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Music

Spooky music from Britain and Ireland, from murder ballads and dark folk to horror soundtracks, Gothic music and heavy metal.

Top 7 British Metal Bands Inspired by Horror, You’ve Never Heard Of!

Heavy Metal Music

Top 7 British Metal Bands Inspired by Horror, You’ve Never Heard Of!

10 Dark Ireland Folk Songs About Ghosts and Death

Folklore · Music

Ireland · Northern Ireland

10 Dark Ireland Folk Songs About Ghosts and Death

5 Ozzy Osbourne Songs Inspired By Horror

Heavy Metal Music

5 Ozzy Osbourne Songs Inspired By Horror

Spooky Isles Halloween Playlist 2019

Spooky Isles Halloween Playlist 2019

British Rock Music and its Supernatural Connections

Heavy Metal Music

British Rock Music and its Supernatural Connections

Suede’s The Blue Hour Evokes Memories of Children of the Stones

Children of the Stones · Folk Horror

Suede’s The Blue Hour Evokes Memories of Children of the Stones

7 Top Jack the Ripper Songs

Heavy Metal Music · Jack the Ripper

7 Top Jack the Ripper Songs

Top 7 Saxon Horror-inspired tracks

Heavy Metal Music · Witchfinder General 1968

Top 7 Saxon Horror-inspired tracks

Top 7 Judas Priest Horror-inspired tracks

Heavy Metal Music

Top 7 Judas Priest Horror-inspired tracks

Lady Eleanor 1971 rockets Lindisfarne To Top Of Charts

Edgar Allan Poe · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · North-East England · Tyne and Wear

Lady Eleanor 1971 rockets Lindisfarne To Top Of Charts

5 Places That Made Leeds A Goth Culture Hub In The 1980s

West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

5 Places That Made Leeds A Goth Culture Hub In The 1980s

Musical Duo Creates Shivers with Haunting Theatre

Music · Theatre and Live Events

Live Performance

Musical Duo Creates Shivers with Haunting Theatre

Sex, Drugs And Ghosts: Rockstars And The Paranormal

Paranormal · Music

Sex, Drugs And Ghosts: Rockstars And The Paranormal

Iron Maiden album covers: Top 7 legendary Eddie horror-inspired artwork

Heavy Metal Music

Iron Maiden album covers: Top 7 legendary Eddie horror-inspired artwork

Top 10 British Composers Who Wrote Spooky Music for Horror Films and Operas

Horror and Fantasy Films · Music

Top 10 British Composers Who Wrote Spooky Music for Horror Films and Operas

Kate Bush Hammer Horror And Her Supernatural Music

Hammer Film Productions · The Ghost's Companion

Kate Bush Hammer Horror And Her Supernatural Music

Frankenstein The Metal Opera

Frankenstein · Heavy Metal Music

Frankenstein The Metal Opera

Led Zeppelin, Runes, Rock And Revenge

Horror and Fantasy Films · Music

Led Zeppelin, Runes, Rock And Revenge

The Who’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde MUSIC VIDEO & LYRICS

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Who’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde MUSIC VIDEO & LYRICS

Jekyll and Hyde The Musical with The Hoff

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde The Musical with The Hoff

British Werewolves in Music

British Werewolves in Music

The Horror of Ozzy Osbourne

Birmingham · Heavy Metal Music

The Horror of Ozzy Osbourne

Aphex Twin ‘Come To Daddy’, inspired by Hellraiser

Horror and Fantasy Films · Music

Clive Barker · Hellraiser

Aphex Twin ‘Come To Daddy’, inspired by Hellraiser

Screaming Lord Sutch does Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

Screaming Lord Sutch does Jack the Ripper

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