Teen Gothic

Hey everyone, my boyfriend and his family do these themed song brackets throughout the year. Basically, there’s a theme and everyone picks a certain amount of songs to fit the theme, and after they’re all compiled, you vote for the songs you like best, bracket-style.

As much as I love music, it’s not really my thing, but I’m included as family at this point and so of course I participate. This round of brackets is holiday songs—and any major holiday, not just the winter holidays. I always like to include my favorite genres (darkwave, goth, postpunk, industrial, etc.) in these brackets. Naturally, I just have Halloween/Halloween adjacent (mention of monsters, witches, vampires, skeletons, etc. was permissible for Halloween) so far (except the LAM song):

London After Midnight – The Christmas Song

Ministry – Every Day is Halloween

Empathy Test – Monsters

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows – Dead Souls

45 Grave – Riboflavin

Switchblade Symphony – Witches

I’d like to venture out of the Halloween tunes and find some in these genres that are about other holidays, but I’m struggling. Any suggestions appreciated!