50 Best Country Songs About Vampires
Country Songs With Vampire Themes
There’s a certain mood that creeps in when you start digging through country tracks with a darker edge. It’s not Halloween campy, not quite gothic drama, but something murky in between. These songs pull from the same shadows that have shaped pop, rock, country, and R&B songs for decades, where bloodlust can be literal or just a stand-in for obsession. Some of these tracks never mention vampires outright, yet they still hum with that feeling of hunger and danger, like a love story that went sour under a full moon.
Country music has always thrived on storytelling, and that makes it perfect for this kind of theme. The twang of a steel guitar can feel sweet one second and sinister the next, depending on the lyrics hanging over it. A lot of these songs lean into the mythology, spinning tales of outlaws and lovers who feel almost supernatural in their power. Others play it straight, using imagery sharp enough to cut, even when the “monster” is heartbreak, jealousy, or small-town gossip dressed up like folklore. They blur the line between human flaws and the kind of creatures that go bump in the night.
These aren’t tracks for casual background listening. They’re the ones you put on late at night, when the house is quiet and every creak sounds like trouble. Some may sound theatrical, some stripped bare, but they all have that undercurrent of menace or longing that fits the theme perfectly. Here are the best country songs with vampire vibes to dive into.
Top 10 Vampire Country Songs
1. 'If We Were Vampires' by Jason Isbell
2. 'Cold, Damn Vampires (Ashore)' by Zach Bryan
3. 'Bitin' Necks in the USA' by Studio C
4. 'Bloodletting' by Concrete Blonde
5. 'The Devil Comes Back to Georgia' by Mark O'Connor featuring Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stuart, and Travis Tritt
6. 'The Long Black Veil' by Johnny Cash
7. 'Night Owl' by Gerry Rafferty
8. 'Far From Any Road' by The Handsome Family
9. 'Two Women' by The Angels of Light
10. 'Black Soul Choir' by 16 Horsepower
Haunting Country Ballads #11 to 20
11. 'You Are the Blood' by Castanets
12. 'The Road to Cairo' by David Ackles
13. 'I'm Comin' Home' by Murder by Death
14. 'Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks' by Lonesome Wyatt
15. 'The Housefire' by Tyler Childers
16. 'The Devil' by Those Poor Bastards
17. 'Sinister Kid' by The Black Keys
18. 'Did She Fall or Was She Pushed?' by Leonard Cohen
19. 'Down to Rest' by O'Death
20. 'The Curse of Millhaven' by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Country Songs About Dark Folklore #21 to 30
21. 'Delia's Gone' by Johnny Cash
22. 'Psycho' by Eddie Noack
23. 'Still Waiting for Love' by Dark Country Outlaws
24. 'The Last Pale Light in the West' by Ben Nichols
25. 'Blood Red Going Down' by Tanya Tucker
26. 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' by Johnny Cash
27. 'The Devil's Right Hand' by Steve Earle
28. 'Tomb of the Unknown Love' by Kenny Rogers
29. 'I See a Darkness' by Johnny Cash
30. 'The Ride' by David Allan Coe
Country Songs with Sinister Themes #31 to 40
31. 'Wayfaring Stranger' by Jack White
32. 'A Gothic American' by The Handsome Family
33. 'Where the Devil Won't Go' by The Devil Makes Three
34. 'The Man Comes Around' by Johnny Cash
35. 'Ain't No Grave' by Johnny Cash
36. 'The Ballad of Billy the Kid' by Billy Joel
37. 'Banded Clovis' by Tyler Childers
38. 'Censer From the Footlights' by Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots
39. 'Brother' by Murder by Death
40. 'Black River Killer' by Blitzen Trapper
Country Music with a Dark Vibe #41 to 50
41. 'Long Black Road' by Sons of Perdition
42. 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash
43. 'The Killing Moon' by Echo & the Bunnymen
44. 'Midnight in Montgomery' by Alan Jackson
45. 'The Legend of Wooly Swamp' by The Charlie Daniels Band
46. 'How Do You Sleep At Night?' by Cody Johnson
47. 'Whispering Pines' by Johnny Horton
48. 'I'm a Demon' by Sons of Perdition
49. 'O Death' by Ralph Stanley
50. 'God's Gonna Cut You Down' by Johnny Cash
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