viernes, 29 de octubre de 2010

Top 10 Halloween Songs

Now that we're in Halloween's Eve, a Top 10 of songs related to this holiday is very pertinent. So this is the top of Halloween songs, enjoy:

# 10: "The Uninvited Guest" - Mercyful Fate

Along with other songs about witches, spells, etc. King Diamond always knew how to make a creepy song for Halloween.



# 9: "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.

OK, even though it's not scary but funny, this song could bring us some memories, it's featured as a soundtrack of a homonymous movie; it also has covers.



# 8: "Welcome to my Nightmare" - Alice Cooper



# 7: "Time Warp" - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

During the 70s, this musical was a classic in every Halloween, there are still people who dance it and they even break records about the amount of persons doing it.



# 6: "I'm Your BoogieMan" - Rob Zombie



# BONUS: "Mr. Sandman" - Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian's scary cover of a children song, also deserved to be in the list.



# 5: "Her Ghost in the Fog" - Cradle of Filth

This could be the best known Black Metal band, probably 'cause they introduce some Gothic Metal elements; Cradle of Filth has many visually shocking videos, but this is the one which illustrates Halloween better.



# 4: "This is Halloween" - The Nightmare Before Christmas

"This is Halloween" a theme of the fantasy horror musical movie The Nightmare Before Christmas from 1993, it has many covers from bands such as Lordi, Powerglove, Marilyn Manson, etc.



# 3: "The Wrong Side of Midnight" - U.D.O.

One of the latest U.D.O. songs, from the year 2007, after listening to this song you might have to think twice before going out at midnight, and you won't let the kids hanging out alone in Halloween.



# 2: "Thriller" - Michael Jackson

The hit of 1982 by the King of Pop also became a song to remember the horror movies. R.I.P. Michael Jackson.



# 1: "Halloween" - Helloween

A classic from 1987, by one of the pioneer bands of Power Metal, Helloween from Germany in the Michael Kiske (vocalist) era, then he left the band in the '93. The full version of this song lasts over 13 minutes! and it can be found in "Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1" album.