This is a list of songs having lyrics in Latin.
This list contains songs that are performed in Latin by the named performers. Songs that sample other recorded music in Latin do not become eligible only by virtue of that sampling. Songs with only a Latin refrain are also excluded.
Classical music
Almost all Catholic liturgical music composed before the middle of the 20th century, including thousands of settings of the ordinary of the mass (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), the ordinary and proper of the Requiem mass, psalms, canticles (such as the Magnificat), antiphons, and motets. Famous examples include: Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor, four Missae, Magnificat, cantata BWV 191 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus, Requiem Carl Orff – Carmina Burana, Meum est propositum in taberna mori Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli Antonio Vivaldi – Nulla in mundo pax sincera The libretto for the opera-oratorio Oedipus rex by Igor Stravinsky is in Latin, as well as the 1963 choral composition Cantata misericordium by Benjamin Britten.
Hymns and carols
"Adeste Fideles" "Boar's Head Carol" "Gaudeamus Igitur", also known as De Brevitate Vitae "Gaudete" "Gloria Tibi Domine" "Io Vivat" "Tempus Adest Floridum" "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"
Light classical music
Sarah Brightman – In Paradisum
Popular music
Folk
Die Irrlichter – Totus Floreo, Cantum Corvi, Angelus ad Virginem, Orientes Partibus, Puer Nobis Nascitur, Gaudete Garmarna – Euchari, O Viridissima Virga, O Frondens Virga Ougenweide – Totus Floreo, Terra Sinus Aperit, Gaudete Steeleye Span – Gaudete †
Metal
After Forever – Mea Culpa, Leaden Legacy
Avenged Sevenfold – Requiem
Behemoth – Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam
In Extremo – Ave Maria
Iced Earth – In Sacred Flames
Helloween – Lavdate Dominvm
Maudlin of the Well – The Ferryman
Deathspell Omega – Obombration, First Prayer, Malign Paradigm
Death SS – Black Mass
Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra: The Invaluable Darkness (choir) Epica: The Phantom Agony: Adyta (The Neverending Embrace – Prelude), Facade of Reality, Illusive Consensus, "The Phantom Agony" Consign to Oblivion: Hunab K’u (A New Age Dawns), Dance of Fate, The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns Part I), Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns Part III) The Divine Conspiracy: Indigo (Prologue), The Obsessive Devotion, Living a Lie (The Embrace that Smothers Part VIII), Fools of Damnation (The Embrace that Smothers Part IX), The Divine Conspiracy Design Your Universe: Samadhi (Prelude), Resign to Surrender (A New Age Dawns Part IV), Martyr of the Free World, Kingdom of Heaven (A New Age Dawns Part V), Design Your Universe (A New Age Dawns Part IV) Requiem for the Indifferent: Karma, Monopoly on Truth, Internal Warfare, Requiem for the Indifferent, Guilty Demeanor The Quantum Enigma: "Originem","The Second Stone","The Quantum Enigma:Kingdom Of Heaven II" The Holographic Principle: "Eidola","Tear Down Your Walls","The Holographic Principle:A Profound Understanding Of Reality" The Solace System: "Architect of Light", "Decoded Poetry" Omega: "Alpha:Anteludium", "The Skeleton Key", "Gaia", "Kingdom Of Heaven Part III:The Antediluvian Universe" Ex Deo: Romulus: Cruor Nostri Abbas, Cry Havoc, In Her Dark Embrace, Invictus, Storm the Gates of Alesia Caligvla: Once Were Romans, Per Oculos Aquila, Pollice Verso Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Nazgûl (Italian 'Symphonic' Black Metal band): All their discography is in Latin. Powerwolf: Raise Your Fist, Evangelist , Sactus Dominus, Fist by Fist (Sacralize or Strike), Killers with the cross, Stossgebet, Glaubenskraft, Sermon of Swords. Many of their other songs contain some lines in Latin, have a Latin name and/or are supported by a choir singing in Latin. Rhapsody of Fire – Ira Tenax Rotting Christ: Sanctus Diavolos: Visions of a Blind Order, Sanctimonius, Sanctus Diavolos Theogonia: Gaia Telus, Rege Diabolicus Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού: Grandis spiritus diavolos The Heretics: Dies Irae, Fire, God and Fear and The Voice of the Universe (passages only). Saltatio Mortis - Factus de materia, Totus Floreo Sabaton – The Lion From The North and Wehrmacht Subway to Sally – Ad Mortem Festinamus Tristania: Widow's Weeds: Preludium..., ...Postludium Beyond the Veil: Angina World of Glass: The Shining Path, Wormwood, Hatred Grows, Crushed Dreams (choir passages) Venom Inc.: Avé Xandria – A Prophecy of Worlds to Fall Zeal & Ardor - Coagula