This is a list of occult rock bands. Occult rock is a proto-metal style of rock music.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Acid King[1]
Antonius Rex[2]
Aphrodite's Child[3]
Bang[4]
Black Sabbath[5][6][7]
Black Widow[2]
Blood Ceremony[2]
Bloody Hammers[8]
Blue Öyster Cult[9]
Chelsea Wolfe[10]
Christian Mistress[11]
Coven[2]
Death SS[3]
The Devil's Blood[2]
Earthless[12]
Ghost[2]
Goblin[5]
Graham Bond[5]
Graveyard[13]
Hawkwind[14]
In Solitude[6]
Jacula[2]
Jess and the Ancient Ones
Jex Thoth[15]
Kadavar[16][17]
Lucifer[18]
Luciferian Light Orchestra[19]
The Obsessed[20]
Pagan Altar[3]
Pentagram[3]
Puppy[21]
Purson[22]
Roky Erickson and the Aliens[5]
Rose Kemp[23]
Royal Thunder[24]
The Skull[25]
Warlord[26]
Windhand[27]
Witchcraft[6]
Witchfinder General[28]
Witchfynde
Witch Mountain[7]
Writing on the Wall[3]
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^ abcdefgLawson, Dom (24 November 2011). "Occult rock: do you believe in black magic?". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ abcdeHorror Revival, Folk. Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots. p. 59.
^Pell, Nicholas (26 March 2013). "Five '70s Metal Bands Who Are Better Than Black Sabbath". LA Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ abcd"Jess and the Ancient Ones Favourite Occult Rock Albums". Prog. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ abcNorton, Justin (12 January 2015). "Season of the Witch: The Ideas Behind Metal's Occult Revival". Decibel. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ abKendrick, Monica (2 March 2017). "Castle tap into the occult-rock vibe made famous by Black Sabbath". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^CURTIN, KEVIN (July 25, 2013). "Their Satanic Majesties". The Austin Chronicle.
^Stannard, Joseph (23 July 2013). "A Disease with a Long Incubation: Blue Öyster Cult's Imaginos". The Quietus. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^Lloyd-Davis, Isere (16 February 2017). "Paperlate: the modern witch goes prog". Prog. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^Welsh, Margaret. "On its new record, To Your Death, Christian Mistress ups the heavy-metal ante". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^Paliwal, Vidur. "REVIEWSREVIEW: Earthless – "Black Heaven"". Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^"GRAVEYARD – signs with Nuclear Blast Records". Nuclear Blast Records. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^CARRARO, ANDREA. "Five hard and pure metal disks". Rolling Stone.
^Revival, Folk Horror. Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots. p. 270.
^Moore, Anthony. "Kadavar Reveal New Album Artwork & Track Listing". Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^Phillips, Alex (20 May 2013). "Review: KADAVAR Abra Kadavar". Metal Injection. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^CAMP, ZOE (3 May 2018). "HEAR DOOM-ROCK ACT LUCIFER'S SMOLDERING NEW SONG "CALIFORNIA SON"". Revolver. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^Patridge, Christopher. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Bloomsbury Publishing.
^Bellino, Vince (7 November 2017). "Track Premiere: The Obsessed – 'Tombstone Highway'". Decibel. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^BULLEID, JOSHUA (15 January 2019). "Puppy – The Goat". Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^Abebe, Nitsuh (July 11, 2005). "The Lost Generation" (PDF). Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
^Kim, Grim (21 October 2011). "INTO THE COVEN: WOMEN OF OCCULT ROCK". Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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