List of occult rock bands explained

This is a list of occult rock bands. Occult rock is a proto-metal style of rock music.

• Acid King^[1]
• Antonius Rex
• Aphrodite's Child^[2]
• Bang^[3]
• Black Sabbath^[4]
• Black Widow
• Blood Ceremony
• Bloody Hammers^[5]
• Blue Öyster Cult^[6]
• Chelsea Wolfe^[7]
• Christian Mistress^[8]
• Coven
• Death SS
• The Devil's Blood^[9]
• Earthless^[10]
• Ghost
• Goblin
• Graham Bond
• Graveyard^[11]
• Hawkwind^[12]

• In Solitude^[13]
• Jacula
• Jess and the Ancient Ones
• Jex Thoth^[14]
• Kadavar^{[15] [16]}
• Lucifer^[17]
• Luciferian Light Orchestra^[18]
• The Obsessed^[19]
• Pagan Altar
• Pentagram
• Puppy^[20]
• Purson^[21]
• Roky Erickson and the Aliens
• Rose Kemp^[22]
• Royal Thunder^[23]
• The Skull^[24]
• Warlord^[25]
• Windhand^[26]
• Witchcraft
• Witchfinder General^[27]
• Witchfynde
• Witch Mountain^[28]
• Writing on the Wall

Notes and References

1. Web site: Murphy . Tom . Acid King Played Doom Rock Before It Was Doom Rock . . 17 June 2018.
2. Book: Horror Revival . Folk . Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots . 59.
3. Web site: Pell . Nicholas . Five '70s Metal Bands Who Are Better Than Black Sabbath . . 26 March 2013 . 17 June 2018.
4. Web site: Jess and the Ancient Ones Favourite Occult Rock Albums . . 28 November 2017 . 16 June 2018.
5. CURTIN . KEVIN . Their Satanic Majesties . . July 25, 2013.
6. Web site: Stannard . Joseph . A Disease with a Long Incubation: Blue Öyster Cult's Imaginos . . 23 July 2013 . 16 June 2018.
7. Web site: Lloyd-Davis . Isere . Paperlate: the modern witch goes prog . . 16 February 2017 . 17 June 2018.
8. Web site: Welsh . Margaret . On its new record, To Your Death, Christian Mistress ups the heavy-metal ante . 17 June 2018.
9. News: Lawson . Dom . Occult rock: do you believe in black magic? . The Guardian . 24 November 2011 . 16 June 2018.
10. Web site: Paliwal . Vidur . REVIEWSREVIEW: Earthless – "Black Heaven" . 16 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619114859/http://www.itdjents.com/reviews-2/review-earthless-black-heaven/ . 19 June 2018 . dead .
11. Web site: GRAVEYARD – signs with Nuclear Blast Records . . 17 June 2018.
12. CARRARO . ANDREA . Five hard and pure metal disks . Rolling Stone.
13. Web site: Norton . Justin . Season of the Witch: The Ideas Behind Metal's Occult Revival . . 12 January 2015 . 16 June 2018.
14. Book: Revival . Folk Horror . Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots . 270.
15. Web site: Moore . Anthony . Kadavar Reveal New Album Artwork & Track Listing . 20 June 2018.
16. Web site: Phillips . Alex . Review: KADAVAR Abra Kadavar . Metal Injection . 20 May 2013 . 20 June 2018.
17. Web site: CAMP . ZOE . HEAR DOOM-ROCK ACT LUCIFER'S SMOLDERING NEW SONG "CALIFORNIA SON" . . 3 May 2018 . 28 October 2018.
18. Book: Patridge . Christopher . The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music . Bloomsbury Publishing.
19. Web site: Bellino . Vince . Track Premiere: The Obsessed – 'Tombstone Highway' . . 7 November 2017 . 28 October 2018.
20. Web site: BULLEID . JOSHUA . Puppy – The Goat . 15 January 2019 . 17 July 2019.
21. Web site: The Lost Generation. September 28, 2017. July 11, 2005. Nitsuh. Abebe. Pitchfork Media.
22. Web site: Kim . Grim . INTO THE COVEN: WOMEN OF OCCULT ROCK . 21 October 2011 . 16 June 2018.
23. Web site: Kitteringham . Sarah . Royal Thunder Crooked Doors . . 17 June 2018.
24. Web site: Chantler . Chris . The Skull – The Endless Road Turns Dark album review . . 5 September 2018 . 28 October 2018.
25. Web site: WARLORD . 31 August 2018.
26. Web site: Walschots . Natalie Zina . Windhand Soma . . 17 June 2018.
27. Web site: Battle of the Crow . 17 June 2018.
28. Web site: Kendrick . Monica . Castle tap into the occult-rock vibe made famous by Black Sabbath . . 2 March 2017 . 17 June 2018.