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This playlist reflects the eerie, atmospheric, and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft's American horror tales, blending dark ambient, experimental post-rock, and haunting vocal tracks. The instrumental selections evoke the cosmic dread and mysterious landscapes, while the vocal tracks delve into themes of madness, isolation, and ancient cosmic forces, matching the emotional and narrative arcs of Lovecraft's work.
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Track List
26 songs
1
Sit Around The Fire
Jon Hopkins · Music For Psychedelic Therapy
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Prepare the Stage of Night
Atrium Carceri · Black Corner Den
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3
Black Star
Lustmord · Purifying Fire
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4
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson · American Epic: The Collection
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5
Alien Observer
Grouper · A I A: Alien Observer
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Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires
Agalloch · Marrow of the Spirit
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Devil’s Trill Sonata - Live
Fritz Kreisler · Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2009 (Live)
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A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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9
Catastrophe
Brennan Savage · Catastrophe
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10
The Memory
Steve Roach · Empetus (Deluxe)
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Karin
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Dolores
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Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)
William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson
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In the House - In a Heartbeat - From "28 Days Later"
John Murphy · 100 Greatest Film Themes - Take 2
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14
Ferme Les Yeux
Sylvain Chauveau · Des Plumes Dans La Tête
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15
Sometimes
Goldmund · Sometimes
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Into Dust
Mazzy Star · Fairytale Vibes
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17
The End of the World
Skeeter Davis · Essential - Country
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18
Mr. Crowley
Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Ozzy Osbourne
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Red Right Hand
Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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20
The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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21
No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age · Festival Rock Hits
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22
Cellar Door
Chris Noir · Life Is for Midnight
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23
Temple of Love - 1992
Sisters of Mercy · Some Girls Wander by Mistake
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24
Bela Lugosi's Dead
Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of Bauhaus
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25
Nightmare
Old Kids Noise · The Shape of Damage
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I am Not Superman
Luminary Flux · Why not?
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