10 Songs That Could've Been Written By Vampires

Ozz Productions Inc.Sadly these days vampires don't have the scare-factor or draw that they used to, and that's all down to the mouth-breathing antics of Kristen Stewart and her shovel-faced boyfriend Robert Pattinson, who between them have ultimately neutered the idea that vampires can be anything other than wimpy girly-men with just as much a taste for blood as that of mumbling a few romanticised lines you'd swear you first read in a greetings card. Maybe it's just us and our oh-so over-analytical ways, but every now and then when you come across something that's been written in such a deliciously fantastical - or humorous given some of the entries on here - way, the songs can take on a whole different light if we imagine a cabal of bloodsuckers were behind the pen instead. So, for a bit of fun and to hark back to vampire-perceptions pre-2008, we've put together a list of tracks every self-serving child of the night should have on their playlist. Whether it be describing some bloodlust power-fantasy or just connoting that of the occult in general, these are still fantastic pieces of work - and hopefully in checking out the following entries it'll add another dimension to whatever the original intent of the song was.

10. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w Vampiric-lyric: "And behind it all there's a price to be paid/ For the blood on which we dine? Justified in the name of the holy and the divine" Yes, you could've had Fear Factory's twist on this original - Bite The Hand That Bleeds - that was recorded for their fifth album Archetype, but we thought NIN's fantastic industrial-rocker is far better, especially being it's one of many fan-favourites that put Trent Reznor's little home-grown project on the map in a big way. Amassing a legion of fans along the way that have become some of the most devoted in the game, The Hand That Feeds is still one of the most played songs in any NIN setlist thanks to a killer bassline that subtly announces itself before becoming the main body of the song when the rest of the band join in. Sure most vampires go for the neck when dabbling in a little wanton suckery, but for all those amateurs out on their first night, this is perfect.