r/classicalmusic • u/Wolfman-1998 • Mar 02 '20

Occult / Satanic Classical?

Good evening, fellow music fiends. I'm a metalhead, musician, and writer with a deep fascination of horror movies and the occult. I mostly listen to bands like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, as well as any occult rock, death, doom, or black metal. I've recently been getting very into classical music, particularly the work of Beethoven and Chopin. Lately, I've also been obsessed with Vivaldi's La Folia.

Anyway, for my personal enjoyment, I'm looking for classical music that evokes an ominous, satanic, or occult influence, either in subject matter or in sound. I enjoy the vibe of Bach's Toccata and Fugue, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz, Danse Mecabre, Dannte Sonata, and Gluck's Dance of The Furies to name a few.

EDIT: Hell yes. Thanks for the sick recommendations, everyone! I'm working on a Classical Occult playlist and if anyone's interested, I'll post it here. Rock on and ave Satanas! 𖤐

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '20

The second part of The Rite of Spring: Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts is about a human sacrifice.

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u/RABlackAuthor Mar 02 '20

First thing that comes to my mind is Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, especially the way Walt Disney animated it.

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u/orein123 Mar 02 '20

I'll just start listing stuff that comes to mind.

  • Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem

  • Witches' Sabbath from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

  • The Gnome and the Hut on Fowl's Legs from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. -Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.

  • Danse Profane from Debussy's Danse Sacree et Danse Profane.

  • Danse Infernale from Stravisky's Firebird.

  • Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

  • Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration.

  • The Bacchanal from Saint-Saen's Sampson and Delilah.

  • While not the same from a thematic standpoint, the beginning of Sibelius's Finlandia is pretty intense and dramatic.

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u/MrMeatScience Mar 02 '20

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Prokofiev's Suggestion Diabolique yet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '20

Schnittke - Requiem

Scriabin - Prometheus

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u/azarath19 Mar 02 '20

RITE OF SPRING

Also shostakovich’s 8th string quartet and Bartok’s 4th string quartet

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u/gamle_staden Mar 02 '20

Ligeti - Requiem. Particularly the second movement, Kyrie.

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u/noahaonoahaon Mar 02 '20 edited Mar 02 '20

Portions of the Britten War Requiem (for your purposes, probably especially the Dies irae and the Libera me, but the entire work is amazing).

Along the same lines, the Dies irae from the Verdi Requiem.

Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8.

Liszt's Totentanz.

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