Black Sabbath, helmed by the late Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne, is known for their rather ominous lyrics and aesthetic. So, it should come as no surprise that one of the band's iconic songs topped the publication Far Out magazine's list of "the five most insanely creepy classic rock songs."
The ranking featured spooky songs like "The End" byThe Doors from 1967, 1992's "The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me" by Tom Waits, and Suicide's 1977 tune "‘Frankie Teardrop." According to the publication, Black Sabbath's 1970 song, also titled "Black Sabbath," from the band's debut album, is the number one "most insanely creepy classic rock song" ever released.
In an interview, the band's bassist and lyricist, Geezer Butler, shared how Osbourne ended up writing the spooky song, which mentions a creepy figure and Satan. Butler explained that he "was seriously into cult stuff [and] black magic" at the start of Black Sabbath's professional career. He also shared that he had decorated his apartment to express his interest with the occult.
"I had this little apartment which I had painted black and had all these upside down crosses all around the place, pictures of Satan everywhere," recalled Butler, now 76.
He then said Osbourne had given this "really old 15th century old book" that "was all written in Latin," which he believed caused him to see an unpleasant spirit.
"It was all about Black Magic, it had all these like drawings of Satan and everything in it. And I just had a really weird feeling about it," said Butler. "And that that same night, I woke up in the middle of this horrible nightmare and I just saw this like black shape at the bottom in me bed, just like staring at me. It was like a black malevolent thing, it was horrible feeling of it and I just totally freaked out."
According to Butler, after he told Osbourne about the incident, the late musician, who died in 2025 at the age of 76, immediately "came up the lyrics to 'Black Sabbath.'"
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