Paranormal Activity (Ideal Soundtrack)

In honor of Halloween and how incredibly terrifying Paranormal Activity is, ARTISTdirect.com editor/Dolor author Rick Florino assembled the most chilling soundtrack for the film imaginable…check it out

A Taste:

Slipknot, Pantera, Slayer, Deftones

Paranormal Activity is the scariest film of the past decade and one of the year’s best movies.

Like a demon, it takes up residency inside your conscience and rips and tears at every last shard of sanity—until you’re thoroughly, completely and utterly terrified beyond belief. Since it’s the best movie about possession to ever come out, ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino compiled the perfect playlist for the film.

This is the ideal soundtrack for Paranormal Activity, featuring the best anthems of the devil, drugs and bad dreams ever recorded. The only thing scarier would be the licensing cost for all of these KILLER songs…

Check out Rick Florino’s Paranormal Activity playlist below and demand the film NOW! After one-million demands it will infect theaters everywhere, and you too won’t be able to sleep.

Also, speaking of scary, check out Rick Florino’s first illustrated horror novel Dolor: Lila now!

Rick Florino’s Paranormal Activity Playlist:
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Halloween Horror Nights Survival Mix

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino compiles the perfect survival playlist for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights…

A Taste:

White Zombie, Slayer, Slipknot, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Devildriver

Surviving Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights is not going to be easy this year.

Chucky’s crazy ass will be on the loose, Michael Myers will be only a few steps behind you and Jigsaw will be behind the curtain manipulating every little detail in an attempt to inflict pure punishment on you. Universal has put together what’s bound to be their scariest and most fright-tastic Halloween Horror Nights yet, and it all kicks off tomorrow, October 2, after their Chiller Eyegore awards!

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino compiled the perfect playlist of songs for you to listen to in order to get pumped up to out run these iconic screen demons. Crank these tunes and you’re guaranteed to have enough adrenaline to escape…as long as Jigsaw doesn’t plant anything in your car, that is.

Go to Halloween Horror Nights this month!

Halloween Horror Nights Survival Music Mix:

1. White Zombie — “More Human than Human”

This is the best song for any narrow escape! It’s been in more horror movie trailers than we can count including, My Bloody Valentine 3-D, which also has a maze dedicated to it at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. Plus, Mr. Rob Zombie will be present at the Eyegore awards earlier in the evening.

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Drowning Pool

Drowning Pool guitarist C.J. Pierce lets ARTISTdirect.com take a look at his playlist…

A Taste:

Pantera, Tool, Slipknot, Down

Drowning Pool axeman C.J. Pierce knows metal better than most.

He’s been slinging riffs for Drowning Pool for a long time, and his playing has only gotten more and more fiery with each and every album. Coming off a successful run on this summer’s Crüe Fest 2, C.J. remains pretty stoked right now. Not to mention that Drowning Pool will soon be heading back in the studio to record their next album.

C.J. gave us a bit of a hard rock education in this exclusive feature. Check out his playlist below and pick up Drowning Pool’s Full Circle if you haven’t already!

C.J. Pierce’s Playlist:

1. Pantera

I always go back to my all-time favorite bands every single day just to get pumped up for the shows. Pantera is always on. I don’t know if it comes from growing up in New Orleans and living in Dallas now or just the fact that they’re the most metal band ever. Even when Phil screams, you can understand all of the words and it comes across as powerful. Phil has a lot of soul and flavor when you break it down musically.
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311

Vocalist Nick Hexum shares his playlist with us in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Death Cab for Cutie, Slipknot, Lamb of God, Nickel Creek

311 is all about phases.

On Uplifter, every song goes through its own metamorphosis. Styles shift seamlessly from funk to reggae to alt rock to heavy metal. In the same fashion, singer Nick Hexum’s iPod is also constantly shifting. However, it’d have to be to inspire 311’s veritable musical melting pot!

“Music is all about unity,” he says. “I try to have that attitude in my day-to-day life. I’m the kind of guy who likes almost everything! If you open your mind, you can hear what any artist was aiming for and relate to it on some level.”

Nick opened up his iTunes for us and gave us an exclusive look at the music that’s “uplifting” him right now. Check out his playlist below and snag 311’s latest album, Uplifter on June 2nd!

Nick Hexum’s Playlist:

1. Death Cab for Cutie

I’m all over the place musically, but I recently went through a big Death Cab for Cutie phase. They’re amazing songwriters, and the singer’s great!

2. Slipknot
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Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne offers us his playlist in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Slipknot, System of a Down, Gnarls Barkley

“I listen to myself more than I listen to anything else,” laughs Tech N9ne. As he should! Tech made arguably one of the best hip hop albums of 2008 with his epic two-disc Killer. It’s a psychotic and hilarious head-trip of a record that opens up Tech’s twisted soul for all to see. Once you pop in Killer, it’s hard to turn it off because Tech is real.

He explains, “Quincy Jones told me, ‘Rap what you know, and people will forever feel you.’ What do I know better than anything? Myself [Laughs]. Ever since then, I’ve been writing about my life. The story keeps getting better.”

The story will continue on the Kansas City rap maverick’s next full-length Sickology 101: The Study of Being Sick, due out this spring. For now, in between dropping verses, Tech gave us an exclusive look at his iTunes playlist. Some of it was extremely surprising too—just like Tech is.

Check out what Tech N9ne is spinning below, and don’t forget to look for Sickology 101 this spring. Tech will definitely be listening to it!
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