a nightmare of "Geezer" Butler's. After reading a book about the occult, he fell asleep and woke up a bit later to see a silent creature with a black face staring back at him. And black means pure black. No eyes, mouth, anything - [[TheBlank only]] [[TheFaceless black]].

** Another common interpretation of the song is that it's about a dabbler in the black arts who inadvertantly summons Satan himself. The unlucky summoner is then dragged kicking and screaming down to Hell by the Prince of Darkness.
** Listen to the demo version of this song, Ozzy sounds more like a victim of the demonic summoning (even though he was the one caused it, well, technically Geezer... but still) and the extra verse can frighten people.

** The alternate lyrics for the song's first incarnation "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qVRJmFvSS0 Walpurgis]]" are just as horrific, detailing the disturbing goings-on as Satan's followers sow chaos, death and ruin across the land on their "holy" night.

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* "Mama, I'm cold. Mama, let me in. I'm cold."

* "War Pigs", also from ''Music/{{Paranoid}}''. The first and third part of the apocalyptic anti-war lyrics are accompanied with eerie silence save for the regular guitar hits.

* "Headless Cross" is based on an actual event that happened in a small village in England during the time of pestilence. A group of people went up to a headless cross on a hill to pray to get better, and predictably nobody survives. Martin's vocal delivery and the depressing atmosphere of the song certainly creates a tragic atmosphere.

** The alternate lyrics for the song's first incarnation "Walpurgis" are just as horrific, detailing the disturbing goings-on as Satan's followers sow chaos, death and ruin across the land on their "holy" night.

* The cover of ''Black Sabbath''. A figure in black standing in front of a dilapidated house in a wooded area, an image that hits on the same scary imagery TheBlairWitchProject covered thirty years later. And who ''is'' that? Is it Death? Satan? A witch? Or just a creepy hermit? And what is it staring at?

* "Hand of Doom" has frighteningly explicit lyrics about drug addiction, especially in the last part of the song, coupled with occasional, brief bursts of guitar feedback that sounds like a drill entering your skull.
* "War Pigs". The first and third part of the apocalyptic anti-war lyrics are accompanied with eerie silence save for the regular guitar hits.
* "Electric Funeral" is pretty damn scary for a song about nuclear war, with its nightmarish description of the radioactive fallout and the chugging pace of the riff, which feels like some sort of lumbering monster or something.

** [[CaptainObvious That guy is Ozzy Osbourne]], and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he's staring at YOU]]

* The cover of ''Black Sabbath''. A figure in black standing in front of a dilapidated house in a wooded area, an image that hits on the same scary imagery TheBlairWitchProject covered thirty years later. And who ''is'' that? Is it Death? Satan? A witch? Or just a creepy hermit? And what is it staring at?

* "Electric Funeral" is pretty damn scary for a song about nuclear war, with its nightmarish description of the radioactive fallout and the chugging pace of the riff, which feels like some sort of lumbering monster or something.

* "War Pigs". The first and third part of the apocalyptic anti-war lyrics are accompanied with eerie silence save for the regular guitar hits.

** Listen to the demo version of this song, Ozzy sounds more like a victim of the demonic summoning (even though he was the one caused it, and the extra verse can frighten people.

** Listen to the demo version of this song, Ozzy sounds more like a victim of the demonic summoning who caused it, and the extra verse can frighten people.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3awj_Ah8 Their self-titled song]]. A pure and prime example of ''"Diabolus in musica."'' The song was inspired by a nightmare of "Geezer" Butler's. After reading a book about the occult, he fell asleep and woke up a bit later to see a silent creature with a black face staring back at him. And black means pure black. No eyes, mouth, anything - [[TheBlank only]] [[TheFaceless black]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3awj_Ah8 Their self-titled song]]. A pure and prime example of ''"Diabolus in musica."'' The song was inspired by a nightmare of "Geezer" Butler's. After reading a book about the occult, he fell asleep and woke up a bit later to see a silent creature with a black face staring back at him. And black means pure black. No eyes, mouth, anything - [[TheBlank only]] [[TheBlank black]].