Why is Fear of The Dark so Popular Live? Its tempo, crowd-involving chorus, and emotional build make it a fan favorite during concerts, often accompanied by various stage effects. Yes, Bruce Dickinson ...

Merle Travis, Johnny Cash, Sparklehorse, and Tennessee Ernie Ford are celebrated artists who have each given voice to the haunting ballad Dark as a Dungeon. Merle Travis, the song’s original writer, ...

A Facebook message and a cryptic text led songwriter Travis Meadows to his first writing session with country superstar Eric Church — a meeting Meadows describes as a “test run.” He impressed Church ...

Country music is full of dark songs like “Knoxville Girl,” “Whiskey Lullaby,” “They’re Hanging Me Today,” and many more. However, not every song in the genre with a dark meaning is quite so obvious.

The origin story of the Grateful Dead has been told countless times, how a quintet of mismatched musicians living on the Peninsula, south of San Francisco, with predilections encompassing folk and ...

On March 18, black metal icons Dark Funeral will unleashed We Are the Apocalypse, their seventh album and first since 2016's Where Shadows Forever Reign. The record was announced late last year and ...

What makes a truly great dark country song? Well, it helps if there's a death involved, and country music is full of classic, chilling murder ballads that fit the bill. But in order to be truly dark, ...

KATY Perry alongside other artists has been blasted over song lyrics referencing US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The singer’s 2013 hit Dark Horse has been slammed following the release of the Netflix ...

Taylor Swift isn’t exactly known for thought-provoking lyrics. She is bubbly, cheerful, humble and still classy, but her music is, well . . . predictable. The sweetheart of pop music has released ...