Acheron: Intro: Nosferatu prelude Elephant Man Bryan: Vampire In an intense way, Tyler, The Creator​’s depiction of Dracula is the most literarily accurate one on this list. Marilyn Manson: If I Was Your Vampire Over A 100 Vampire Songs For Vampire Lovers, Sookie Stackhouse: Stupid According to Charlaine Harris, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF – Finale, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF Part 65. Scientist: Chase Vampire Away Dud Murnau’s silent black-and-white Nosferatu came soon after, in 1922. Great ghost songs are usually about supernatural aberrations, but sometimes ghost songs are about the ghosts of past relationships. On the title track of their 2017 EP, the Irish quartet use murky, cobweb-coated death metal to recount the last flight of the Demeter, the ship that brings Dracula from Transylvania to England in Bram Stoker’s novel. Serrat: Historia De Vampiros Amber Asylum: Vampire The idea of Dracula as the misunderstood gothic hero was written into the legend later on; the villain of Bram Stoker’s novel is a sadist and misogynist, who revels in taking whatever he wants, especially women. Sometimes it feels like every My Chemical Romance song is about lovesick vampires, but the band’s song that directly confronts the subject is surprisingly hostile. Electric Hellfire Club: Bela Lugosi’s Dead Outlander: The Vamp THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF Part 64. “If it’s raining and you’re running don’t slip in mud, Voltaire: The Vampire Club David Draiman: Forsaken Type O Negative: Black #1 Mighty Sphincter: Blood Banquet Got a tip for us? David Bowie: Cat People Hank Mobley: The Vamp Ours: I’m A Monster This song was written specifically for the Twilight soundtrack. Both a dark metal horror story and a call to arms for any young vamps looking for a night out on the town. Bone Dry - Eels. So much at stake…… oh! Voltaire: Dracula Disco Singer, Johnette Napolitano has such a strong and memorable voice, it just fits perfectly with the lyrics of this dark alternative song. Pearl Jam: Blood Singer Fenriz hails the ​“true, intense vampires,” differentiating the stark cold of the ravenous undead against the flowery trappings of Gothic lore. Afgan Wings: Vampire Lanois Given that it’s coming from Manson, it also smacks of a strange kind of honesty. The Cruxshadows: Deception Alkaline Trio- Burn Heavy Water Factory: Vampire Michiru Yamane: Anti-Souls Mystery Lab Laibach: Anastagia Sisters of Mercy: Marian Twiztid: Monster’s Ball Slayer: At Dawn, They Sleep We have covered movies, lore, books, history and such on this site, so it’s time we got to the music. Cyan: Nosferato (requiem for a vampire) Blood Feast: Vampire Vampires have been featured in folklore and fiction of various cultures for hundreds of years, predominantly in Europe, although belief in them has waned in modern times. Helium: Baby Vampire Made Me Dr. Israel: Brooklyn Jungle Soundsystem vs. Also, metal bands could learn a thing or two from a dude who does away with the ruffles and absinthe, and just chants, ​‘BITE HER IN HER FUCKING NECK.’. Sexy, massive, brimming with blasphemy – this track from Roky Erickson And The Aliens’s incredible 1981 album The Evil One (later covered by bands like Entombed and Integrity) is easily the greatest vampire song in history. Mot: Bugs, Rocks & Vampires Follow us on Facebook at About Vampires or Zztop: She’s Just Killing Me Rocket From The Crypt: I Drink Blood Doubledrive: Vamp It’s damned sexy and devilish, an awesome vampire song. Paramore: I Caught Myself – Hayley, Paramore’s leading lady, has such a powerful voice you can’t help but be mesmerized by it. Rah Band: Vampire Vamp I’m waiting for my moment”. Merciful Fate: Return of the Vampire Tori Amos: Professional Widow The mixture of psychedelic guitar tone and growling bass on Night Of The Vampire make the track feel edgy and cool, but its sweeping minor chords and eerie synths still lend it an air of late-night monster movie spookiness. Sting: Moon Over Bourbon Street Ricky General: Vampire Vast: I Am A Vampire With this grinding groove metal number, Devildriver paint a picture of the living dead as the ultimate rebellion – basically, if you’re no longer chained by life and death, why keep playing the game of those assholes who run the world? If you notice any songs missing from our list, please let us know. Manson uses vampirism as more of a metaphor for addiction and lust in this, the opener to 2007’s Eat Me, Drink Me. Outkast: Dracula’s Wedding – Yup, Outkast. On the opener to their ​‘02 rager Return Of The Loving Dead, psychobilly kings Nekromantix play a jangling little ditty about waking up with a bellyful of blood. Twiztid: Nosferatu Lowercase: Sometimes I Feel Like A Vampire A song that is bursting with vampiric vibes, even if it never directly references the monster itself. It’s rare one finds a grindcore song about vampires – usually the undead is a little floofy for the most abrasive, political music genre of all time – but Finnish grind act Cadaveric Incubator go for it. The Last Shadow Puppets – Dracula teeth The lyrics are loads of fun and they make you smile. BÖC’s ​‘77 album Spectres has a couple of creepy tracks on it (I Love The Night also has vampiric overtones to it, though it might just be about drugs), but this one takes the cake. Covered In Goth Hell (album): Sleeping Death Dark Shadows Soundtrack: Theme Learn how your comment data is processed. Smashing Pumpkins: We Only Come Out At Night But the forlorn vampire wishing they could join their love in mortality is an important trope of horror’s most tormented monster, and Ville Vallo and Co. spare no expense at distilling that idea. But, mind you, there are some great songs about vampires too. At Dawn They Sleep by Slayer song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position ... and Slayer drew inspiration from the tale of Dracula for this song about someone who wakes up as a vampire. Atreyu: A Vampire’s Layment Clever! It’s perfect to rock out and dance to. Marilyn Manson: Redeemer Invite them in. You will most likely find her huddled over a book of vampire folklore with coffee in hand. I’m walking dead”, 7. Peel: Love Soaked In Blood The Magnetic Fields: I Have The Moon Ford: Nosferatu Roky Erickson: Night of the Vampire The undead here are those found in stories by authors like Stephen King and Clive Barker, taloned servants of hell who give you terrible nightmares and invade your home in the form of shadows. Listen to the best tracks down here. Vampires in the sun The sunset's rag is wringing The night out of the day The undercover lovers Have run out of things to say The singer's started La Danse Macabre du Vampire “I am a vampire Roky Erickson: Night of the Vampire – This is some good ol’ classic rock, an old and well known song from back in the day. Slightly Stoopid: Devil’s Door On the title track of their groundbreaking third album, macabre Michigan death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder write about a concept we all know deep in our hearts: that vampires have a society just beneath the surface of our own, and are perpetually working on a way to murder the sun. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus. Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne. This rambling tune by Swedish horror-country act The Coffinshakers has both fun, spooky feel to it. If there was ever an ultimate “one hit wonder,” this could very well be it. Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages "Dracula's Daughter" "Dracula's Daughter" is the kind of campy, novelty song whose eerie, sonic strangeness and lyrical peculiarities will remain in listeners' memories far longer than any discernable melody. Bobby “Boris” Pickett: Monster Mash F.W. How Old Is Your Soul – Combichrist Broken Hope: Fletching Vampires Instead, crank this tune and take down anyone who tries to stop you. And it isn’t for pizza. Blue Oyster Cult: Nosferatu Andy Martinez: Born in Blood There’s also a cool, neon-lined vibe to the song that was a major aspect of the ​‘80s vampire movie boom – The Hunger, The Lost Boys, Fright Night, they all channel the same atmosphere as this song. Vamps: Vampire Depression Nosferatu: Vampires Cry Helium: Wanna Be A Vampire Too Shirley Horn: Hard-Hearted Hannah, The Vamp of Shavannah Sebadoh: Vampire Chicosci: Vampire Social Club Fastball: Vampires But I couldn’t kill you”, 2. The protagonist asks his love if they can stake his heart, and rather than drench himself in blood he wants to ​‘shoot holy water like cheap whiskey.’ An awesome anthem about how much the nighttime world sucks by a band who you’d think would be totally down. Destroyer: Your Blood There you go, 10 songs worth checking out, but if you don’t like any of those there are hundreds more below to listen to. The random tool has collected the 25 best songs about vampires, such as Bloodletting, Bela Lugosi's Dead, you can find more popular songs here. Chick Corea: Vamp And even as the pop-culture image of the vampire has changed over the years – from swishing nobility feeding on breathless virgins to sparkling teen idol in the throes of Mormon romance – the figure’s core tenet of deathless hunger remains relevant and exciting to those who have a penchant for death, temptation, and the night. And since today is World Dracula Day – the 123rd anniversary of Bram Stoker’s groundbreaking novel being published – we thought we’d count down the tracks that make us want to leave our humanity behind and get lost in the shadows. Circle Jerks: Casualty Vampires Rasputina: Transylvania Concubine Is The Vampire Diaries’ Poison Vervain For Real? Go back to sleep. Leandro Y Leonardo: Amor Vampiro Preferably via a cloud of fucking bats. Peter Gabriel: Red Rain DJ Bobo: Vampires Are Alive List of the best Songs about vampires released in 2017 and earlier. Like: These Fangs, Blah Blah Blah, Sweet Sweet Heartkiller. Arthur Brown: Blood Curse Demon Skull: Vampire Convent Horny Toad: Vampire Ska I’m going insane trying to find the video again…. Symbiont (Rusted Halo Remix by Halo In Reverse) – Celldweller, We Drink Your Blood – Powerwolf A song so popular that loads of other bands have done covers of it. Kudos for the inclusion of the lyric, ​‘Bloodlust! Covered In Goth Hell (album): Visiting Evil Dr. Fang’s Laboratory Over A 100 Vampire Songs For Vampire Lovers Hey vampire fans, Moonlight here, bringing you a long LONG list of vampire songs. But isn’t that what vampirism is in the first place? Wesley Willis: Vampire Bat This gothic ballad, for instance, was started off by her in the mid-'70s about her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham but finished after seeing the Twilight: New Moon film in 2009. Gone are symbolic references to sexuality and eternal life – it’s all bats, fangs, castle ramparts and dripping blood on this one. Blood is life, and music is life, so songs about blood just make sense. Changing the lives of a generation of fans, it also turned their enigmatic frontman Ville Valo into a star…, From getting engaged backstage with Bruce Dickinson to sharing a first dance at a festival, rock music is an intrinsic part of so many relationships – as these people prove…, This website requires Javascript to be enabled, In honour of World Dracula Day, we count down the. Castlevania: (the game soundtracks) Want to advertise with us? Los Grimm: Beautiful Vampire “I Love The Night”, Blue Oyster Cult. Paramore: I Caught Myself Eho and the Bunny Men: People Are Strange Cannibal Corpse: The Undead Will Feast Always a good mixtape addition for your square sweetheart. Pete Yorn: Vampyre Theatre Of Tragedy: Lorelei Type O Negative: Haunted David Greenberger: Vampire http://youtu.be/j2gJNbN9XeQ, Lost in Desire – Vampire would be a nice addition (i was looking for this song for a while and finally ‘re-found it going back through old you-tube searches), Also, Lords of Acid have a nice vampire song as well (Farstucker album), Almost every song from I am Ghost Godsmack: Vampires Alloy Orchestra: Nosferatu: Hydra Type O Negative: Suspended in Dusk Malevolence: Vampire’s Kiss The Cure: Lullaby Ash: Vampire Love The Birthday Massacre – Red Stars Notre Dame: Le Theatre Du Vampire “I’ve killed a million petty souls J Church: Vampire Girl Prefers Me Alive Itch: Energy Vampire Matt Fink: Requiem For A Vampire Hey vampire fans, Moonlight here, bringing you a long LONG list of vampire songs.