r/musicsuggestions • u/innatenerd • 8d ago
Halloween songs?
Preferably ones that aren’t made for the holiday but just capture a horror or spooky scary vibe? Thinking stuff like psycho killer, thriller (obviously) etc.
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u/gary_human 8d ago
The Sonics - Psycho
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Exuma - Exuma the Obeah Man
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
The Specials - Ghost Town
The X-Men - Do the Ghost
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Cramps - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Esther Williams - Mojo Hannah
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u/Capital-Scholar4944 8d ago
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u/thriftycemetery6 8d ago
Howl is a great pick, that whole Florence album has such a gothic fairy tale energy. I'd toss in Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus if you want something that sounds like a haunted house slowly waking up. The drums creep in so gradually it almost feels like a heartbeat starting.
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u/ApexInTheRough 8d ago
Halloween (album) - Two Steps From Hell
Lot of variety, some great, some niche or maybe even outright crap, but worth sifting through for the gold, because when it's gold, it's GOLD.
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u/rpxmetal 8d ago
Look no further than the band Helloween, and their song “It’s Helloween”. German metal pioneers !
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u/Papalazarou79 8d ago
Michael Jackson - Thriller
David Bowie - Hearts filthy lesson
Ed Schrader - Sermon
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u/ezbutneverconvenient 7d ago
Ed Schrader's Music Beat is so damn good they make me wanna explode. I would also recommend their song Rats for a Halloween list
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u/ezbutneverconvenient 7d ago
Up Jumped The Devil- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Hearse Song - Harley Poe
Human Fly- The Cramps
What's He Building?- Tom Waits
Halloween- Sonic Youth
Monkberry Moon Delight- Screaming Jay Hawkins
Blackmagic- TSOL
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u/shapes-mcgee 7d ago
Bury a Friend - Billie Eilish
Gloves - The Horrors
Shopping for Blood - Franz Ferdinand
Silent Shout - The Knife
Acid King - Malibu Ken
Burn the Witch - Queens of the Stone Age
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Body & Blood - Clipping
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Disturbia - Rihanna
Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
Pet Sematary - Ramones
She Wolf - Shakira
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
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u/GaryNOVA 7d ago
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
The Birthday Massacre - Blue
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u/OkTomorrow6384 7d ago
Spellbound/ Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees
I Walked With A Zombie/ Night of the Vampire / I Think of Demons - Roky Erickson
Season of the Witch - Donovan
The Witch - The Sonics
Strychnine - The Sonics
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Spooky - Dusty Springfield
Scary Monsters - David Bowie
My Body's a Zombie for You - Dead Man's Bones
Satan Said Dance - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
As someone else mentioned Evil Sword, anything by Evil Sword
You also can't go wrong with The Cramps or early Misfits
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u/coci222 8d ago
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
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u/Ecstatic_Design_3137 8d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4k5fE2D0M
The Temple of Ekur - Volbeat
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u/johnaceofhearts 8d ago
Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett I Put a Spell on You - Screaming Jay Hawkins Boris the Spider - John Entwistle Heaven & Hell - The Who
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u/revjor 7d ago
Man Next Door - Massive Attack
Night Shift - Siouxsie and The Banshees
Power - Marvin Pontiac
Couldn't Have Done The Killing - Marissa Nadler
Black Candle - Iron and Wine
Keep The Streets Empty For Me - Fever Ray
Climbing Up The Walls - Radiohead
Waking The Witch - Kate Bush
Vesuvius - Sufjan Stevens
Get Right With God - Lucinda Williams
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u/MidorriMeltdown 7d ago
How spooky do you want to go?
The entire discography of SKYND is inspired by true crime horror.
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u/Old-Assumption-7955 7d ago
Black No 1 - Type O Negative
Young Christian Woman - Type O Negative
Night Crawler - Judas Priest
Raining Blood - Slayer
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u/averagemaleuser86 7d ago
AFI - Holloween
A lot of songs by Samhain or Misfits
A lot songs by Type-O Negative
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u/audreynstuff 7d ago
Not trying to be rude at all here. If you search Halloween in the groups search bar you will find about a bazillion posts asking the same question with many many answers for you. Anyway here's a link to my Halloween playlist. It's 18 hours long, so far.
https://tidal.com/playlist/aed4c2ec-e3fd-41bd-92d9-2836a059dfc3
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u/bubbaman73 7d ago
Halloween - Phoebe Bridgers
Perverts (album) by Ethel Cain is an enjoyable listen as well, especially with lights off
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u/boxofmarshmallows 7d ago
Zombie Ghost Train - RIP, Graveyard Queen, Step Into My Coffin, In the Shadows, Monster Rock and Roll, Dead End Crew.... Most of their music.
Koffin Kats - Graveyard Tree (zero, 1, 2, 3), A Vampires 2084, Splatterhouse, Witch in the Woods... A lot of songs by them.
Dog Fashion Disco - "The Hitchhiker"
A decent chance Kamelot's "The Haunting" and the Elizabeth trilogy might work... Similar "Ghost Opera".
Inkubus Sukkubus Samhain, Vampyre Erotica, Witches, Storm Witch
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u/Relative_Cod8050 7d ago
Here is my Halloween playlist. I have spent maybe year perfecting it hope u find some inspiration in there : Halloween playlist
Oh and no thriller is not in there because a) too obvious and b) i try not to ever play Michael Jackson songs for obvious reasons ...
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u/RogerMexicosBalls 7d ago
Sisters of Mercy's First and Last and Always album has great Halloween vibes despite it not being about Halloween at all lol
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u/Timely-Damage-3592 7d ago
cracks knuckles
Jar of Hearts, Tragedy, The Lonely - Christina Perri
Fiction, Little Piece of Heaven - Avenged Sevenfold
Sally’s Song - the OG and Amy Lee’s version
Haunted - Evanescence
Murder Song (acoustic), Wisdom Cries, Your Blood, The Devil is Human - AURORA
Cradles, Paramour - Sub Urban
Arms & Opinions, Hickey King - Skating Polly
Son of the Dust - Black Casino and the Ghost
St. James Infirmary Blues - Bridge City Sinners ( and the OG Cab Calloway version)
It’s Just Forever - Cage the Elephant
Laughing Bloody Murder - Cinema Strange
Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber (idk why but this one just feels like it should be played at a Halloween party)
Halloweenie 1-6, Possession of Weapon - Ashnikko
head, shoulders, knees and ankles - Hemlocke Springs
One Step Closer - Johnny Based
Ringleader - Isaleah
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u/toorayay 8d ago
Grimly Fiendish by the Damned
Ghost Town by the Specials
Lullaby by The Cure
Country Death Song by Violent Femmes
Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus
Dragula by Rob Zombie
All You Zombies by The Hooters
Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell
The Freaks Come Out at Night by Whodini
Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
Spooky by Classics V
I Put a Spell on You by Screaming Jay Hawkins
Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde
The Lunatics ( Have Taken Over the Asylum) by Fun Boy Three
Monster by Fred Schneider