10 songs for anyone with an undying love for vampires
Whether you're a vocal vampire person or you instead choose to keep your undying love under wraps, these ten songs are the ideal soundtrack to anyone's obsession for supernatural bloodsuckers.
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Take a scroll through our vampire playlist below, and let us know which track is your favorite in the comments.
“Vampyr” by Old Wounds
Less than a minute and a half in length, this song is the chaotic killer every vampire lover needs to kick off their playlist. “Entwined inside the fire/Beckoning restless desire/I cannot let go of the supernatural” are the perfect lyrics to spark your scary obsession.
“A Vampire’s Lament” by Atreyu
As a rule, throwback Atreyu is always the perfect soundtrack for your vampire fantasies. Hell, “Her Portrait In Black” was even on the actual soundtrack for Underworld: Evolution. Lyrically, “A Vampire’s Lament” describes the conflicting emotions that can come with feeding off of the living: “But the taste for fresh blood pushes me on…”
“The Demon Inside Me” by Vampires Everywhere
This band just had to appear on this list by virtue (or lack thereof) of their name. This song is an energetic rock track that will get everyone’s motor running. It reminds us that vampires aren’t just spooky, they’re damn sexy, too.
“The Last Sunrise” by Aiden
If we were playing a word association game and someone said “vampires,” I would immediately, without hesitation, respond with “Aiden.” “The Last Sunrise” is the anthem that everyone knows this band by, and rightly so. The song’s signature riff is enough to keep you hooked, but the opening lyrics are ones that you’ll never forget: “Bite the blood that drains the life inside of me/And fills your soul with love and hate/And all those things you need to breathe.”
“Vampires Will Never Hurt You” by My Chemical Romance
This one is from another band whose breakup we’re still not over. This really early MCR track is probably one of the worst quality recordings you’ll ever hear, but that’s kind of what makes it so great. Even when their sound setup was shit, this band had some serious raw talent for songwriting and creating a creepy atmosphere.
“We Are Always Searching” by I Am Ghost
Sadly, I Am Ghost called it quits a long time ago, but before they did they came out with some stellar recordings. Initially recorded on an earlier EP, “We Are Always Searching” was rerecorded for the band’s debut full-length Lover’s Requiem. From opening lines, “It’s a cold dark night/Hallows Eve upon the crest/In a parking lot of vampires in suits to look their best,” you can instantly tell that they probably seriously wish they were part of the undead. Who doesn’t?
“Blood On My Hands” by the Used
This track by the Used isn’t necessarily about vampires, but it’s got a lot to do with a vampire’s favorite thing: blood! Vocalist Bert McCracken champions the line, “There’s blood on my hands like the blood in you” in the chorus, and anyone who has a weird kink for the red stuff can get on board with that.
“Break” by Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace may not be a name you’ve heard for a while, but back in the early 2000s you couldn’t escape them. “Break” was one of the band’s last great singles before they decidedly left the alternative/grunge underground, and one of the lines they left us with was, “At night I feel like a vampire/It’s not right/I just can't give it up.” Being a vampire might not be ethically cool, but it feels oh-so-good.
“There Will Be Blood” by Sum 41
First of all, let’s all take a moment to scream about Sum 41 being back. Did you get it out of your system? Good. Now that that’s out of the way, we can get back to “There Will Be Blood.” This song sounds like it walked straight off a Tim Burton movie and into the studio with Deryck Whibley. The lyrics in the chorus are as chilling as the ominous guitar tones and the background “La-la-la-la’s”: “The little ones/We’ve got control of the little ones/Oh, the little ones/We’ll take the souls of the little ones…”
“Eternal Halloween” by Aiden
What better way to end a playlist for vampire freaks than to say that Halloween will never end? Aiden is a band that always evokes the Halloween spirit no matter what time of year, and even though they are now officially over and done with, their last album left us with a lot of macabre songs to play as many times as we want.
