# Good Satanic music recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529 "2006-09-21T04:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/21 "2006-09-22T13:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Two words: Nick Cave Although he’s less Satan than one of the damned. [/QUOTE] His duet with (of all people) Kylie Minogue - “Where the Wild Roses Grow”. _SHIVERS!_ You really wanna go full force- the albums of one C. Manson, the Gospel album of the People’s Temple Choir led by a Rev. J. Jones (the last cut of which is their FINAL performance- but no singing), and an album of organ music & ritual performed by a certain Rev. A. LaVey… oh yeah, and a mostly spoken-word one by “Uncle Al” Crowley. Yeah, I- One of the SDMB Christian Fundists, own all but the LaVey one. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/22 "2006-09-22T14:26:57Z")
This recording of chants by the (Tibetan) Gyuto monks was one of the first available in the West. (I have it on LP.) > **[Gyuto Tantric College, Explorer Series - Tibetan Buddhism: Tantras of Gyuto -...](https://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Buddhism-Tantras-Tantric-College/dp/B000005IZD)** > > Tibetan Buddhism: Tantras of Gyuto Of course, this is NOT Satanic! But an it includes an invocation of Mahakala–a formidable Protector with six arms & crown of skulls. > **[Mahakala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahakala)** > > Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as the sacred Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma"), while in Hinduism, Mahākāla is a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva and the consort of the goddess Mahākālī; he most prominently appears in the Kalikula sect of Shaktism. Mahākāla also appears as a protector deity in Vajrayana, Chinese Esoteric, and Tibetan Buddhism (see Citipati), and also in the Chàn an Mahākāla is a San... I have the privilege of hearing them perform live. With their double-voiced chanting, small drums made of skulls & trumpets of human thigh bones–they DID make everyone’s hair stand on end. Let’s keep on Mahakala’s good side! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/23 "2006-09-22T17:20:18Z")
**Aisha** , by Death in Vegas. Iggy Pop on vocals – opening lyrics: Aisha, we’ve only just met And I think you ought to know I’m a murderer. Babies need blood. I have a portrait on my wall He’s a serial killer. I thought he wouldn’t escape. Aisha, he got out. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/24 "2006-09-23T04:11:46Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Two words: Nick Cave Although he’s less Satan than one of the damned. [/QUOTE] Tom Waits has some suitable songs too (I tend to think of him as kind of similar to Nick Cave in some ways): The Earth Died Screaming Poor Edward There’s more but I’m having a hard time picking them out right now. Songs by other people: The Velvet Underground- Venus in Furs David Bowie’s cover of See Emily Play; it’s so insane it’s scary Joy Division- Atrocity Exhibition ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/25 "2006-09-23T04:23:22Z")
_Dead Souls_ is another lighthearted Joy Division ditty for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/26 "2006-09-23T04:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] [li]O fortuna! aka “the song from _Excalibur_.”[/li][/QUOTE] A fair portion of Orff’s _Carmina Burana_ is pretty creepy, actually. Somewhat reminiscent of this piece is Britten’s _War Requiem_ (“Dies irae” in particular), and another I’d recommend. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/27 "2006-09-23T04:43:29Z")
I like the theme from Halloween for this. I’ll second Dance Macabre ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/28 "2006-09-23T19:39:33Z")
would the OP consider ‘Tocata and Fugue in D Minor’ (sp?) as fitting the bill? (it’s where the “traditionally played by Dracula on the organ” bit is from, for the uninitiated) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/29 "2006-09-23T19:43:30Z")
[QUOTE=Satellite^Guy] would the OP consider ‘Tocata and Fugue in D Minor’ (sp?) as fitting the bill? [/QUOTE] To me, Tocata is Mad Science music. More generally, I’d say it’s too fast for a really creepy effect. Parts of it are nearly different voices racing each other. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/30 "2006-09-23T19:46:30Z")
[QUOTE=Satellite^Guy] would the OP consider ‘Tocata and Fugue in D Minor’ (sp?) as fitting the bill? (it’s where the “traditionally played by Dracula on the organ” bit is from, for the uninitiated) [/QUOTE] Dracula? I know it’s used in the Hammer production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA starring Herbert Lom. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/31 "2006-09-23T20:29:19Z")
The _Dies Irae_ section from Verdi’s Requiem. Same section in requiems by Berlioz or other composers. Liszt’s _Totentanz_ for piano and orchestra. Basically a set of variations on _Dies Irae_. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/32 "2006-09-23T22:05:53Z")
Up There From the soundrack for South Park, Bigger Longer Uncut ---
**Author:** ![virtualgrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@virtualgrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtualgrace)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/33 "2006-09-24T03:53:16Z")
Thanks for starting this thread. This is also something I’ve been wanting to find out for myself. Can you ever get too much Satanic music? 😃 The City of Lost Children is an awesome movie! I love Ron Pearlman in it. As to Satanic or creepy music, check out King Diamond. The guy is Satanic. I don’t consider his music creepy, just very unique. Make sure your first exposure to them is with the album THEM. It’s really the only album I like by that group. King Diamond’s earlier band, Mercyful Fate, is really great. I suggest you start with the album TIME as it is the best in my opinion. I also like a band called Therion; it almost has an operatic theme to it. It really doesn’t qualify as Satanic or creepy. It’s just very cool. Try the album VOVIN. One of my all time favorite Satanic groups is a black group called Flatlinerz. They only made one album called U.S.A. (Under Satan’s Authority), which has since gone out of print, so good luck finding it. Their genre isn’t “hardcore”; it’s “horrorcore” and the lyrics are really quite clever with really good music to match. I don’t usually like that type of music, so that says a lot. I find it refreshing to find a group of Satanic black rappers as that ethnic group rarely has any ties to that type of music. This is definitely one worth checking out, for novelty if nothing else. Besides these, there’s always your old standbys like Slayer and Danzig. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/34 "2006-10-15T20:37:52Z")
My girlfriend listened to a compilation I made from the selections here. She thought it was more brooding emotional stuff than the really dark Satanic stuff she hoped for. She’s looking for stuff similar to Therion, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, etc., as well as dark brooding classical music (Toccata & Fugue, the various Dies Irae’s) I myself find Nick Cave plenty creepy- she just thinks he’s lame. SO based on that- any more recommendations for her? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/35 "2006-10-15T21:13:27Z")
[QUOTE=scotandrsn] _The Litanies of Satan_ and _Wild Women With Steak Knives_ by Diamanda Galas [Here](http://www.amazon.com/Litanies-Satan-Diamanda-Galas/dp/B000026ZJC) is an Amazon page with a sound sample. Although they screwed up\*, and you have to click on the “Wild Women With Steak Knives” link to hear the Satan sample, and vice versa \*Actually, as I recall, my LP is screwed up the same way, in terms of the tracks receiving the wrong label, but Amazon continues the screw-up. [/QUOTE] What I came here to say. \*Wild Women With Steak Knives \* is an amazing, amazing piece of music. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/36 "2006-10-16T00:26:49Z")
Jingle Bells. What? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/37 "2006-10-16T00:38:40Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] [ul][li]Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (aka the Exorcist soundtrack)[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] I have to say that I’ve always hated the idea of Tubular Bells being listed as some sort of halloween music just because of it’s incusion in The Exorcist. Especially since it’s used in the film in one of the least scary bits. True story : I used to be a good little Southern Baptist but with a little bit of a rebellious streak. I was working in North Carolina and was going to drive with a buddy of mine over to Oklahoma for early college registration. He (being an even stricter SB than I was) _refused_ to let me play that tape in the car because he claimed it was devil worship music. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/38 "2006-10-16T00:39:59Z")
And of course, I forgot to add that most of the scariest music in the film was done by either Penderecki or George Crumb. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/39 "2006-10-16T04:36:17Z")
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Bauhaus), while not satanic per se, is still pretty creepy. “Inadagaddavida” will always be spooky to me after seeing “Man Hunter” (the first incarnation of “The Red Dragon”). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529/40 "2006-10-16T05:08:53Z")
Try Black Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave” for some really spooky effects, especially the bit near the end when the title phrase is repeated in a chanting whisper over an extended low guitar note. Creepy as hell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-satanic-music-recommendations/373529.md?page=3)