Now That's What I Call Halloween

It's the most wonderful time of the year, not the vacuous and forced joy of December 25th but the purely nasty and freaky holiday of Halloween. Halloween is the only time of the year to celebrate the gruesome side of life, the things that go bump in the night and make parents shake their heads and say something about Americanisation.

With playlists you want to hit the right note, and if you're doing Halloween properly it's all about the darkest and scariest tunes known to man. Whether that be horrorcore rap, frantic dance or some of the creepiest bands possible- Bleeding Headphones is going to take your playlist to the next levels of scary

Gesaffelstein

There’s something horrific about a human only wearing one type of clothing, Steve Jobs had that maladjusted vibe and he only wore turtlenecks and New Balances. French trance pioneer Gesaffelstein is only seen chain smoking wearing a Parisian perfect black suit, in itself that’s horrifying. To make matters worse, Gesaffelstein is known for his industrial dance music that is half-dance half-homicide. You know the drums in Yeezus that make your pants go a shade darker? That’s the production Gesaffelstein.

Key Songs: Obsession, Hellifornia, and Pursuit

Tyler, The Creator

You’ve probably heard of Tyler, The Creator but a lot of the time the Californian rapper’s reputation precedes him. During his formative years (prior to his day-glo Golf Wang line and jazz covers) Tyler wrote deathly serious raps with self produced beats more fitting to a horror movie score than a rap album. The lyrics are bloody and schizophrenic with themes ranging from loitering around skate parks to committing various graphic rapes and murders; it is not for the faint hearted. Perfect for Halloween? Of course it is.

Key Songs: Leather Head, Tron Cat and VCR

Death Grips

Mixing punk attitudes, the gangland ferocity of Hudson Mohawke and the unmistakable rage of MC Ride you have Death Grips. Halloween is all about not caring about what’s wrong and right, there is no such thing as too far. Death Grips definitely subscribe to the policy that there is no too far, they have a song called ‘Have A Sad Cum’ an album called  ‘Niggas On The Moon’ and an LP cover with a pink dildo taking pride and centre. Can you not find the perfect song that goes with your grainy footage of the murders you’ve committed? That’s because you haven’t listened to Death Grips before.

Key Songs: I’ve Seen Footage and Get Got

Simon & Garfunkel

How many words do I need to describe how scary ‘The Sound Of Silence’ is? Just think about what sound silence makes, there you go.

Joy Division

Every party will have someone turn up without a costume and then smirk and say “I’m a serial killer, I’m scary because they look like everyone else”. Most people will smile politely and silently cross them off their mental list of people that they will consider having sex with. There is horror in the ordinary, and that’s the lure of Joy Division. Ian Curtis was a regular man who ate and slept, voted Tory and kept his lyrics in a Tesco’s carrier bag. Yet when you hear the creeping urgency of ‘New Dawn Fades’ and the spurring bassline of ‘Shadowplay’ all intertwined with the deathly lyrics of Curtis, nothing feels human any longer.  There’s horror in the human, Joy Division lets it slip.

Key Songs: She’s Lost Control, New Dawn Fades and Atrocity Exhibition