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Our month-long quest to find rock’s spookiest song has reached a logical and epic final battle, with Iron Maiden<\/a> facing off against Black Sabbath<\/a>.<\/p>\n It’s a war of era-opening title tracks, as “The Number of the Beast” from the first album Iron Maiden recorded with Bruce Dickinson<\/a> as their lead singer goes up against the title track to Black Sabbath’s legendary and\u00a0genre-creating debut album<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The Number of the Beast” got here by beating the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” in round one by a margin of 54% to 46%. That was the toughest fight they’ve faced so far, as they bested Alice Cooper’s “Black Widow” 64% to 36% in week two and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” 68% to 32% last week.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, “Black Sabbath” arrived in the finals by defeating Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” in round one (58% to 42%), then Motley Crue’s “Shout at the Devil” 79% to 21% in round two. In an admittedly poor case of bracket planning, the group then went up against and defeated their longtime frontman Ozzy Osbourne and his “Bark at the Moon” single 71% to 29% last week.<\/p>\n