"Hellraiser" is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, his guitarist, Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy, the frontman of heavy metal band Motörhead. The song was written for Osbourne's No More Tears album and despite being one of the most well known Ozzy Osbourne songs, the song was not released as a single.
The song is written in verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus form. The last verse echoes the lyrics of the first four lines, and duplicates the last two lines, of the first verse. Each of the four line chorus begins with "Hellraiser", followed by a six syllable tag.
Motörhead recorded the song in 1992 for the movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, and it was later released as the A-side of their 1992 "Hellraiser" single and The '92 Tour EP. . It was also on their album March or Die
A trailer for the first Painkiller game had the soundtrack of Hellraiser; X-Play complained "it did not fit with the game". A higher quality re-recording of the No More Tears track is featured in the popular 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on its in-game radio station "Radio: X".
"Hellraiser" is a single by heavy metal band Motörhead, previously recorded in 1991 by Ozzy Osbourne for his album No More Tears. Written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and Motörhead frontman Lemmy, Motörhead's recording of the song was used in the movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, and in 1992 was released as the A-side of the single and as the sixth track on their March ör Die album. The A-side is covered with "Name in Vain" which also appears on March ör Die, and "Dead Man's Hand". The title track also appears on The '92 Tour EP.
The first of two tracks that Mikkey Dee recorded with Motörhead before officially joining the band, the other being "Hell on Earth".
A video for "Hellraiser" was made, featuring Lemmy playing poker against Pinhead (Doug Bradley) from the Hellraiser movies. blank">Motorhead's 'Hellraiser' Music Video. Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
This also was used as the theme music for _The Hellraisers in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
