Halloween, the greatest time of year!
The decorations, the scary movies, the costumes, but most of all the music, nothing
goes together better than metal music and the greatest holiday in the world. So
here is a look of songs, bands, and albums that come to mind when I think
Halloween. Please feel free to add to this list with anything I might have
missed or forgotten. 
So let
me start with a not so metal band, but the kings of sci-fi and horror. I am
talking about none other than the Misfits. From their Glenn Danzig days to
present they represent rituals, movie monsters, sacrifices, and the holiday
itself. Their new cd which consists of only one original member, Jerry Only
deals with zombies; “Twilight of the Dead” and “Land of the Dead”, Frankenstein’s
monster; “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (Which happens to be one of my personal
favorites), mummies, vampires and werewolves. The Misfits have stayed true to
their path for many years. They also put on a killer show. Only’s bass guitar looks like a skull, as
well as the microphone stand, and the show is nonstop Misfits songs delivered
with enthusiasm and energy.
Force
of Evil, which is pretty much Mercyful Fate minus King Diamond did an album which
focused on horror movies. The album Black Empire has songs that focus on
Leather face from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Candyman, to a song that pays
tribute to the master horror author Steven King. If you are looking for an old
school metal feel with a horror movie twist, this is the perfect album for you.
Metal
music fits the Halloween tradition so well, even without trying. Death metal
and black metal are proof of that. Horror and gore are what a lot of death
metal bands prided themselves on. Look at Deaths first album; Scream Bloody
Gore!!! Zombies anyone? Even when
they went more real world, it was still scary stuff. It doesn’t hurt that they
were one of the greatest death metal bands to ever grace a stage. Cannibal
Corpse is another fine example of horror and gore. Who needs music when you have
Gory album covers, much Like Cannibal Corpse does. It also helps their music is
gore infested metal!!! Iced Earth even has
an album called Horror Show that puts all the classic horror movie
monsters into songs. Who doesn’t want to hear a song about Dracula, or better
yet, The Creature from the Black Lagoon? 
Ok, now
onto everyone’s favorite subject, ZOMBIES. Who doesn’t love zombies? Heck, even
my 2 ½ year old loves zombies. What better way to pay tribute to the living dead
than by putting out a whole EP album dedicated to the flesh eating monsters? That’s
what exactly The Devil Wears Prada did. Their Zombie EP is a 5 song sledgehammer
to your face. The songs include sound bites like a shotgun blast, chainsaws,
and even have a public service announcement warning the public of a zombie
outbreak. This album is great if you’re
a metal fan, but even better if you’re a zombie fan.
I could
go on forever about what bands tie in great with Halloween and horror, but I’m
going to conclude here and hopefully people chime in with some of their
favorite Halloween or horror themed albums.
