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Recommended apocalyptic songs
TalonSE
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Ok so I am putting together a playlist for a Halloween party and I have it mostly done except the final song. I'm looking for something hard and fast that basically ends with the destruction of humanity in some horrible manner. Not so much death metal per se, this is more a punk/metal event. A nuclear holocaust would be alright, I remember reading a thread in G&T after Defcon was released where people were discussing songs that would go well with it but I can't find that thread in any archives here. So yeah, any recommendations at all would be greatly appreciated.
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Not really apocalyptic, but it wouldn't create a very nice future.
Soylent Green- Wumpscut
Final Countdown.
Timeless classic.
Megadeth - Set the World Afire
Megadeth - Rust in Peace... Polaris
Possibly:
Metallica - The Four Horsemen
In the House - In a Heartbeat, but it wouldn't work because it's not what he is looking for.
I would have recommended East Hastings (which coincidentally is from 28 Days Later) and Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Or, if you want to end your party in complete mayhem, All Will Suffer, by Shattered Realm. Win.
Or you could just put on the entire "Prowler in the Yard" album by Pig Destroyer- that'll clear the party out in a heartbeat, and the first track, Jennifer- is fucking horrifying.
Anyway- Godspeed! You Black Emporer is awesome, but I don't think that they make good "party" music- they're the kind of band you listen to when you're just hanging out.
Night On Bald Mountain.
soilent green is neither goth nor industrail.. but good choice
This is exactly what came to mind. Great song, perfect for this. I'm making a Halloween mix, too, and this is going on it as the last song (if you needed another endorsement).
'Apocalypse Please', by Muse- awesome suggestion- I'm a huge Muse fan and that's my favorite song by them
Dragonforce has no place at a party, IMO..
If you ended your party with Smashing Pumpkins, I'd go with '1979' (and not just because it's my favorite song by them
Or you could play 'Superfreak' and everyone will just leave... that, or 'I Saw the Sign', by Ace of Base :P
Every Time I Die "Ebolarama" Always a great song, cause "It's a rush that the cockroaches get, at the end of the world"
I'll keep editing if I think of more.
might be a bit more angry than you're looking for... but it's fantastic
Dude, what? "Soylent Green" is classic early 90s industrial. Don't tell me you're one of those people who claim that the only "real" industrial band is Psychic TV or something.
Anyway, Front Line Assembly's "Mortal" is a good apocalyptic track (the samples are from the last part of In the Mouth of Madness), but I don't know if it's what you're looking for. In terms of punk/metal, I am very fond of everything by In Love and War (formerly Stalins War), but in this case I am thinking of "This World Has No Heartbeat".
http://www.thelostworlds.net/
'Black Death' off the Mesner Tracks
Best band ever. Period
It's about Ragnarök, the norse version of the Apocalypse, not the christian one though.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
Slayer - Reign of Blood
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
"You can't run a race
without no feet
'n pretty soon
there won't be no street
for dummies to jog on
or doggies to dog on
Religious fanatics
can make it be all gone
(I mean it won't blow up
'n disappear
it'll just look ugly
for a thousand years...)"
Pearl Jam, Do the Evolution
R.E.M., End of the world as we know it.
Weird Al Yankovic, Happy Birthday
-The D
umm....
Bloodshed-Amon Amarth
Hold Back The Day- DevilDriver
Maybe not good for a finale, but definitely a good halloween song. There might be more (good quality, full length) previews of similar stuff on that site.
I'm still interested in more recommendations if anyone has any new ones though. Also would like to know the name of the song you referenced earlier, Falx, if it's not Apocalyse Please by Muse which has already been mentioned.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
If you want a few how about:
Isis - The Minus Times
Skinny Puppy - Grave Wisdom (once again probably better out there)
Ministry - No "W"
Strapping Young Lad's remake of Room 429
Meshuggah - Mind's Mirrors
Maybe some Sinister Urge era Rob Zombie House of 1k corspes or Bring Her Down (to Crippletown)
What kind of music atmosphere do you want?
Isle of Man - Ministry
Anything on The Crow soundtrack.
I recommend Tortured Soul Asylum.
Ahh that's the one I was talking about. I forgot to check, but I'm glad someone else thought of it.
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Each and every one of their songs were made with a post-apocalyptic future in mind. They're amazing.