Thursday, October 31, 2013

AFGM's Top 13 Halloween Albums

Revelation 13 describes John's vision of two beasts. The first beast emerges from the sea having seven heads inscribed with blasphemous names, possibly reflecting the titles given to Roman emperors ("Lord and Saviour", "Saviour of the World"), considered to be blasphemies in the eyes of Christians.

This is followed by a second beast, who emerges from the earth and "speaks like a dragon". He derives his authority from the first beast and may represent the emperor himself.  It is the duty of the second beast to ensure that everyone is required to bear the mark of the first beast on the right hand or forehead.

"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." -Revelation 13:17

The vision of the first beast concludes with a riddle, where John reveals the number of the beast and its significance.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six." -Revelation 13:18


Obviously arguable from all angles here on what we consider to be scary and demonic in this day and age when it comes to our music.  Some people would expect a few of these albums to make many top lists for Halloween, where as others will have people scratching their heads.  For the rating of this list, I chose to not only incorporate lyrics and album cover, but overall vibe of the album(s), album reception, stage performance, legacy, and many other parameters.  I know there are many bands out there that could be considered more demonic or evil (such as Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Deicide, etc.) but unfortunately I do not listen to these guys all to much and wouldn't feel right ranking them in this.  These are albums that I have listened to countless times and thought it would only be right to share with you all.  So without any more babbling, here are AFGM's top 13 Halloween albums.

13. Ghost BC - Infestissumam



1. Infestissumam
2. Per Aspera ad Inferi
3. Secular Haze
4. Jigolo Har Megiddo
5. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen
6. Year Zero
7. Body and Blood
8. Idolatrine
9. Depth of Satan's Eyes
10. Monstrance Clock




12. Combichrist - Today We Are All Demons



Disc 1:

1. No Afterparty
2. All Pain is Gone
3. Kickstart the Fight
4. I Want Your Blood
5. Can't Change the Beat
6. Sent to Destroy
7. Spit
8. New Form of Silence
9. Scarred
10. The Kill V2
11. Get Out of My Head
12. Today We Are All Demons
13. At the End of it All
14. Hidden Track (as a part of track 13)

Disc 2:

1. Tranquilized
2. Avenge
3. Carnival of Terror
4. Till Death Do Us Party
5. Machine Love
6. 427 FE
7. Caliber:Death
8. Gore Baby, Gore



11. Tool - Ænima



1. Stinkfist
2. Eulogy
3. H.
4. Useful Idiot
5. Forty Six & 2
6. Message to Harry Manback
7. Hooker with a Penis
8. Intermission
9. jimmy
10. Die Eier von Satan
11. Pushit
12. Cesaro Summability
13. Ænema
14. (-) Ions
15. Third Eye




10. Murderdolls - Beyond The Valley of the Muderdolls


1. Slit My Wrist
2. Twist My Sister
3. Dead in Hollywood
4. Love at First Fright
5. People Hate Me
6. She Was a Teenage Zombie
7. Die My Bride
8. Graverobbing U.S.A.
9. 197666
10. Dawn of the Dead
11. Let's Go to War
12. Dressed to Depress
13. Kill Miss America
14. B-Movie Scream Queen
15. Motherfucker, I Don't Care

16. Crash Crash (bonus track)
17. Let's Fuck (bonus track)
18. I Take Drugs (bonus track)
19. White Wedding (bonus track)
20. Welcome to the Strange (bonus track)
21. I Love to Say Fuck (bonus track)




9. Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare



1. Welcome To My Nightmare
2. Devil's Food
3. The Black Widow
4. Some Folks
5. Only Women Bleed
6. Department Of Youth
7. Cold Ethyl
8. Years Ago
9. Steven
10. The Awakening
11. Escape
12. Devil's Food (Alternate Version) (bonus track)
13. Cold Ethyl (Alternate Version) (bonus track)
14. The Awakening (Alternate Version) (bonus track)




8. Mushroomhead - XX



1. Before I Die
2. Bwomp
3. Solitaire Unraveling
4. These Filthy Hands
5. Never Let it Go
6. Xeroxed
7. The Wrist
8. Chancre Sore
9. The New Cult King
10. Empty Spaces
11. 43
12. Fear Held Dear
13. Too Much Nothing
14. Episode 29

15. Silence
16. Silence
17. Silence
18. Silence
19. Silence
20. Silence
21. Silence
22. Silence
23. Silence
24. Silence
25. Silence
26. Silence
27. Silence
28. Silence
29. Silence
30. Silence
31. Silence
32. Silence
33. Silence
34. Silence
35. Silence
36. Silence
37. Silence
38. Silence
39. Silence
40. Silence
41. Silence
42. Silence
43. Bwomp (Exteded Version)




7. Korn - Follow The Leader



13. It's On!
14. Freak on a Leash
15. Got the Life
16. Dead Bodies Everywhere
17. Children of the Korn
18. B.B.K.
19. Pretty
20. All in the Family
21. Reclaim My Place
22. Justin
23. Seed
24. Cameltosis
25. My Gift to You

Earache My Eye" (hidden track)




6. Rammstein - Sehnsucht


1. Sehnsucht
2. Engel
3. Tier
4. Bestrafe mich
5. Du hast
6. Bück dich
7. Spiel mit mir
8. Klavier
9. Alter Mann
10. Eifersucht
11. Küss mich (Fellfrosch)



5. Slipknot - Iowa



1. (515)
2. People = Shit
3. Disasterpiece
4. My Plague
5. Everything Ends
6. The Heretic Anthem
7. Gently
8. Left Behind
9. The Shape
10. I Am Hated
11. Skin Ticket
12. New Abortion
13. Metabolic
14. Iowa




4. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe


1. Call of the Zombie
2. Superbeast
3. Dragula
4. Living Dead Girl
5. Perversion 99
6. Demonoid Phenomenon
7. Spookshow Baby
8. How to Make a Monster
9. Meet the Creeper
10. The Ballad of Resurrection Joe and Rosa Whore
11. What Lurks on Channel X?
12. Return of the Phantom Stranger
13. The Beginning of the End



3. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar


Cycle I: The Heirophant

1. Irresponsible Hate Anthem
2. The Beautiful People
3. Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World
4. Tourniquet

Cycle II: Inauguration of the Worm

5. Little Horn
6. Cryptorchid
7. Deformography
8. Wormboy
9. Mister Superstar
10. Angel with the Scabbed Wings
11. Kinderfeld

Cycle III: Disintegrator Rising

12. Antichrist Superstar
13. 1996
14. Minute of Decay
15. The Reflecting God
16. Man That You Fear
99. Empty Sounds of Hate (hidden track)




2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast


1. Invaders
2. Children of the Damned
3. The Prisoner
4. 22 Acacia Avenue
5. The Number of the Beast
6. Run to the Hills
7. Gangland
8. Hallowed Be Thy Name



1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath


1. Black Sabbath
2. The Wizard
3. Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
4. Wicked World
5. A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning
6. Evil Woman (2004 reissue bonus track)







and the bonus album that I just couldn't resist being in here somewhere...

The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack



1. Overture (score)
2. Opening
3. This Is Halloween
4. Jack's Lament
5. Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest (score)
6. What's This?
7. Town Meeting Song
8. Jack and Sally Montage (score)
9. Jack's Obsession
10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws
11. Making Christmas
12. Nabbed (score)
13. Oogie Boogie's Song
14. Sally's Song
15. Christmas Eve Montage (score)
16. Poor Jack
17. To the Rescue (score)
18. Finale/Reprise
19. Closing
20. End Title (score)



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Got something that I missed?  Something else you listen to on Halloween night?  Let's hear your thoughts with a comment, a link or a photo!

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