New Music (10/28 — 11/3)

Fletcher: “All Love”

The 69 Eyes ft. Wednesday 13, Calico Cooper, and Dani Filth: “The Last House On The Left”

Once Upon a Flatline: “Those Last, Fatal Days”

Marquis Of Vaudeville: “The ENIGMA Men”

Hollywood Undead: “Already Dead”

Children Of Bodom: “Hexed”

Ice Nine Kills: “Savages”

Hey Violet: “Clean”

Ava Max: “Freaking Me Out”

Jinjer: “Pit Of Consciousness”

Knasterbart: “Kneipenschlägerei”

Wolves At The Gate: “A Voice In The Violence”

Lindemann: “Knebel”

Airbourne: “Backseat Boogie”

Nile: “Snake Pit Mating Frenzy”

The Word Alive: “Burning Your World Down”

She Must Burn: “Of Blood & Bone”

Clint Lowery: “Kings”

Days To Come: “Vultures”

Kickin’ Valentina: “Sweat”

Volbeat ft. Neil Fallon: “Die To Live”

Nothing Left: “Dust Into Dust”

Powerwolf: “Kiss Of The Cobra King”

Dirty Shirley: “Here Comes The King”

Agnostic Front: “I Remember”

Our Last Night: “Losing Sleep”

Shallowpoint: “Broken Life” and “Fade Away” [Double Feature]

Decarlo: “Lightning Strikes Twice”

A War Within: “Better Off Dead”

Lionheart: “Born Feet First”

Playlist Challenge, Day 797

Emigrate — “My World”

Weekly Focus: Songs About Halloween, Day Seven

Wednesday 13 — “Halloween 13-13,” from the album Spook & Destroy (2012).

And I end my list with none other than Wednesday 13, an artist who seems to eat, sleep, and breathe all things horror and Halloween.

Playlist Challenge, Day 796

Rammstein — “Engel”

Weekly Focus: Songs About Halloween, Day Six

Type O Negative — “Halloween In Heaven,” from the album Dead Again (2007).

Playlist Challenge, Day 795

Oomph! — “Labyrinth”

Weekly Focus: Songs About Halloween, Day Five

Misfits — “Halloween,” from the album Legacy of Brutality (1985).

This song was also covered by AFI on their All Hallow’s EP!

Top 5: Songs About Vampires

Happy Halloween!!!!

Have you ever stopped to think about how many artists have written about vampires over the years? I’m sure there’s a case to be made for other supernatural creatures, but vampires are my favorite so I’m gonna feature them.

Note: This list is in no particular order and doesn’t even begin to skim the surface of its subject matter.

1. Die Krupps: “The Vampire Strikes Back”

Fun fact – This track was listed as a Rammstein song entitled “Vampire” years ago, and many people still believe it’s them.

2. Type O Negative: “Suspended In Dusk”

3. Atreyu: “The Crimson”

How could I not include Atreyu? They did an entire album centered around vampires!

4. David Draiman: “Forsaken”

This may be my favorite on the list. David Draiman’s voice is so ridiculously sexy, and he fits the whole eerie vampy vibe very well.

5. Blutengel: “Vampire”

Weekly Focus: Songs About Halloween, Day Four

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross — “Halloween Spooks,” from the album Elvira Presents: Haunted Hits (1988).

I was first introduced to this song when my best friends and I watched The Houses October Built. The earliest mention of it that I could find was from the Elvira Presents collection in 1988.