Written by DualHelix on 05.09.2016 at 05:16
Pretty crazy you mentioned Diamanda Galas, I asked my mother the other day if she remember anything truly giving her the creeps and she mentioned Galas' Litanies of Satan. Which I heard about a long time ago but only heard five seconds of it since it's just yelling and noise.

An easier Diamanda Galas album to get into would be You Must Be Certain of the Devil. The closest she ever came to being accessible.

Written by 3rdWorld on 05.09.2016 at 07:32

None of that is metal hence is a post fail.

That Suicide track is really good I enjoyed it. DG was utter crap, sounds like a woman screaming to her effeminate spouse while taking a dump.

I would post a Scott Walker track but then again it wouldn't be metal so I suggest people stick to metal songs alone.

Meh. Metal isn't scary after you've heard the five millionth death metal or black metal band. Avant garde is where you should go to be disturbed. Needed to be said.

Written by The Batlord on 05.09.2016 at 18:07

Written by DualHelix on 05.09.2016 at 05:16
Pretty crazy you mentioned Diamanda Galas, I asked my mother the other day if she remember anything truly giving her the creeps and she mentioned Galas' Litanies of Satan. Which I heard about a long time ago but only heard five seconds of it since it's just yelling and noise.

An easier Diamanda Galas album to get into would be You Must Be Certain of the Devil. The closest she ever came to being accessible.

Written by 3rdWorld on 05.09.2016 at 07:32

None of that is metal hence is a post fail.

That Suicide track is really good I enjoyed it. DG was utter crap, sounds like a woman screaming to her effeminate spouse while taking a dump.

I would post a Scott Walker track but then again it wouldn't be metal so I suggest people stick to metal songs alone.

Meh. Metal isn't scary after you've heard the five millionth death metal or black metal band. Avant garde is where you should go to be disturbed. Needed to be said.

Very strange. Still I wouldn't exactly call it accessable haha.

Written by 3rdWorld on 05.09.2016 at 07:32

None of that is metal hence is a post fail.

That Suicide track is really good I enjoyed it. DG was utter crap, sounds like a woman screaming to her effeminate spouse while taking a dump.

I would post a Scott Walker track but then again it wouldn't be metal so I suggest people stick to metal songs alone.

Scott Walker? He's just strange, not really scary or anything. But yes, you're right about DG.

There are tons of non-metal songs that can scare you to the bone.

example: power electronics, death industrial, ritual ambient.

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 08.09.2016 at 15:58

There are tons of non-metal songs that can scare you to the bone.

example: power electronics, death industrial, ritual ambient.

What is Ritual Ambient? Never even heard of that.

Written by DualHelix on 09.09.2016 at 12:10

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 08.09.2016 at 15:58

There are tons of non-metal songs that can scare you to the bone.

example: power electronics, death industrial, ritual ambient.

What is Ritual Ambient? Never even heard of that.

sub-genre of dark ambient, but with ritual atmosphere, sometimes with spoken words or grief/chant voices.

Example: Aghast (Norway), Aeoga etc. . .

Written by The Batlord on 05.09.2016 at 18:07

Metal isn't scary after you've heard the five millionth death metal or black metal band.

Exactly, thats why we have the thread as "Scary metal songs you have ever listened to ?".

I guess everybody knows by now that other genres can sound and evoke fear and terror much better then metal. So it may be better to scourge for scary metal songs for a change, to see whats the best the genre can come up with. Now go search for that GTT/Phurpa influenced metal band that nobody knows it exists.

Esoterics The Maniacal Vale still scares me a bit, even after five million death metal bands. Portals Outre is also scary sometimes.

Ok shoot me for being a topic nazi above.

This isn't metal and its not scary but its definitely pretty unnerving, especially the weird vocal effects. I wouldn't definitely sleep with this on a loop.

Well, I always found NwW to be pretty scary...

Written by Guest on 09.09.2016 at 22:50

Esoterics The Maniacal Vale still scares me a bit, even after five million death metal bands. Portals Outre is also scary sometimes.

What? The Maniacal Vale? I think their 2nd album is more scary.

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 16.10.2016 at 11:39

Written by Guest on 09.09.2016 at 22:50

Esoterics The Maniacal Vale still scares me a bit, even after five million death metal bands. Portals Outre is also scary sometimes.

What? The Maniacal Vale? I think their 2nd album is more scary.

You dont find Circle scary sometimes? Who are you?

When I first heard about some depressive black metal acts like Silencer. IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME! But after a while, I got used to them. Nowadays this power electronics thing really scares me

For example, what the fuck is this? I really want to speak with someone who like this kind of music. Why?

Written by Alondate on 27.10.2016 at 12:22

When I first heard about some depressive black metal acts like Silencer. IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME! But after a while, I got used to them. Nowadays this power electronics thing really scares me

That genre. . . . .

Its like Ultimate of extreme music.

Metal wise, there are a few things that have conjured up a dark enough atmosphere to shake me

the ambiance here is very unsettling, but the metal is very kick ass


very much noise oriented, even more dominant than metal


And a plethora of stuff from Mories of Gnaw their Tongues, Cloak of Altering, Astral, etc

Stalaggh

I found this furious metal track on Soundcloud yesterday. I think it is really aggressive, dark and scary. It almost feels like this demonic nightmare

https://soundcloud.com/user-973659604

Why hasn't this been brought up yet???



also: rises higher and higher in my ranking and is creepy and dark af to me. One of the few records that's actually still unsettling to me:

Celtic Frost - "Danse Macabre" - I have listened to this one.

Craft - Terror Propaganda (the transition into the screaming sequence in the end gives me the chills)
Cradle of Filth - Bathory Aria (the spoken word sequence and the various tones of "my soul to Hell for company")
King Diamond - The Puppet Master (not any song in particular, but the concept of the album. Just read the lyrics while you listen to it. Waking up trapped inside a dolls body... yikes)
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours (song is about domestic abuse and it is indeed dreadful "Child, won't you awake. Father has gone, Child, please come awake. Please my tiny son". Goosebumps)

Overall, i'd say Cradle of Filth in their prime had an incredible notion of atmosphere and creepiness. The EP Vempire has Dani's best vocal performance and his vocals overlays added a lot to those songs. Then, Dusk and Cruelty were spectacular by their storytelling and gothic ambient.

Also, listening to De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem while reading the church burnings, Dead's suicide and Euronymous homicide articles and everything that the band went through is somehow creepy on its own as well.

Anything from Autopsy's Mental Funeral. I don't think any metal songs are scary, but I still remember the first time I listened to this album and it gave goosebumps. The production is so damn raw and evil, the lyrics are just madness and then there are the slimy vocals themselves, which are nothing short of legendary.

I have definitely enjoyed a lot of ambient music which creates a chilling atmosphere. However, this thread came to mind when I first heard The Crawling's latest single. I think there's something chilling about the music and the lyrical content. It has a grimy feeling to it that reminds me of a dark thriller or folk horror.

Written by TorillWenche on 17.04.2021 at 10:58

Celtic Frost - "Danse Macabre" - I have listened to this one.

I agree. It probably doesn't for anyone listening to it for the first time today but back in the 80's this gave me the creeps as well.

There isn't a lot else though (metal wise) that does tbh.

Massive Conspiracy Against All Life scared the living shit out of me. Hell the shit nearly spoke to me.

I don't think I have ever listened to a song that I found actually scary. The Procession Of Dead Clowns - (Blut Aus Nord) comes close I suppose, it has a haunting atmosphere. The De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - (Mayhem) title track I found a bit freaky first time I heard it.

Not really metal, but the middle part in Pink Floyd's Echoes is pretty creepy (with all that eerie silence interrupted by random squeaks, etc).
Not exactly scary, but I always found the one main riff in Edge of Sanity's Crimson super haunting: @26:56 in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6lJaiHYIc

Written by F3ynman2000 on 24.06.2021 at 19:50

Not really metal, but the middle part in Pink Floyd's Echoes is pretty creepy (with all that eerie silence interrupted by random squeaks, etc).
Not exactly scary, but I always found the one main riff in Edge of Sanity's Crimson super haunting: @26:56 in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6lJaiHYIc

I love the song Echoes, I remember hearing what sounded like a submarine radar halfway through.

Speaking of Pink Floyd, I completely forgot about the live version of Careful Of That Axe Eugene, from the Ummagumma album, that build up had a chilling atmosphere, then that Scream is truly terrifying!

I'm not sure I could ever find a *metal* song scary. If metal was a sub-genre of horror movies, I'd picture it as splatter movies, which are often more fun than actually scary. Movies that scare me the most are subtle slow-burners. Translated to music, it would be dark ambient and/or gothic music.

That said, the closest things that come to mind in regards to scary metal would be ambient BM, preferably the kind inspired by cosmic horror (huge Lovecraft fan here if you couldn't already tell from my avatar). Darkspace is a good contender there.

As for non-metal music, I think the main theme from Suspiria (original) by the band Goblin is kinda creepy.


There is also the song "Misery Tomb" by Samhain (which IIRC is supposed to be a remix of "I Am Misery"). I remember hanging out with friends at a party back when we were teenagers. There were lots of preppy girls there, but the guy whose house we were partying at was into punk and metal. We were stoned out of our minds and then one of us suggested that at midnight we'd turn off the lights and put "Misery Tomb" on at full blast. His parents were kinda rich, so the speakers were pretty... "efficient". Man, it was so much fun watching the girls freak out when the first scream came on during the song. Good times.

Here's the "song" in question:

The beginning of the "Hell Awaits" title track and the last track on the album "Enter the Moonlight Gate" are pretty creepy

This video is batshit nasty !

Who doesn't like velociraptors ?

"Hetroertzen" is the most scariest and darkest bands out there in my opinion. I have read their interviews and they're really into occultism unlike most bands. They say that they perform rituals on a live scene and it's just a small part of what they do in their coven and yes, you heard me right, they do have a coven. I know a lots of metal bands with satanic atmosphere, but none of them compares to this band, not even close. This stuff is very dark. So, think twice before searching them on youtube and listening them. You have been warned.