{"id":904312,"date":"2026-09-21T16:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904312\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:54:20","slug":"the-albums-wed-blast-during-a-zombie-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904312\/","title":{"rendered":"The albums we\u2019d blast during a zombie apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zombies are metal as fuck. Emaciated, blood-soaked and ravenous for human flesh, they\u2019ve been inspiring brutal music and album covers for decades, and they\u2019ve proven just as fascinating to the mainstream as well. So, as the new Resident Evil proves the enduring popularity of the undead at the box office, we at Metal Hammer asked our writers what albums they\u2019d pick to soundtrack their post-apocalyptic killing spree. From Metallica<\/a> to Spiritualized<\/a>, we received some diverse answers \u2013 and some pretty compelling reasons behind each pick.<\/p>\n

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Metallica have previous with soundtracking zombie apocalypses: For Whom The Bell Tolls at the start of Zombieland is an all-time great needledrop. With that in mind, I\u2019m spinning Kill \u2019Em All<\/a>. Not only does the Four Horsemen\u2019s game-changing debut provide the perfect mission statement with which to dispatch some lumbering wankers, but its searing thrash metal<\/a> attack would give me the energy to chop and headshot long into the night. Merlin Alderslade<\/p>\n

Rage Against The Machine \u2013 Rage Against The Machine (1992)<\/p>\n

If you are faced with a crumbling society and the end of the world, then why not go out swinging with the angriest sounds you can? Rage Against The Machine<\/a>\u2019s debut album<\/a> furiously told us that we\u2019re all fucked and, with the threat of a zombie ready to gnaw your face off, it would make sense to keep yourself pumped up and with your wits about you. Bombtrack, Wake Up, Know Your Enemy\u2026 there\u2019d be no better soundtrack to the utter havoc. Stephen Hill<\/p>\n

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Spiritualized \u2013 Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (1997)<\/p>\n

People have the wrong idea if they want to survive a zombie apocalypse. Why bother? Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space has soundtracked many of my life\u2019s most important moments \u2013 it played me out at my wedding, I still sing the lullaby-like Cool Waves to my son to get him to sleep at night \u2013 so why not my demise, too? I would simply lie back and let the looping space rock<\/a> take me to another realm as the zombies wreak their carnage. Briony Edwards<\/p>\n

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\nMeshuggah \u2013 Nothing (2002)<\/p>\n

Fighting for my life against a zombie horde is one of the most intense things I can imagine doing, so I\u2019d complement that with the most intense band in the world. Though any Meshuggah<\/a> album would be a suitable soundtrack for massacring flesh-eaters, I\u2019m picking Nothing because it\u2019s the best. It\u2019s the moment where Ume\u00e5\u2019s finest reached apotheosis and fully shed their thrash metal skin, plus it has cranium-crusher Rational Gaze. Perfect! Matt Mills<\/p>\n

Murderdolls \u2013 Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls (2002)<\/p>\n

My precious, tasty brain would undoubtedly kick into high-stress survival mode during a zombie apocalypse, so I hardly see myself appreciating the nuances of Dream Theater<\/a> when the undead are bashing at my door. That\u2019s why I\u2019m picking Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls<\/a>. It\u2019s simple, silly, obnoxious horror-glam metal, with tracks like She Was A Teenage Zombie offering insight into the living dead. You\u2019ve got to know your enemy, after all. Serena Cherry<\/p>\n

Electric Wizard \u2013 Time To Die (2014)<\/p>\n

Time To Die<\/a> is a mind-melter with riffs so dread-drenched it feels as though the end times really might be upon us. Incense For The Damned would be the perfect song for people who\u2019d rather be zonked out of their minds than battling the undead, Jus Oborn declaring he wants to \u2018get high before I die\u2019. We Love The Dead\u2019s cynicism offers a different perspective: what if the true life-sucking zombies of the world are the wealth-obsessed? Liz Scarlett<\/p>\n

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40 Watt Sun \u2013 Perfect Light (2022)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tempting to go for the most fucked-up record I can think of and gleefully fantasise about slaying hordes of infected. But, as satisfying as getting gory to Anaal Nathrakh<\/a>\u2019s Endarkenment would be, you need a soundtrack that has emotional gravitas worthy of the apocalypse. Who better than post-doom heroes 40 Watt Sun<\/a>? Perfect Light feels like it was made by a band who\u2019ve witnessed the end of everything, feeling heartbreaking yet oddly comforting at the same time. Rich Hobson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zombies are metal as fuck. Emaciated, blood-soaked and ravenous for human flesh, they\u2019ve been inspiring brutal music and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-904312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}