Death songs?

Can anyone name some current (not classic) songs about death, insanity, and/or suicide? I need to get some CDs for my niece and that's all she listens to (it's a phase, otherwise she's a normal kid).

I don't remember the new songs, but some of the old ones that she likes are Iron Maiden "Still Life" and "Hallowed be thy name"; Black Sabbath stuff off of the "Paranoid" album; and Alice Cooper "Killer". She likes songs that she can sing, not the kind where they scream the lyrics and you can't understand them (what is that called anyway?)

Thanks Thanks Thanks!
- Sylvia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgXzChwipY


Tahira

Kamelot's Three newest albums, specifically the songs "Momento Mori," "Serenade," "Love You To Death," and mainly "The Human Stain."

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3LobCY5HE

Lyrics from Human Stain:

See the cemetery sky
Carmine red and deep
Watch the oceans rising high
It’s the human stain

Talk about the growing hunger
Ask why with deep concern
Don’t you think
the human race is ceaselessly vain

But it hurts to be alive, my friend
In this silent tide we're driftwood passing by
Don’t you wish you were a child again
Just for a minute
just for a minute more

Hear the ticking of a clock
The sound of life itself
No one really wants to die
To save the world

Tell me that you're torn asunder
From how we fail to learn
And tell me
as the earth goes under
Where’s your anger now

So it hurts to be alive, my friend
In this masquerade where all one day must die
Don’t you wish you were unborn again
Just for a minute
just for a minute more

Tic toc
The ticking that could tear asunder
The beating from a heart of stone
The lust of your divine prosperity

'Cause it costs to be alive, my friend
And this life that someone merely gave to you
That's the price you pay
Minute by minute
You beg for a minute more

Yeah, I know you specifically ask for non-classic rock songs but I can't resist...

"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult

"Vincent" (Starry, Starry Night) by Don McLean

"I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" by Elton John

Thanks for the response! Gives me something to start with.
I remembered another one she likes: "Adam's Song" by Blink 182.

Fall On my Sword - Alih Jey

I'm in the way
No matter what you say
I don't wanna be the only reason you stay
It can't be me
That keeps you from your dreams
And it hurts me so much

But I'll give you up
I'll fall on my sword
I love you enough to fall on my sword
And let you go

You'd never leave
So now it's up to me
I'll break your heart
Even if it tears me apart

Someday you will see why I set you free
And you'll come back to me

But I'll give you up
I'll fall on my sword
I love you enough to fall on my sword
And I'll let you go
Just go, just go

And I'll give you up
I'll fall on my sword
I love you enough to fall on my sword
Oh you know that I love you enough to fall on my sword
I love you enough to fall on my sword

And I'll let you go

Even if it tears me, even if it tears me apart




Note: “Fall On my Sword” is used today as a phrase in the place of “Seppuku”, which is “Samurai” performance of “hara-kiri”.

here are some songs some of them are growling.. so.. you choose:]:]

Children of bodom- every time i die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjZpqgeiGFQ
you can search for more songs of them they have alot of those songs lol like "follow the reaper" "touch like an angel of death"

the 69 eyes-christina death
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0aoYLDaCeNc
they are really gothic so if its her style she will like "the chair" "gothic girl" "stigmata" and acctually all their songs...btw it's my fave band

sentences-killing me killing you
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0aoYLDaCeNc

hope it helped

good day to die
travis


Where is your mother
Where is your father
Two little children
Locked in the cupboard
Into the wide world
High on the highwire
What would you give to fly away
Away, away, away, away
Girl with the flower
Boy with the hammer
Lost in a forest
On another planet
Find me the exit
Find them the way home
Find all the love they took away
Away, away, away, away
'Cause your head is a brick wall
And your heart is a football
And your eyes broken windows
When you cry
It's a good day to die
And your head is a brick wall
And your heart is a football
And your eyes broken windows
When you cry it's a good day
'Cause your head is a brick wall
And your heart is a football
And your eyes
It's a good day to die
To die
To die
To die

Metallica - Ride the lightning, Fade to black
HIM - Join me (old, but good one)
System of a Down - Psycho
Placebo - Bitter end

And search for some songs by Slayer, Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy...

james blunt- carry you home

A Little Piece of Heaven - avenged sevenfold


heres the Lyrics:

Before the story begins, is it such a sin,
for me to take what's mine, until the end of time
We were more than friends, before the story ends,
And I will take what's mine, create what God would never design

Our love had been so strong for far too long,
I was weak with fear that
something would go wrong,
before the possibilities came true,
I took all possibility from you

Almost laughed myself to tears,
(ha hahahahaha)
conjuring her deepest fears
(come here you ****ing *****)

Must have stabbed her fifty ****ing times,
I can't believe it,
Ripped her heart out right before her eyes,
Eyes over easy,
eat it, eat it, eat it!!

She was never this good in bed even when she was sleeping
now she's just so perfect I've never been quite so ****ing deep in
it goes on and on and on,
I can keep you looking young and preserved forever,
with a fountain to spray on your youth whenever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
and a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah
but baby don't cry

Now possibilities I'd never considered,
are occurring the likes of which I'd never heard,
Now an angry soul comes back from beyond the grave,
to repossess a body with which I'd misbehaved

Smiling right from ear to ear
Almost laughed herself to tears

Must have stabbed him fifty ****ing times
I can't believe it
Ripped his heart out right before his eyes
Eyes over easy,
eat it, eat it, eat it

Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways
I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave

I gotta make up for what I've done
'Cause I was all up in a piece of heaven
while you burned in hell, no peace forever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
and a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah
But baby don't cry

I will suffer for so long
(What will you do, not long enough)
To make it up to you
(I pray to God that you do)
I'll do whatever you want me to do
(Well then I'll grant you one chance)
And if it's not enough
(If it's not enough, If it's not enough)
If it's not enough
(Not enough)
Try again
(Try again)
And again
(And again)
Over and over again

We're coming back, coming back
We'll live forever, live forever
Let's have wedding, have a wedding
Let's start the killing, start the killing

"Do you take this man in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"
"Yes, I do"
"Do you take this woman in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"
"I do"
"I now pronounce you"

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime
would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs
and I know, I know it's not your time
but bye, bye
And a word to the wise when the fire dies
you think it's over but it's just begun
but baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,
We fell apart, let's make a new start
'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah
But baby don't cry

Originally Posted by 77C15

not the kind where they scream the lyrics and you can't understand them (what is that called anyway?)

Death metal or black metal - depending on the type of screams and the lyrical content.

DEATH METAL
- low growls and content about the destruction of the world, usually in an anti religious vein

BLACK METAL - higher pitch vocals and content more or less about satan (not the same as above as black metal came from Scandinavia where they burnt a lot of churches in the name of Black metal).





I'd have a crack at A Tout La Monde by Megadeth, it's written as a suicide note.

Hold Ya Head - Biggie soooo disturbing this song is

They're all not really 'current' but nonetheless loosely connected to what you are looking for and definitely good songs, too.

Songs that spring to mind are:

Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Sentenced - Excuse me while I kill myself
Sentenced - Cross my heart and hope to die

I've had 2 more but they elude me right now, I'll edit them in at a later point.

Cemetary Gates is amazing

Originally Posted by Xtapodi87

Sepultura

They very very rarely wrote songs about death... Not of people, more like the death of society and the world around them.

From First To Last "Ride the Wings of Pestilence"

There's only a brief moment of screaming..



Hiding behind the shadows
I'll be waiting in the dark
To drive this blade straight through your heart
I'll drag your body to the car
As blood races down my arm
I think everyone will wonder where you are (tonight)

I'll hide you in my walls
Your body will never be found
I'll wear your skin as a suit, pretend to be you
Your friends will like you more then they used to.

Dear diary my teen angst bullshit has a body count! (count!)
I believe it's six going on seven now!!! (seven now!!!)

I've been dreaming about you
In a pool of your own blood,
With your eyes gouged out
By the work of my thumbs,
The scent of your insides
From under the floorboards,
The perfect perfume
For settling a score!

I'll hide you in my walls
Your body will never be found
I'll wear your skin as a suit, pretend to be you
Your friends will like you more than they used to (to!)
Pretend to be you,
Your friends will like you more than they used to (to!)


Ride the wings of..
Ride the wings of..
Ride the wings of..
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!
Ride the wings of Pestilence!!

angels on the moon by thriving ivory

Do you dream, that the world will know your name?
So tell me your name
And do you care, about all the little things or anything at all?
I wanna feel, all the chemicals inside I wanna feel
I wanna feel the sunburn, just to know that I'm alive
To know I'm alive

Don't tell me if I'm dying, 'cause I don't wanna know
If I can't see the sun, maybe I should go
Don't wake me 'cause I'm dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

Do you believe, in the day that you were born?
Tell me, do you believe?
And do you know, that every day's
The first of the rest of your life?

Don't tell me if I'm dying, 'cause I don't wanna know
If I can't see the sun, maybe I should go
Don't wake me 'cause I'm dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

This is to one last day in the shadows
And to know a brother's love
This is to New York City angels
And the rivers of our blood
This is to all of us, to all of us

So don't tell me if I'm dying, 'cause I don't wanna know
If I can't see the sun, maybe I should go
Don't wake me cause I'm dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

Yeah, you can tell me all your thoughts
About the stars that fill polluted skies
And show me where you run to
When no one's left to take your side
But don't tell me where the road ends
'Cause I just don't wanna know,
No I don't wanna know

Don't tell me if I'm dying
Don't tell me if I'm dying
Don't tell me if I'm dying

given up - linkin park