As does this:
As does this:
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Univers Zero - Jack the Ripper
"Robert Fripp - The Outer Darkness: In Fear And Trembling Of The Lord" from "Gates of Paradise"
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Ad Infinitum--"All Hallows' Eve"
The Flower Kings--"A Vampire's View"
Steve Hackett--"A Vampire with a Healthy Appetite"
Glass Hammer--Perilous
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Cyan - Nosferatu (Requiem for a Vampire)Originally Posted by Soc Prof
Seriously.
Pulsar's Halloween was my 1st choice along with every Devil Doll album
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Not really prog at all, but IMO two songs from the English folk realm as well as the Celtic music scene comes to mind. First is the haunting rendition of the old Scottish poem "Tam Lin" sung by the late Sandy Denny while she was in Fairport Convention. Oldest reference to the poem goes back to the Middle Ages, but the words and story reveal that the symbolism goes even further back to pre-Christian, Celtic times. The poem takes place on Halloween, and hearing Sandy singing this still gives me goosebumps, even though it's 45 years old. The other song is "All Souls Night " penned by Canadian Celtic singer Loreena McKennitt, another great song about the ancient Celtic holiday. Not prog, but still a worthy listen.
Day dawns dark...it now numbers infinity.
Helloween - Straight Out of Hell ...not prog, but a great melodic metal song nonetheless.
Good one. This one doesn't have a Halloween title but the tone of the song and the subject matter is pretty scary/upsetting: House on Mars by Ayreon. Plus take your pick out of Alan Parsons Tales and Mystery of the Imagination.
Pulsar's "Halloween" is the obvious choice, with the name, the rather dark tone, and even the spooky child "la-la-ing" the melody to Danny Boy at the beginning.
Pallas' "Ripper" is a good one too. Disturbing lyrics, and a terrific arrangement (great mellotron work)
Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain"
21st Century Schizoid Man would always get played on Halloween on the local Classic Rock Station
And pretty much everything The Red Masque has put out.
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Steve Hackett Darktown
Camper Van Beethoven O Death
Procol Harum Monsieur Armand
Beggars Opera - The Witch.
Always like playing Pink Floyd Echoes really loud in the house when the trick or treaters show up at my door. Scares the beejesus out of them.
Early Alice Cooper has some good ones!
Dead Babies
Ballad of Dwight Frye
Black Juju
Second coming
I Love the Dead
Sick Things
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Most of Nico's "The End" album would make a funeral seem happy
Death of a Child
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DOA used to scare the &*^% out of me when I was a kid. Another great Halloween piece to listen to in the dark is the Beatles Revolution 9
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Try The Marble Index.
And those Helloween clips; I remember having their albums in the 80s and seeing them live at Roskilde - BOY were they beyond awful.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Not prog but rock
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Leo Sayer Only Dreaming
All of Halloween -Le Festin(IMO a fine album indeed!)
I would also go for King Crimsons "Larks Tongues In Aspic, part one".
The Stranglers- Waltz in Black
I can't place anything from memory, but Kevin Ayers likely has something appropriate
Thanks for this! I can see where Goldsmith got his inspiration for The Omen soundtrack (which is a good Halloween disc by the way).
The Kevin Ayers Confessions of Dr. Dream and T. Dream Sorcerer soundtrack work for me...there's gobs of Art Zoyd that also might be good, same w/ UZ. Throbbing Gristle / Hamburger Lady and the Ligeti Requiem above should reduce the amount of candy you'll be handing out.
You beat me to it. Why aren't there metal bands like that today?!
Le Festin is a good album, but I think Laz is more dark and scary.
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