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Genre
horror punk
Parent Genre: rock

Horror punk is a subgenre of punk rock that incorporates horror-themed lyrics and imagery. It often features aggressive and fast-paced music with elements of gothic rock and heavy metal. The lyrics often focus on horror movies, monsters, and supernatural themes. The genre gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s with bands like Misfits, and has since been influenced by a variety of other genres.


Top artists of horror punk genre

Misfits
Korol i Shut
Glenn Danzig
Murderdolls
T.S.O.L.
Tiger Army
Wednesday 13
Calabrese
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List of horror punk artists

Here is a list of horror punk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the horror punk genre. You can find out what horror punk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Misfits
64 9 36 93 9 31 139 1119683
2
Korol i Shut
64 2 48 81 14 49 135 870817
3
Glenn Danzig
55 0 0 0 0 0 0 15204
4
Murderdolls
47 16 46 98 0 47 128 155497
5
T.S.O.L.
44 9 38 84 2 48 126 111609
6
Tiger Army
43 1 42 93 2 63 142 142506
7
Wednesday 13
39 12 47 89 4 42 136 77469
8
Calabrese
37 22 40 88 2 25 143 39672
9
Blitzkid
37 0 40 90 2 47 137 47384
10
The Creepshow
36 1 46 96 0 44 121 63212
11
Aiden
35 0 40 93 0 60 130 104922
12
Koffin Kats
34 4 33 94 1 40 134 54227
13
Cancerslug
34 1 37 88 3 42 128 17394
14
Horrorpops
33 8 58 90 0 68 128 81752
15
45 Grave
30 36 44 81 5 50 135 33280
16
Michale Graves
29 0 36 93 0 42 158 35858
17
The Hellfreaks
29 1 45 96 2 43 123 13855
18
The Peacocks
27 5 55 90 2 85 118 14309
19
Bloodsucking Zombies from outer Space
27 0 47 96 1 60 129 18839
20
Doyle
27 7 36 95 0 44 106 25136
21
Nim Vind
26 0 46 93 0 45 129 11522
22
The Kings Of Nuthin'
26 0 49 97 11 51 119 12927
23
Big Fuckin Skull
25 0 48 91 5 49 128 218
24
The Other
25 0 51 93 3 54 132 15549
25
The Spookshow
24 5 46 96 2 45 118 8030
26
The Crimson Ghosts
24 0 37 94 0 41 159 11088
27
Schoolyard Heroes
23 16 43 92 2 28 126 7356
28
Zombina & The Skeletones
22 23 44 73 1 62 141 10555
29
Argyle Goolsby
22 0 44 86 4 57 128 6645
30
The Darkest of The Hillside Thickets
21 0 51 85 1 49 149 4832
31
The Dead Next Door
21 0 42 89 5 79 147 1804
32
The Rosedales
21 8 41 89 0 51 121 6414
33
Stellar Corpses
21 7 30 94 0 54 159 9505
34
Kitty In A Casket
21 0 52 96 1 68 141 13202
35
Murderland
21 0 44 94 0 55 133 4142
36
Rezurex
21 3 42 98 1 37 157 15409
37
Wednesday 13's Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
20 15 34 96 1 53 135 12042
38
Balzac
19 0 35 95 5 33 131 11378
39
Alex Story
18 0 58 28 91 41 99 2364
40
Brain Eaters
16 33 29 94 13 61 115 131
41
Son Of Sam
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4650
42
Diemonsterdie
14 12 34 90 1 57 143 5370
43
Doyle
14 78 42 98 0 55 126 3606
44
The Undead
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 976
45
Screaming Dead
13 58 32 83 0 44 138 4980
46
Wednesday 13's Frankenstein Drag Queens
12 4 43 92 0 63 124 6975
47
The Independents
12 0 31 90 3 78 169 4045
48
800 Octane
11 1 38 94 0 45 113 346
49
Grave Robber
11 1 48 70 26 49 128 4367
50
Captain Clegg And The Night Creatures
11 0 57 90 3 66 149 2865
51
Jerry Only
11 0 48 96 0 40 129 1669
52
Bourbon Crow
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5720
53
Left For Dead
11 1 27 97 0 8 143 3864
54
American Werewolves
9 0 51 95 9 88 106 3854
55
The Order Of The Fly
9 0 35 96 0 23 117 4347
56
The Young Werewolves
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 801
57
The Fright
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3196
58
ZombieSuckers
8 28 38 89 0 41 110 2101
59
Hellgreaser
8 0 56 99 0 38 120 1354
60
Plan 9
8 0 36 92 0 76 172 3501
61
The Ruined
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1794
62
Aaron Omen
8 0 40 91 3 54 124 1293
63
Epidemic
8 26 33 97 0 38 173 790
64
Evelyn's Casket
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 728
65
Horror of '59
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1945
66
The Coffin Caddies
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2092
67
5¢ Freakshow
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 980
68
Gunfire 76
7 0 47 97 0 52 137 2447
69
Grand Horror
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 315
70
Graves
6 50 70 39 75 64 124 872
71
Karloff
6 1 31 92 0 15 95 1091
72
Dirty Dead
6 0 22 84 0 65 136 1300
73
The Cryptkeeper Five
6 0 43 92 6 95 159 2990
74
The Lurking Corpses
5 0 30 98 0 37 112 2518
75
The Green Goblyn Project
5 7 24 90 0 96 161 976
76
Creepersin
5 7 18 84 3 36 185 850
77
The Spook
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2100
78
Shadow Windhawk and the Morticians
5 0 49 94 0 30 103 1706
79
Dead Vampires
4 0 32 98 0 25 95 1451
80
Ashestoangels
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1692
81
The B Movie Monsters
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1666
82
Darrow Chemical Company
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1639
83
Nuke & The Living Dead
3 0 35 90 13 79 106 519
84
Night Of Samhain
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 498
85
The Casket Creatures
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1388
86
Ripsnorter
3 0 33 99 0 13 109 961
87
The Gravesiders
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 894
88
Blaster The Rocket Man
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1156
89
Horror Story
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2569
90
Back to Zero
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 323
91
Beneath The Cellar
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1059
92
Dead United
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1192
93
The Graveyard Boulevard
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 666
94
Johnny B. Morbid
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 942
95
The Nightshift
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 845
96
Hellbats
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 458
97
The Killcreeps
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 409
98
Balzak
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145
99
Rival Skulls
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 169
100
Dr. Chud's X-Ward
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2348
101
Mr. Underhill
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172
102
Gorgeous Frankenstein
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2195
103
Jackalopes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
104
Rock City Morgue
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 427
105
The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79
106
The Creeping Cruds
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 697
107
Lugosi's Morphine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170
108
Ghoul Squad
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
109
The Frankenburies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 247
110
The Horrifics
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300
111
Late Night Zero
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 295