Top 10 Halloween Guitar Riffs to Get You in the Spooky Spirit
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Guitar Bomb's Top 10 Halloween Guitar Riffs to Get You in the Spooky Spirit. Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to get into the spooky spirit than with some spine-chilling guitar riffs? Here are ten spine-chilling riffs that will give you goosebumps.
Top 10 Halloween Guitar Riffs
With Halloween due at the end of this month, it's time to swap those summer strumming patterns for something a little more sinister.
To help you trade the sunshine for the scary, Guitar Bomb has compiled the Top 10 Halloween Guitar Riffs guaranteed to get you in the spooky spirit. Prepare for serious, spine-chilling riffs that will give you goosebumps.
1 - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Bauhaus dropped a stone-cold Halloween classic: their atonal, dark-ambient masterpiece Bela Lugosi's Dead. This is the quintessential spooky guitar track for Halloween.
2 - Tear You Apart
A modern classic, She Wants Revenge dropped Tear You Apart, and the Goth kids went wild! This proves that the goth movement isn't dead and that the Dark Wave rules the modern world. A rumbling bassline and a hollow-bodied guitar's 50s-style riff underpins this epic, moody modern classic.
3 - Fade To Black
Metallica's Fade To Black is a song about loss, despair, and emptiness. Its moody, atmospheric intro sets the stage for a romping, riff-filled ride to oblivion. Nice.
4 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Marilyn Manson's take on Sweet Dreams is the perfect Halloween cover, taking the Eurythmics' classic track and dropping it down a hole.
A dark, lonely hole, perfect for staring into the abyss.
5 - Freezing Moon
Mayhem's Freezing Moon from their De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album is a perfect way to summon Samhain into your home and celebrate the Celtic New Year.
6 - Black Sabbath
Yes, we had to include Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath as the intro is spooky with Church bells, rain, and an impending storm of impending doom. The riff is heavy, and it started a whole movement of down-tuned Doom and Stoner glory!
7 - Floods
The track Floods is the perfect spooky riff; Pantera nailed the atmosphere with that acoustic guitar line and dark, brooding track.
8 - South of Heaven
Slayer'sSouth of Heaven belongs on this list. The ultimate in dark and moody, with crushing riffs throughout the whole track!
9 - Memento Mori
Lamb of God's Memento Mori has a circular riff that sets up this dark, moody anthem. Perfect for summoning the darkness.
10 - Black No. 1
Type O Negative has many tracks that fit the Top 10 Halloween Guitar Riffs, but we chose Black No. 1 because it has all the hallmarks of an epic, riff-filled Halloween tune!
Let's face it: Steele could have read his shopping list, and it would have summoned the devil.
To help get you into the spirit of Halloween, try our Goth Guitar Tones lesson to get the spooky tones.
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What are the best Halloween guitar riffs?
Guitar Bomb's top picks include Bauhaus's 'Bela Lugosi's Dead,' Metallica's 'Fade To Black,' Black Sabbath's 'Black Sabbath,' Slayer's 'South of Heaven,' and Type O Negative's 'Black No. 1'—all featuring dark, atmospheric, or heavy tones perfect for the season.
Which bands are featured in the Halloween guitar riffs list?
The list spans Bauhaus, She Wants Revenge, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Mayhem, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Slayer, Lamb of God, and Type O Negative—covering goth, metal, doom, and dark wave subgenres.
What makes 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' a Halloween classic?
Bauhaus's 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' is described as an atonal, dark-ambient masterpiece—the quintessential spooky guitar track for Halloween, setting the tone for the entire list with its moody atmosphere.
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