Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (quartet for the end of time) was the first one I thought of. It was written in 1941 while the composer was interned in the German Stalag VIII-A POW camp. I'm fairly sure I've listened to it but I don't remember anything about what it was like. Its fame is partly from the circumstances of its composition and premiere.
Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” is a tonal shift from most of what you have there but after watching Girl Interrupted, it would be a must have on the list for me.
Gustav Holst, Neptune (from The Planets). Really strikingly captures the sense of the outer edges of our solar system, even if it's not the whole world.
https://youtu.be/ny0G0mkN62M?list=RDny0G0mkN62M
"Always Look On Bright Side Of Life."
Seriously no one said REM??? Maybe im old. Fist song i thought of ha
Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (quartet for the end of time) was the first one I thought of. It was written in 1941 while the composer was interned in the German Stalag VIII-A POW camp. I'm fairly sure I've listened to it but I don't remember anything about what it was like. Its fame is partly from the circumstances of its composition and premiere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatuor_pour_la_fin_du_temps
And on a lighter(?) note, Tom Lehrer, So Long Mom.
Thanks a ton for all the awesome suggestions guys! This sucker's getting more and more awesome by the second :D
NICE
That Handsome Devil - Elephant Bones
Slayer - Skeletons of Society
Megadeth - Set the World Afire
Guns n Roses - Coma
Nightwish - The Greatest Show on Earth
First tracks that come to mind that aren't already on your list:
EDIT: Forgot
I can't believe I forgot No Control xD
Throw some Maiden on the list.
2 minutes to Midnight
Hallowed be Thy Name
Rome is burning:
https://www.youtube.com/live/dpn5Rff4gUk
Also, your apple account has a real name so you just doxxed yourself, might want to delete.
A le. Poof. But I tend to be pretty open about that, my GitHub and a few other accounts have it as well xD
Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” is a tonal shift from most of what you have there but after watching Girl Interrupted, it would be a must have on the list for me.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-end-of-the-world/258618389?i=258619200
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
https://deltaartmusic.bandcamp.com/track/dancing-with-tears-in-my-eyes?search_page_id=4797714515&logged_out_mobile_menubar=true
The end by the doors
JAMES - Girl at the End of the World
https://youtu.be/CzlB8vCkQIk
Leftover Crack - Soon We'll Be Dead
Not as doom and gloom but I feel like "We'll Meet Again" could fit the theme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ll_Meet_Again
probably any Weyes Blood song but you need
It's not just me, it's everybody
https://youtu.be/3g7BSnavHH8
Gustav Holst, Neptune (from The Planets). Really strikingly captures the sense of the outer edges of our solar system, even if it's not the whole world.
Probably not what you're looking for, but I thought I'd leave this classic for your consideration.
Not sure if it quite matches the vibe you got there, but "Goodbye to a World" by Porter Robinson feels very much like an end of the world song to me.
Klaus Nomi - After the Fall
NEEDTOBREATHE - Let Us Love
U2 - Until The End Of The World
Machine Head - Now we die
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqhK36JATc
Lord of the Lost - Raining Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXl9hE4yFQY
Hawkwing - The Golden Void
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEwmz6YvyI4
Slayer south of heaven
Heretoir - The Ashen Falls, some big layers extinction metal dirges
Municipal Waste - Escape from New York, I'm just a sucker for intros with movie clips and thrash with post apocalypse vibes
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis, earth is a graveyard planet
Astral Projection - Enlightened Evolution
Portishead - Roads
Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Ball of Confusion - The Temptations
Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus
"I've seen them come, I've seen them go." And you said, "All things pass into the night."
Would You Be Impressed? - Streetlight Manifesto
End of the World - Beast in Black
FUTURE IS DUMB - Jeff Rosenstock
Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe - Streetlight Manifesto
One Foot on the Gas, One Foot in the Grave - Streetlight Manifesto
If and When We Rise Again - Streetlight Manifesto
I Melt With You - Modern English
Aphrodite's Child's album ‘666’ is based on the Revelation.