10 Scariest Tracks In Hard Rock

10. Mama - My Chemical Romance

When people tend to think of scary music, the name My Chemical Romance doesn't seem to get brought up all that often. Any casual mention of these pop-punk professionals will leave many 2000's kids writing them off as nothing more than a passing act in the emo movement. After The Black Parade, fans were delirious and stunned by the amount of macabre present in this conceptual masterpiece.

While the entire record has a dark ambience centered around a cancer patient's demise, the madness doesn't seem all that grave until we reach "Mama." Coming at the album's midpoint, this track shows the patient at his most dire, as he's accepted the fact that he is going to Hell. He frames the song's narrative around a conversation with his mother, as he apologizes for not being a better son, to which his mother quickly renounces him.

After much anticipation, the song gives way to a twisted swing rhythm, giving the listener allusions to a demon rock band coming to drag our protagonist to his fate. With a guest appearance from Liza Minnelli, the song suddenly picks up even further before leaving the protagonist's mother in tears and the demon band playing us out. With musical horrors on display, "Mama" is a song that shuts up every naysayer who claimed MCR's music was "just a phase."