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Posted: June 19 2010 at 18:23

Yes yes I know not prog but hey.. its enjoyable in its own way!?

Help me I'm falling!

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Posted: June 19 2010 at 18:24

They're not "scary" as such but several King Crimson songs, notably Starless, have something dark, dreadful and unknowable at their heart.

We should probably also bring up Mr Bungle here who were capable of being genuinely alarming, particularly on Disco Volante.

I posted this song earlier in my original jumbo post but I suspect it got lost in the crowd. Now I want to highlight it by itself because I'd like comment on it. It scares the sh*t out of me but what exactly is it about? (Ignore the unofficial video, I'm strictly speaking about the song.) The specific reference to Sarah Bernhardt (I know who she is but it doesn't help) suggests something particular was in mind but I really don't know what they were getting at here. It's Practice Makes Perfect by Wire and it should be listened to in the dark, alone, very loud, as usual.

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Posted: June 19 2010 at 18:31

Kojak wrote:

Klogg wrote:

How this can't be scary?

I was watching that this morning. They are wonderfully spooky, aren't they, The Residents?

Indeed. I love this quote from The Wizard's review of Duck Stab/Buster & Glen:

The Wizard wrote:

Disturbing. That's the one word that describes The Residents. This record is saturated in madness. Nasal vocals, off key guitars, dissonant electronic toys, and surreal yet disturbing lyrics. This is Dada rock if I have ever seen it. The whole thing feels like some little kid brutally killing a toad and laughing at it. It's some scary crap, but it's addictive also. You'll want more of this insanity inducing madness, and you'll enjoy it. I think the reason the members of this band are hidden is because they don't want people to realize who exactly is behind the music because they would labelled as lunatics.

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 13:23

Textbook wrote:

We should probably also bring up Mr Bungle here who were capable of being genuinely alarming, particularly on Disco Volante.

I was gonna suggest some Mr Bungle actually,

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 14:33

Shub Niggurath's Les morts vont vite

Univers Zéro's Hérésie

Horrific Child's L'étrange Mr. Whinster

Art Zoyd's Musique pour l'Odyssée

Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira

- Paul Éluard

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 15:05

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 15:23

Also dark symphonic band Elend (they were discussed for inclusion in PA, not sure if they are still under discussion or not) :

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 16:45

Rare case of a creepy pop hit, Hazard by Richard Marx. Despite being one of the biggest songs of 1991, it gives me the heebie-jeebies.

More creepy rap, this time from Cage, real name Chris Palko. Both of these tracks are non-fiction, detailing his nightmare relationship with his heroin-addicted, dishonorably discharged father Bill Murray. Not that Bill Murray, as Stripes specifies. You might think you've heard this before with Eminem's mom songs, but not really, these are not funny but rather horrifying especially as Eminem was exaggerating for effect whereas these two songs are apparently literally true.

Edited by Textbook - June 20 2010 at 16:47

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Posted: June 20 2010 at 21:13

Suicide's album. That scared the crap out of me.

But especially the song " My Compensation" by Laurie Anderson. I listened to it once when I was a kid and I got seriously freaked out and it started to be the soundtrack of my nightmares. For me it's the scariest and most disturbing song ever.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 03:43

Dory Prevan was a singer songwriter from the 70s who sounded pretty much permenantly on the verge of a psychotic episode.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 06:45

Also try Wolf Eyes.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 06:49

Diamanda Galas for me, she scared me like no other musician and music before and since. I,m afraid to be alone in the room only with ,,her,,.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 06:53

Yeah, I haven't actually listened to her yet but I've been tipped to. I should.

For sheer lyrical sickness, there's always Brother Lynch Hung, a rapper who more or less does what Cannibal Corpse does except with rap you get a lot more verbiage so it's even more offensive. Esham used to do similar stuff and there's also guys like Necro and Insane Clown Posse on similar tips. If you think you're hard to offend, these guys are kind of a test of that. More shocking than scary perhaps but Brother Lynch Hung's debut was genuinely creepy.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 13:12

Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Shub Niggurath's Les morts vont vite

Univers Zéro's Hérésie

Horrific Child's L'étrange Mr. Whinster

Art Zoyd's Musique pour l'Odyssée

Frenches are damn scary

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 13:16

Klogg wrote:

Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Shub Niggurath's Les morts vont vite

Univers Zéro's Hérésie

Horrific Child's L'étrange Mr. Whinster

Art Zoyd's Musique pour l'Odyssée

Frenches are damn scary

I wonder how many people know Horrific Child...

European music is what I prefer, particularly French and Belgian music.

Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira

- Paul Éluard

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 15:22

For who's familiar with H.P. Lovecraft (the writer not the band), this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dDGHOmZaCU

Azatoth is the almighty, Steve Hillage is close...

I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 15:25

Magazine can creep you out.

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 16:28

The Ceremony album from Spooky Tooth freaks me out. Don't listen to it in the dark...

Edited by ray - June 21 2010 at 16:42

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Posted: June 21 2010 at 16:54

Apsalar wrote:

This fits the mold nicely, and is a damn fine album to boot:

Igor Wakhévitch - Hathor

Logos and Docteur Faust by the same composer should do the trick too.

And any of the Egisto Macchi albums I got. Especially these:

Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me

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Posted: June 22 2010 at 03:27

A lyric like "a few minutes with me inside my van, could be so beautiful." P tree Blackest Eyes, now that is sinister. An album about the events that prompt the more socially dreadful ocurrances in life.

Univers Zero pieces Emmantions and The Funeral Plain (or what ever Andy Kirk is writing.) And La Faulx.

I've only the Diamanda Galas album Sporting Life (with JPJ) and that is quite scary. Also how JPJ managed to get my dressing gown I had then - to wear on the album cover , that gives me the creeps!

Anything Present do is pretty damn' nightmarish.

Oh and when a young lad, the combination of the Omega Man, Invasion of The Body Snatchers and discovering Black Sabbath was.... dark....

Scary music

Igor Wakhévitch - Hathor