The Misfits & the Skull
How a horror-movie-obsessed punk band built one of the most-tattooed logos in music and a genre that outlived them.
Spooks, Skulls & October
HORROR & HALLOWEEN
Horror films, horror punk, and psychobilly. Traffic for this jumps every October — built to capture it.
Horror Rock Files
Upright Bass & Fangs
The Cramps, Tiger Army, and the horror-rockabilly hybrid that refuses to die — especially in October.
Rock Scores for Horror
From Goblin's Suspiria score to synth-driven '80s slashers — the rock and electronic scores that made horror scarier.
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Horror Rock Essentials
1
Misfits — 'Last Caress'
The two-minute horror-punk template. Covered by everyone, matched by no one.
2
The Cramps — 'Human Fly'
Psychobilly before the word was overused. Lux Interior at his most feral.
3
Black Sabbath — 'Black Sabbath'
The tritone that launched heavy metal and horror rock in one riff.
4
Tiger Army — 'Outlaw Heart'
West Coast psychobilly that brought the genre to a new generation.
5
Rob Zombie — 'Dragula'
Horror-metal that became a Halloween staple and a hot-rod anthem.