The world probably isn’t ending today (though there are still a few hours left, so let’s not count our chickens quite yet), but just in case, let’s listen to some apocalyptic music anyway.
Let’s just get the obvious one out of the way at the beginning:
But who’s better to take us into the apocalypse than a man whose music sounds charmingly demonic and uncomfortable?:
And, of course, if you’re going to be partying while civilzation crumbles around you, you may as well be listening to electro-dance-pop—not like you’ll be paying much attention to it anyway:
(Bonus apocalyptic pop hit: the most famous tune forcasting the apocalypse, Prince’s “1999”!)
When the big moment comes, as we watch a planet fly toward us and our inevitable destruction (or whatever extinction event is supposed to destroy us and everything we love), you might want something huge, and massively epic to listen to, such as this:
Of course, you may want something light and beautiful to play you out, in which case we’ve got just the thing for you:
This article appears in Dec 20-26, 2012.