Music that genuinely disturbs/terrifies you

[kearn1tm]

Whether it be the lyrical subject matter or the sonic ambiance, what music scares you, disturbs you or both?

Radiohead has always been a band who's compositions frighten me.

We Suck Young Blood, with it's macabre imagery stemming from the metaphor for draining the lifeforce from the youth for the prosperity of America's military to the unnerving, cerebral and slow African Workhouse drum beat and Yorke's sickly vocals, the track generally makes me feel uncomfortable and scared.

Kid A, with it's gruesome lyrical subject matter, is extremely horrific, especially compounded by the voice manipulation that makes Yorke's voice sound like a ethereal disconnected sound without a trace of humanity and the almost childlike, dreamworld-esque atmosphere the song creates.

Rabbit in your Headlights, by UNKLE featuring...wait for it...Thom Yorke is also intensely spooky, from the meticilous piano part to the production-included soundwaves that float in at certain parts of the song that are reminiscent of a girl screaming to the spoken expert from Jacob's Ladder and the music video, this song leaves me petrified every time I hear it. It sounds like a track that would fit perfectly into a David Lynch score.

[alice+interiors]

I don't think I've ever been scared or disturbed by a song. Not saying it doesn't exist, just that it's never happened to me.

[voncorn]

"Eraser" - Nine Inch Nails

I don't know of any other song that can trigger suicidal thoughts. Both it's ambient buildup for the first 3 and a half minutes and the chilling "KILL ME!" screams near the end combine to create the most apt murdering soundtrack. Has to be listened to with headphones though.

[kearn1tm]

Weezer - Across the Sea

Absolutely.

[underthetalking]

Most mainstream pop and rap music have me scared for the future of this country.

[alice+interiors]

I always thought Kim by Eminem sounded way too real as well.
Thinking about it, "Stan" can make me feel that way or at least make me stop and think.

[Ouch]

Children of Bodom's Oops I Did It Again has always sent shivers down my spine.

[IWasaCamera]

Radiohead stuff, Scott Walker stuff, Nick Cave stuff, etc.

[Angylion Gefell]

Metalcore, because no matter how bad it starts off, it always gets worse.

[mattmatumbo]

Most mainstream pop and rap music have me scared for the future of this country.

:-d

in all honesty, this is true.

[OdeToTheSun]

Children of Bodom's Oops I Did It Again has always sent shivers down my spine.
Britney doing that song already did that to me. COB's cover just increased the shivers.

[llwilliamsll]

a/thee silver mt zion or set fire to flames hs always been eerie, but i love it.

[kearn1tm]

Radiohead stuff, Scott Walker stuff, Nick Cave stuff, etc.

Scott Walker indeed. Tilt is one long piece of brilliant scariness.

[chipdip18]

Some Patrick Watson songs have that weird, eerie feel to it.

[Regards]

I always thought Kim by Eminem sounded way too real as well.
This is what I came in here to say.

[Dr. Acula]

I agree with the Radiohead/Nick Cave sentiments. Alot of Deftones stuff has some creepy stuff goin on.

[HelpMeSleep]

I really like the concept of this thread but I can't think of anything right now and it really bothers me because I know there has to be something.

[IWasaCamera]

Scott Walker indeed. Tilt is one long piece of brilliant scariness.
Not a huge fan or anything but when I'm in the mood, Tilt hits the spot like few others.

[wtfmates]

Set Fire To Flames can be pretty creepy. Their double album, especially.

Then there is Zero Kama. As far as I know, he's only released one album. It's a very dark ambient cd he recorded in the late 80's as part of a ritual and.... wait for it... every single instrument he used on the album was made entirely out of human bones, which makes the already dark and atmospheric music even creepier. It's pretty disturbing.

[checkered.stars]

Some Patrick Watson songs have that weird, eerie feel to it.
Yeah but it's such a soothing weirdness. I love it.

[wtfmates]

Ah, they've released two cds. The first song, Death Posture, is a track from the album I described in my earlier post.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi le&friendID=257653380

[SLoT]

the only thing that's ever frightened me are those bowls you bring to yoga to relax. they get so fuckin' loud i feel like my ears are going to bleed or something.

[Ouch]

Britney doing that song already did that to me. COB's cover just increased the shivers.

the solo at the end was fun, but still, Alexi's vocals were pretty damn scary/horrible.

[Neo Cassady]

I am both disturbed and terrified by these songs:

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[A Love American]

Scott Walker - The Drift is soo scary. Idioteque - Radiohead is really creepy too.

[Neo Cassady]

Toby Keith is actually a democrat and an Obama supporter.

I know, and I get the point that the song is because his father died in war (I think?) and so of course he's upset about it and he sees it as his duty to be patriotic and all...that doesn't mean the song doesn't irk me.

[bobcatbob18]

"Kim" - Eminem. Almost too real and you can totally feel the hatred and insanity in Em's voice. The "bleed, bitch, bleeeeeeed" part is unreal. I always wondered what his label was thinking when they okayed that for his album. Yeeeesh.

"Iowa" - Slipknot. Just take 15 minutes (yes, 15) and listen to it. The lyrics are beyond creepy and it's extremely atmospheric.

"Disgustipated" - Tool. The spoken word stuff and animal noises get to me. The vocal effect in the chorus gives me chills too.

[mysensesfailed3]

limousine by brand new, its more sad than scary but if you listen to that song as you are falling asleep (and knowing the story behind it) you will get shivers everytime

[mysensesfailed3]

holy shit i just listened to Kim for the first time in about 5 years. oh. my. god. that shit is terrifying. how did that not cause more controversy than it did.


on a lighter note, i am now downloading the early eminem albums. what a nostalgic night tonight will be. :)

[c_rob2700]

limousine by brand new, its more sad than scary but if you listen to that song as you are falling asleep (and knowing the story behind it) you will get shivers everytime
isn't Limosine about a girl who gets decapitated in a car wreck and when the police come to the site the mom was like cradiling the head?



and Country scares the living shit out of me

[Jumpoff]

I always thought Kim by Eminem sounded way too real as well.

This. I remember I first bought the album when I was really young.. that song scared the shit out of me the first time I heard it and I don't think I've listened to it again since. For some reason however I was never even remotely disturbed by people like Brotha Lynch Hung and Necro.. their music came off as far more annoying than disturbing.

[circasuicide]

"something in the way" - nirvana

especially the unplugged version. its creepy and comforting to me all at once.

[mysensesfailed3]

isn't Limosine about a girl who gets decapitated in a car wreck and when the police come to the site the mom was like cradiling the head?



and Country scares the living shit out of me
yes, it is horrifying

[c_rob2700]

yes, it is horrifying
i'd rather headbutt a brick wall then listen to Country

[mysensesfailed3]

i'd rather headbutt a brick wall then listen to Country
haha i meant limousine, but that too

[funkel]

Luca can be scary. Especially when you're not paying attention and the ending kicks in.

Supermachiner and pg.99 can be very creepy, especially when listened to at night in bed, trying to go to sleep.

[mysensesfailed3]

Luca can be scary. Especially when you're not paying attention and the ending kicks in.

Supermachiner and pg.99 can be very creepy, especially when listened to at night in bed, trying to go to sleep.
first time i listened to Luca was right when it leaked. i was going to bed and around that time (track 9 or 10 somewheree in that area) i was drifting in and out. and BOOM where you been comes in and have a fucking heart attack. haha good times

[mellzie14]

Daddy by Korn. I have only listened to it once, it was really hard to make it through just that one time.

[Jumpoff]

Daddy by Korn. I have only listened to it once, it was really hard to make it through just that one time.

Due to Korn's shittiness or the song actually being lame? Regardless, that little toaster is brave.

[Getup and Dance]

Im not a fan of him but,

Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil is a fucked up song.

[mellzie14]

Due to Korn's shittiness or the song actually being lame? Regardless, that little toaster is brave.

I"m not a fan of Korn, but that song is just disturbing. Maybe the toaster will give me the courage to listen to it again?

[SamEyes]

A lot of Dance Gavin Dance's lyrics are a bit disturbing, some of the stuff he comes out with makes you sorta go "eh?",

And there are HELL loads of "brutal" metal bands around this area that literally have some of the most shocking lyrics I've ever heard, stuff I wouldn't even DARE repeat here. These kids must have issues.

I agree with Limousine being quite disturbing, the subject matter is very upsetting to think about.

Also the untitled track is shit scary with just the left channel, trust me, try it if you have the means. Especially if the heavy part of Luca wakes you up and you don't know what's going on, it's horrible.

[Regards]

Necromancing from Gnarls Barkley was a bit disturbing as well.

[SamEyes]

Oh and Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne is fuckin' horrible.

[Machu505]

"Speaker for the Dead" by Gatsby's American Dream scares me a little. Especially when they reprise the chorus from "Fable".

[Zack Haughton]

Since we're on the subject of Brand New, you wont know's transition kicks in really suddenly too.

But most of alkaline trio's songs aren't that creepy but the lyrics sure are..

"Shaking like a dog shittin razorblades"

[hxctyhxc]

anything by gwar is pretty disturbing....

[A Love American]

Televators - TMV, even though it isn't that much of a good song.

[larsthedrummer]

How to be terrified by music:

1. Smoke weed.
2. Listen to any cd by The Secret Chiefs 3, Mr. Bungle, or Fantomas.
3. Shit pants.

[KStrat]

the part where vincent price talks in thriller used to scare the ever loving shit out of me

[Jumpoff]

I"m not a fan of Korn, but that song is just disturbing. Maybe the toaster will give me the courage to listen to it again?

It's a brave toaster, not a therapist.

[kearn1tm]

Bump!

[kearn1tm]

Bump. I really find this topic to be fascinating and I'm truly interested in some of you who haven't responded.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Bright Eyes - Down in a Rabbit Hole

[LamarVannoy]

any song by Psyclon 9.
i've never been scared of music before until i heard them.

and Orchestra Of Wolves by Gallows. its not scary but the lyrics are pretty fcked up. your not even allowed to buy the album if your under 18.

[viva la cymche!]

If you can get over laughing at a Waking the Cadaver song, they're pretty disturbing and gross.

"Sweet labial meat/Her inside out twat
Tastes great to eat/Dripping and slipping and oozing and flowing with spit
This vile slit/Will ghost ride my prick"

Gross.

[DilesMavis]

Black metal used to really terrify me. The lyrics, and everything. Especially Gorgoroth for some reason. A lot of Immortal and Silencer aswell. But as I started to listen to more, I started to like it. But definitely Black Metal, for sure.

[bung]

Inhale by Transmo (http://www.zshare.net/audio/20040979467cbab9/)

[Shatter590]

Cannibal Corpse. I just cant listen to it, its so disgusting.

[kearn1tm]

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This will scare you.

Einstürzende Neubauten -- "Armenia"

[Melkor]

All those bands like Cannibal Corpse don't really disturb me as it is disgusting to the point of hilarity at the stupidity of what is being said.
Not really bands but definitely certain songs, 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' by Radiohead being one, 'Ticks and Leeches' by Tool being another just by the way MJK morphs his voice into something that personifies anger.

Not sure if it disturbs me but My Bloody Valentine are a band who I can never really listen to, not because the music is bad but just the wall of noise effect is very powerful.

[Chris Fallon]

I always thought Kim by Eminem sounded way too real as well.
What I was gonna say -- first time I ever heard this, I had trouble listening.

[Circa1628]

What I was gonna say -- first time I ever heard this, I had trouble listening.

it's still a hard one to sit through

[kearn1tm]

This is one of the spookiest albums I've ever heard:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/20_Jazz_Funk_Greats.jpg

Don't let the cover deceive you (especially the sinister black and white cover on the backside of this very album). Throbbing Gristle was a very transgressive, shocking early Industrial band who's work and stage shows were highly shocking and disturbing.

[tipoftheiceberg]

it's still a hard one to sit through

is it bad that i listen to the track regularly?

and '97 Bonnie & Clyde is like Kim's sequel so its pretty fucked up too

[stupid__kid]

war of the worlds radio broadcast..
some of the sounds made through out that epic anthology just sends chills through me, its like listening to people dying or something.

[Chromefox]

it's still a hard one to sit through I had to check it out because of this thread, and turned it off a third of the way in.

Made me pretty uncomfortable, yeah.

[Luke_Vertiis]

Music that genuinely disturbs/terrifies you

"emo"/screamo/fashionXcore

Any music where it's madatory to have a fringe sharp enough to cut paper and at least 4 other haircuts on your head and every other sentence is screamed... Although it's hard to know what scares me more:

a) The music itself, or
b) The fact people buy it



and if people are genuinely terrified of black/death metal or grindcore then the bands have done their job.

[schaft0620]

one song and music video that scares the shit out of me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiYp8xKjLM

[Regards]

Music that genuinely disturbs/terrifies you

"emo"/screamo/fashionXcore

Any music where it's madatory to have a fringe sharp enough to cut paper and at least 4 other haircuts on your head and every other sentence is screamed... Although it's hard to know what scares me more:

a) The music itself, or
b) The fact people buy it



and if people are genuinely terrified of black/death metal or grindcore then the bands have done their job.
Lol

[Posthardcore]

POP music

[black hole sun]

Clint Eastwood by the Gorillaz.
The first time I ever heard that song / saw the music video, I was sick with a fever in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep. I know it sounds stupid, but it freaked me out.

Halloween by Dave Matthews Band is kind of creepy, too. But Dave Matthews scares me in general.

[OdeToTheSun]

The Agony Scene scared me when I first listened to them.

[JBernal]

Job for a Cowboy's lyrics honestly terrify me...just the fact that there are people in our society who think it's okay to sing about things like this in public make me wonder what they do in their private time...

[OdeToTheSun]

Job for a Cowboy's lyrics honestly terrify me...just the fact that there are people in our society who think it's okay to sing about things like this in public make me wonder what they do in their private time...
There are way worse lyrics than that. Just look up some Whitechapel lyrics.
Nice IWABO avatar, btw.

[JBernal]

HAHA...well....I'm not really on the lookout for terrible lyrics. I like to keep my food inside my stomach. lol...
Thanks...IWABO is amazing. They are from about 30 miles from where I live.

[A_Rolling_Stone]

country, in my opinion there is not a lower form of music. if music from other countries like zimbabwe is higher than country music

[JBernal]

Its weird because many bands cite some of their influences as country/folk singers such as Johnny Cash.
I personally have never been able to get into it...but interested in people's opinions about it.

[A_Rolling_Stone]

Its weird because many bands cite some of their influences as country/folk singers such as Johnny Cash.
I personally have never been able to get into it...but interested in people's opinions about it.
i think that is one of those things where bands site a bunch of older bands to kind of say their music has "older roots". i couldn't say for sure though.

[OdeToTheSun]

HAHA...well....I'm not really on the lookout for terrible lyrics. I like to keep my food inside my stomach. lol...
Thanks...IWABO is amazing. They are from about 30 miles from where I live.
You should anyway. A little hurling never hurt anyone. Haha.
Yes they are, though we're probably the only two people on this site to think so.

[A_Rolling_Stone]

and by country i mean like shania twain/ garth brooks country music. i wouldn't count folk music in there so much.

[ship of fools]

Noise.

[kearn1tm]

country, in my opinion there is not a lower form of music. if music from other countries like zimbabwe is higher than country music

You're a fool.

[josh8282]

Brand New - Untitled
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Both of those are pretty creepy.

[zander yosha]

most christan and rap scares me......weird

[IWasaCamera]

country, in my opinion there is not a lower form of music. if music from other countries like zimbabwe is higher than country music
Because Anberlin rules.

[WakeUpBlondie]

Dimmu Borgir, fuckin' creeps

[Anthony Lutz]

most christan and rap scares me......weird

Christian rap scares me too!

Ever heard Audio Adrenaline? *Shudders...*

[myplanforescape]

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[Klatzke]

That Suicide band you always rec genuinely creeps me out.

[kearn1tm]

That Suicide band you always rec genuinely creeps me out.

You should stay away from most No Wave, early Industrial and Noise Rock from the late '70s and early '80s than. Mars, Swans, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, DNA, etc. They're all rather disturbing in their own ways.

[Klatzke]

You should stay away from most No Wave, early Industrial and Noise Rock from the late '70s and early '80s than. Mars, Swans, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, DNA, etc. They're all rather disturbing in their own ways.
I've never been an industrial fan. As you mentioned the connection to like, She Wants Revenge. They've got a couple of songs that are rather disturbing too.

[myplanforescape]

You should stay away from most No Wave, early Industrial and Noise Rock from the late '70s and early '80s than. Mars, Swans, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, DNA, etc. They're all rather disturbing in their own ways.

I just started listening to some No Wave, I've got DNA, Mars, and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. You seem pretty informed so I was wondering if you have any recommendations about what to check out next.

[kearn1tm]

I just started listening to some No Wave, I've got DNA, Mars, and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. You seem pretty informed so I was wondering if you have any recommendations about what to check out next.

I thought Teenage Jesus & the Jerks were relatively tame in comparison to many of the other luminary No Wave bands.

I'd go back to one of its origins before venturing off further. Check out Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

Also, while different, there was an incestious relationship between Industrial and No Wave in the '70s. Try Throbbing Gristle and Einsturzende Neubauten.

Also, as for "pure Jazz Punk spawned No Wave," check out James Chance and the Contortions immediately. Friction was solid as well. Of course, Sonic Youth was the byproduct of this subgenre. If you don't own Daydream Nation, that's something you should rectify immediately.