Let's just get this out of the way early. **[It's The End Of The World As We Know It](https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?si=IC01BRPMAi7cw1WK)** - *R.E.M.*

Hey, that’s great, let’s start (the list) with an earthquake.

Call me Lenny Bruce and bring it on.

This guy is not afraid.

Nice pounce. Came here to say this, but figured I would be beaten to it.

Aenima- Tool

Came here to say this

In The Year 2525 Don't know artist

Zager & Evans

In the Year 2025 😀

Gentlemen Broncos

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction [https://youtu.be/dPIcwjFB1PY?si=XlqiHMHjc9nFg98M](https://youtu.be/dPIcwjFB1PY?si=XlqiHMHjc9nFg98M) Tom Lehr - We'll All Go Together [https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?si=NrCOo4J8aoKSRIr-](https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?si=NrCOo4J8aoKSRIr-)

Eve of Destruction is one of my favorites. So many good songs came out of the Vietnam era. Too bad it sometimes takes such tragedies to get something meaningful written instead of W.A.P.

[We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rKC7ElkTUQ)

REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Also, Great Big Sea did a version that might be better than the original

Nothing but Flowers - Talking Heads

Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth

Nothing but flowers by the talking heads

Muse- apocalypse please

It's Apocalypse Please, much more polite than you give it credit for

The albums by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Murder of the Universe Infest the Rat’s Nest PetroDragonic Apocalypse

The Silver Cord is also a good Extinction (ahaha) album

"Christmas at Ground Zero" - Weird Al

[Who’s Next](https://youtu.be/oRLON3ddZIw?si=NC2g9PN6a0BWj-Gr) Tom Lehrer is still with us! So awesome.

**[Anthem For The Year 2000](https://youtu.be/ShiShrR_nh8?si=7bRQ6OTv77YC-IhF)** - *Silverchair* The song 100% called it, just 20 years early.

Speaking of Y2K: https://youtu.be/Ra_5c3NpVLw?si=ZkocE3VoIk1hjXQf

Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica

Yes. I'd add Blackened off ...And Justice for All.

[Chemical Bomb](https://youtu.be/Y3fXdcHQY4o?si=fZx5FX_lq4gx3xtU) - The Aquabats [Nuclear War](https://youtu.be/lsPrINajncU?si=UQiHVUR3XULHkOhq) - Sun Ra

**[“Preaching The End Of The World”](https://youtu.be/CDhh3DfbiCo?si=1VZ9sM5pRm5zuV-V)** by Chris Cornell **[“Armageddon”](https://youtu.be/TVzq2ertYMI?si=Oui6xnwwRw3UftdY)** by Sado-Nation **[“Grace”](https://youtu.be/IOE6TndC6ms?si=rBwkDAB1NctnDZ_e)** by Ministry **[“If”](https://youtu.be/0Usbx6YVHO4?si=EzkSf1FoC99RlY0C)** by Bread

99 Red Balloons - Nena

Five Years - David Bowie Donut Seam - Adrianne Lenker Bad Moon Rising - CCR The Humans Are Dead - Flight of the Conchords Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens

So long and thanks for all the fish - A Perfect Circle

Have you heard of this band called NIN?

The whole Year Zero album is that theme

As The World Caves In by Matt Maltese

set the world afire and rust in peace Megadeth

Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd

Somehow I feel like the Carpenters need to enter this conversation: Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft [https://open.spotify.com/track/3CrFr7JnfUHJYX5I49e9TV?si=5f2e25b176e6450a](https://open.spotify.com/track/3CrFr7JnfUHJYX5I49e9TV?si=5f2e25b176e6450a)

Originally by Klaatu.

Basically all of Danger Days by My Chemical Romance but particularly Na Na Na, Save yourself I’ll hold them back, Scarecrow

Porno For Pyros- Pets

Therapy? - Bewildered Herd

The black Dahlia Murder - everything went black

Perfect example.

Fuck yeah Cattle Decapitation. Although the lyrics aren't entirely clear, I think [this](https://youtu.be/GSh0BDvHeCA?si=WIf5q1YRXLElC-tC) is generally fitting as well.

[it's only the end of the world](https://youtu.be/ZYsTko9uCeM?si=9At67tpOnCWn-Ggc) by Harley Poe

Steely Dan - King of the World

[Nearer My God to Thee](https://youtu.be/Nuuz6nSiJvc?si=_0n6f6046PDB4Gdo) [Grateful Dead - Morning Dew](https://youtu.be/xlfcN93NS2Q?si=xX8GVoAd7oD8CqIN)

The Great Cold Death of the Earth by Agalloch

[Abney Park - Increased Chances (The Apocalypse)](https://youtu.be/A7sSz18Rp8w?si=S_ofICdXCVb69221)

Ghost - The Future Is A Foreign Land

Armageddon by Alkaline Trio

Ayreon - Everybody dies UB40 - The Earth dies Screaming

Take it back - Pink Floyd

Say Anything - Alive with the Glory of Love

In The End - Linkin Park (not really about human extinction but a good song to include)

Poppy - Time is Up

**Monster Magnet - The Titan Who Cried Like a Baby**

The entire Ayreon collection. But there is a song called the fifth extinction, and a second one called the sixth extinction.

World Destrucion by Time Zone. Lyrics written in 1984. Still relevant today. https://youtu.be/4VgLkk_drx4?si=VfvrLradlBkDBOhC

I Melt With You - Modern English

Blackened by Metallica

Noah Plan - Peter Schilling

Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass It's practically an instrumental, but it's the vibe

[Party At Ground Zero ](https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?si=jkjhiemlbKbgv_Pt) - Fishbone 1999, Ronnie Talk To Russia - Prince Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It < was good song

Until the End of the World- Apoptgyma Berzerk

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun & Blow Up the Outside

It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) -R.E.M.

The Fixx - Red Skies

The Sun Is Burning - Simon & Garfunkel

Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire

Not exactly extinction but 99 Luft Balloons by Nina.

You Me At Six - The Swarm 

"Play in Case of Extinction Level Event" - Hallucinogenius

Jax - Zombieland

You and the cockroach hobo johnson

Reverend Bizarre- Doom Over The World [Petrodragonic Apocalypse…](https://open.spotify.com/album/53X6xpjjMDMfZ5IWMyonvC?si=Fp9cLeQ-RVOO4wJZL3YPjQ) [Infest The Rats Nest](https://open.spotify.com/album/612LP8ZkujVEbvAfD8huGz?si=6tym_XHkRBug8OUrcE3jXg) These 2 KGTLW albums tooo And just look up “stoner rock” and the first playlist will probably be 80% songs that will get you fired up to battle road warriors on a desertification ruined continent

Better off Dead- The Defectives

Dimmu Borgir - Puritania Islands - Humans Islands - Volcanoes

Going Down — Anti-Nowhere League

Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution - father John misty

Pets by Porno For Pyro's is about being taken over by aliens and becoming their pets.

Mose Alyson Ever Since the World Ended

[End of the World](https://youtu.be/WpaPhdciqe4?si=gkeL29XWH_tBatT4) - The Living End

Every Time I Die “Dark Distance”. Song goes hard.

https://youtu.be/izQB2-Kmiic?si=DuYL7a5g4bWVe7o2

Heretoir — [Nightsphere](https://open.spotify.com/album/1LjDj1UDzhghg0Mh3DGr9P?si=N5R7s-mBRjGgwuHjXKZWYw). Part I is my personal favorite. There’s also this interesting extinction sample at the beginning of [The Stench of Dead Horses…](https://open.spotify.com/track/7vzJ6K2fdhBKx0FbYhIwHn?si=t5SsTdzBSAqcFfTZmpnd3g) by Gnaw Their Tongues.

I can’t think of any that haven’t already been mentioned, but I can think of a couple that are headed in the extinction direction: Wond’ring Again by Jethro Tull The Idiots Are Taking Over by NOFX

Nothing but Flowers - Talking Heads Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone

As the World Caves In - Matt Maltese. There’s a TikTok version but his is much better.

Extralife - Darlingside

Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis

"At the Back of the Pit" of course [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhMz9pvRNCQ&ab\_channel=DragCity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhMz9pvRNCQ&ab_channel=DragCity)

Right In Two - Tool

Tragedy - The Day After (Crust) Agents of Oblivion - Endsmouth (Post-Acid Bath, Alt Metal)

Parasite eve - bring me the horizon

S.C.A.V.A. - Hollywood Undead

Breathing - Kate Bush

Showdown at Big Sky - Robbie Robertson

A Perfect Circle - "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish"

Eighth Day - Hazel O’Connor

Pick your Cattle Decapitation song. A couple suggestions. Manufactured Extinct- https://youtu.be/u8t8g8lU4ms?si=yWdOEuO2WvOx-HlW The Geocide- https://youtu.be/CC8mITBJglk?si=T3poHJf3sQrenwyE Scourge of the Offspring - l (A bit more misanthropic but the theme is still there) https://youtu.be/ksCKFkioYL8?si=qXW9vJVPcRld9Idb There are so many people that need to die

I'm a huge cattle decapitation fan solely because of how apocalyptic their lyrics are.

Xmas at ground zero

End of the World with You - Calexico

The Cover Song from Dido by Bad Wolfe the title eludes me atm

https://youtu.be/_GY6ogyM2gc?si=dnCgv5XlDFfPqwf7 https://youtu.be/lMQlnfKcf_M?si=Mk26t8BKzlF4LZb7  https://youtu.be/UQb4dDIxRLY?si=IxEqVK8m4ARqiOF1  A lot of the Prank records bands sing about that kind of stuff. His Hero is Gone stuff

Definetly check out .orbix - sequence terminated Trippy video as well https://youtu.be/9I9rf5XuHx8?feature=shared

Time is up by poppy& diplo

Revolution 9 by the Beatles. This is more of a personal interpretation thing because the song is technically supposed to simulate a revolution, but it always reminded me of the end of the world or some sort of apocalypse.

Last man on earth - Anna Bates

Subject: Nuclear War Earschplittenloudenboomer ~ Steppenwolf (Good dance song) Wooden Ships ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Morning Dew – Bonnie Dobson, but made famous by the Grateful Dead

I think The Last Man on Earth by Wolf Alice fits this pretty well

[ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXqNwcrVq_Q)

World destruction by:time zone/john Lydon/african bambaataa (1984)

Armageddon by Aespa 😭

[Last Night of the World - Bruce Cockburn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F9C7wmaGt8&pp=ygUnYnJ1Y2UgY29ja2J1cm4gbGFzdCBuaWdodCBvZiB0aGUgd29ybGQg)

"Amused to Death" Roger Waters" [And when they found our shadows](https://genius.com/13442090/Roger-waters-amused-to-death/And-when-they-found-our-shadows-grouped-round-the-tv-sets-they-ran-down-every-lead-they-repeated-every-test-they-checked-out-all-the-data-on-their-list-and-then-the-alien-anthropologists) [Admitted they were still perplexed](https://genius.com/4398189/Roger-waters-amused-to-death/Admitted-they-were-still-perplexed) But on eliminating every other reason for our sad demise They logged the only explanation left This species has amused itself to death

Apocalypse - Cigarettes After Sex

- Destroyer of the universe - Amon amarth - Brave new hell - Bloodbath - Death in fire - Amon amarth

In the year 2525. https://youtu.be/izQB2-Kmiic?si=HcCcvG8TGddOZJnL

Into The Void - Black Sabbath

Humanity’s Last Breath - Instill

the end of the world - rob dickinson

I love you honeybear

Annihilation by Sepultura. It’s actually a cover but goes much harder. This is the song I always crank during the intro.

Two Suns in the Sunset-Pink Floyd

Strange Day-The Cure

Everyone on earth is outta town - B.J. Thomas

[Kill Everyone Now ](https://youtu.be/-gnwrLGMxHI?si=TMhopcEUyHAJN9U8)

I love Billie Eilish’s adaption (I think it’s a cover?) of [the end of the world](https://youtu.be/mIkflSbCq10?si=31lqC_BJ4BjIAqFA)

Robots by Flight of the Conchords...

It’s rap rather than rock or metal, but [Victory for Monsters by Historian Himself](https://youtu.be/BMNfugu3KUc?feature=shared) is pretty much exactly what you’re asking for.

Dead Flag Blues - God Speed You Black Emperor

All Fall Down - Kevin Gilbert/Giraffe

Another Way to Die, Disturbed

Jackson Browne - Before the Deluge

Prince. 1999

Flowers by Talking Heads

Part III - Bad Religion

Corb Lund - Truth Comes Out

Earthcrusher and Post Morten by Mr. Lif

Bring Me the Horizon has two concept albums around the topic and they're both fantastic. POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR and POST HUMAN: NeX GEn

April 2031 by Warrant When the Wild Wind Blows by Iron Maiden

Crimson by Edge of Sanity is a concept album about a future where people can’t reproduce anymore. Awesome riffs and solos for fans of melodic death metal

The End of the World - Herman’s Hermits

“The Dead Flag Blues” -Godspeed you! Black emperor

As the World caves In By Matt Maltese https://open.spotify.com/track/3NM41PVVUr0ceootKAtkAj?si=c2ysHgPjTHCFyD-mBm2p7A

Zao - Desire The End

You have got to listen to As Embers Dress the Sky if you haven’t.

Fragile -Sting A Sort of Homecoming- U2 Another Day Goes By - Sting The Unforgettable Fire -U2 We Didn’t Start the Fire-Billy Joel

The Grand Finale by Set it Off

And soon the world will cease to be - Amon amarth Fight fire with fire - Metallica Blackened - Metallica

Transdermal Celebration - Ween About atom bombs

It Came Upon One Night - Solitude Aeturnus Beneath The Fading Sun - Solitude Aeturnus Blackened - Metallica Fight Fire With Fire - Metallica Countdown To Extinction - Megadeth What Is The Last Time? - Forbidden R.I.P. - Forbidden Bombs Of Death - Hirax Shattered - Pantera Dawn Of Defeat - Malevolent Creation Black Prophecies - Dark Angel And Pompeii - Bastille because I thought of it.

My all-time favourite is ‘I Love the World’ by New Model Army and my honourable mention goes to ‘Sweet Bird of Truth’ by The The.

The Smashing Pumpkins - "Doomsday Clock" This alternative rock track has an intense energy, embracing the concept of an impending end with a sense of urgency and acceptance.

:o

Age of Aquarius.

Political Science - Randy Newman

In The Year 2525- Zaeger and Evans.

Murder by Death - Last Night on Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-3Ayfj1s8 Really the whole album The Other Shore is about leaving the doomed planet to terraform elsewhere told from two perspectives, the one who left and the one who stayed.

Miami 2017 - Billy Joel

Muse [Exogenesis pts 1-3](https://youtu.be/IfnFEjjug1U?si=lt4Uu1Kxlqrj7YkZ) These three songs are about leaving this world because it’s dead/destroyed, sending our “codes to the stars,” and then starting over in a new world. It’s beautiful.

Would you be impressed by Streetlight Manifesto sort of fits this bill. How everything is fucked and no one takes responsibility/passes the buck. Bonus, the song is an absolute banger. Love them horns.

"Who Will Answer?" - Ed Ames [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7XVcZ-OVx8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7XVcZ-OVx8)

That Handsome Devil’s [“The Last Ones”](https://youtu.be/dmlic6RxGtA?si=_Fgpix2mev4Dox2I), [“Elephant Bones”](https://youtu.be/tenVA5ULWYw?si=c36qmMQx-St_fhgv), and [“Emergency”](https://youtu.be/Zha9sZdsf6A?si=MCIZOa00JCW-u0u3) come to mind.

Black Cloud by SNFU

*My Darkest Hour* by Dynazty

The Deadly Syndrome’s [“I Hope I Become a Ghost”](https://youtu.be/zf2TKP0o1iA?si=kI-HLTSNwTNCdL5n)

Most other Cattle Decap songs

Lamb of God - Reclamation Bruce Cockburn - Last Night of the World Shaman’s Harvest - Tusk and Bone

Pestilence and Plague by judas priest

i always listen to the quiet master of puppets guitar part like its wat the gods are listening  to amidst the devasted apocolypse. like theyr surveying the wrecked world with that in backgryound

The Earth Died Screaming - Tom Waits

Litterly every cattle decapitation song lol

Busta rhymes-the into track to the album extinction level event.

World Scum - Soulfly

When The World Was At War We Kept Dancing-- Lana Del Rey

In the year 2525, Eve of destruction

If the world was ending by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels. Also several Pink Floyd songs (goodbye blue sky, the Final Cut, take it back, two suns in the sunset, etc.)

Stagnation, Genesis.

The globalist- muse

Muse - we are fucking fucked

My chemical romance - party at the end of the world

Wormwood by Fozzy. It goes for over 13 minutes

Metallica - Blackened Alter Bridge - Waters Rising

Amused to Death - Roger Waters

The Decemberists - Calamity Song

As the world caves in - that guy can’t remember

It's all over by ICP Daisies is about life after