Here's our Spotify playlist of spooky tunes for Halloween / Samhain

This year’s Samhain playlist is oozing with spooky tones, unnerving ambience, dark melodies, foreboding vocals, discombobulating synths, creepy instruments and a sound mass of noise.

The World is scary enough but this playlist is all about escapism.

30 songs from the likes of Clipping, Crack Cloud, Ho99o9, Ikonika, Penelope Trappes, Lorn, Actress, Kat Duma, Gavindanvinci, Hazey Haze, Chelsea Wolfe, Mica Levi, Keeley Forsyth and spooky stalwarts like John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream and Johnny Jewel.

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Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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