25 Songs That Are Truly Terrifying

Tori Amos, Metallica's James Hetfield, Jim Morrison, PJ Harvey, Alice Cooper, Eminem

As Halloween approaches, feel free to ignore “Monster Mash” in favor of this batch of more refined chillers: Vintage murder ballads, psychedelic freak-outs, shock-rock creep-outs, Southern gothic alt-rock gloom, and more. Blast these songs out your front door when the trick-or-treaters are going by and you’ll have the least popular house on the black — and plenty of candy left over on November 1.