Tonight is possibly the most metal night of the year, at least in countries where Halloween is celebrated. In addition to giving extroverted chicks an excuse to dress slutty and dudes yet another opportunity to act like idiots, it’s the night when goblins, orcs, reanimated corpses, blood-suckers, demon spawn, and headless horsemen all come out to get fucked up and headbang.
Almost every metal blog will be doing some kind of Halloween-themed bullshit today, and we don’t want to stick out like a sore penis thumb by doing nothing to celebrate the event. But I’m too fucking lazy to create something myself, so I’d like you to do it for me. So, here’s the deal: In the Comment section, please give me your suggestion for a metal song that would be a good one to play on Halloween, and before nightfall I’ll pick three of them to play here at NCS in a follow-up post to this one. If you like, feel free to give more than one suggestion. And if you’re the shy type, feel free to e-mail me your suggestion instead of leaving it in the Comments (islander@nocleansinging.com).
And speaking of me-being-lazy-and-wanting-you-to-do-all-my-NCS-work-for-me, I’m about to turn into a pumpkin myself. Because of a work crunch that I’m now about to start, followed by a greatly deserved vacation, my blogging time is about to be severely compressed. I wrote about this a while back and made a general call for guest posts that I could run here at NCS while I’m in pumpkin land. I’ve already received a slew of great shit, and I know more submissions are on the way. BUT, it’s not too late, even if you haven’t started writing anything. Details after the jump.
You can write about anything your little black heart desires, as long as it’s got something to do with metal, and there’s no minimum or maximum length. I can’t promise I’ll run every last post I get — I have to exercise some very minimal editorial discretion. But my standards are pretty fucking low, so the odds are that if it’s in English, I’m going to run it.
Some of you apparently thought, from my last post about this, that submissions had to be in my hands by November 1. Not true. My pumpkin-head tonic state will last until November 18, and as long as your submissions come in during that stretch of time, Ill be able to use them. And if I happen to have some left over that I haven’t used before Nov 18, I’ll post them after that.
So, GO HERE for more details about how to submit your shit, and thank you in advance for helping!
Now, leave a comment about your suggestion for a metal song for All Hallow’s Eve!
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I kinda really hate holidays, even Halloween on general principle( I have principles?), but I can’t deny that dressing up is awesome. Though I think people really should try to make their own costumes if they have the time.
Whatever…
I feel like something by Type O Negative would be appropriate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFwYJYl5GUQ
This, specifically, was what I had in mind…
Or perhaps this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmuKofM5kw
I realize there is an abundance of clean singing, but when I think Halloween, I really think of Type O Negative.
Well, since we just had a post about Februus, how about their cover of “This Is Halloween” from A Nightmare Before Christmas?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO0amkJnARQ
Er..apparently not the SAME “Februus”.
The Black Dahlia Murder – A Shrine To Madness
While there are plenty of good horror themed songs out there, personal favorites being: Bathory’s Raise the Dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtXTDt1Isic), Acid Witch’s October 31st (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyXZ5f-IOcE), or Pagan Altar’s Samhein (No youtube link. Because you should already have this album), I would rather link to the most unsettling songs I know: Being a toss-up between various Gnaw Their Tongues songs (here’s a good one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOZspqrwOA), Blut Aus Nord’s Procession of the Dead Clowns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKsYnHPX6Ns), or Reverorum ib Malacht’s What Do You Think of the Old God, We Call Him Judas? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyOjl4mzlM8)
Thanks and sorry about the delay in your comment appearing — my blog spam filter holds comments for approval when they include more than 3 links.
My first thought reading this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96gC-verMU&feature=related
Zombies, nuff said!
I totally second this video!!!!
My thought would be to play some Bile (now known as Skullhog) tracks, they theme themselves on horror movies, but so do Frightmare and proto-grind legends Repulsion.
what a horrible night for a curse – the black dahlia murder
dawn of the zombie – decrepitaph
to hieron – dragged into sunlight
the sound of your smashed head – fuck the facts
demonium – immortal
horror – lair of the minotaur
dead shall rise – terrorizer
Ouija Ouitch
http://ouijaouitch.bandcamp.com/
Zombie Inc – We Must Eat
I have a personal ritual of listening to the s/t Deicide album on Halloween. So, I’m gonna say the song Deicide from the album Deicide by the band Deicide.
Phro had some good ones, too. Well, okay, everyone had some good ones but Type O is kinda Halloween campy.
Or, howsa bout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3awj_Ah8 ?
oooh, or http://youtu.be/xezd5EDZBhQ.
15 some years ago I saw Type O Negative live on Halloween, Peter Steele threw a pumpkin at the audience.
Not metal but Halloween themed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IMOj8Cwnk
Misfits – Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HszzIGdMob8)
Helloween – Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI)
Zombie Inc – Planet Zombie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-N8gIGgXRo)
King Diamond – Trick or Treat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwjgaBzf2M)
Deceased – The Funeral Parlours Secret (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqMx8QHjq3U)
Death – Evil Dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiDRtEVivGo) Seriously how can this not make the cut
Hooded Menace – The House of Hammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6M3iSkKK0)
Im being moderated…why am I being moderated…No fair, I bet Phro never gets moderated
The moderator is a fucking tightass stormtrooper. (I’ve been away from my computer — but just approved your comment. Sorry for the delay.)
I know…fucking fascist
Seriously though…Hooded Menace..nothing says Halloween like an ode to Hammer Horror Films
Spawn Of Possession – Dead & Grotesque
Death – Zombie Ritual
I was into horrorpunk before metal (though both paths came forth from the Misfits) so I thought maybe I’d share a few things…
Crimson Ghosts, Somewhere In A Casket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyEFnvu1N-U
Calabrese, Midnight Spookshow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NBcwRpeJg
Blitzkid, Nosferatu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wt302oph0
Enjoy!
Oops, forgot Order Of The Fly…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MB31HK1-tE
And some zombiecore, courtesy of Send More Paramedics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtMFgXQn8tw
Or maybe something from Troglodyte:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WwgEaTSaLA&feature=related
http://www.neandercore.com/
I’m going to say, “Moonlight Equilibrium” by The Black Dahlia Murder.
Come to The Sabbath – Mercyful Fate
I don’t know what to post… :/
Whatever, Islander how does an interview via email work? Do you just send someone the questions or what?
Pretty much. I e-mail questions, but usually try to follow up with a few more questions suggested by the answers after getting the answers back, so that the final result is more like a “live” conversation.
Thanks, I might finally contribute a post!
My Krampus interview was by email… I didn’t do follow-up questions because I couldn’t think of any at the time.