I haven't heard a lot of legitimately scary songs. I'm not talking about music from soundtracks because stuff from horror movies and games can be pretty eerie but its really because you're attached to a certain scene from the movie/game (see: Lavander Town from Pokémon). Even in metal which is supposed to be a darker (hence more prone to being 'scary') genre of music, I tend to hear people trying to sound badass moreso than terrifying.
Keep in mind I don't listen too much to Black or Doom metal, though if they're good I can enjoy them. Most of the time when a listen to a Black metal band trying to sound frightening, they end up trying too hard and just become silly.
Probably the most unnervingly creepy albums I've listened to were Leprosy by Death and Beyond the Gates by Possessed, both in the death metal scene and both pretty early works in the genre.
I want to listen to something along those lines but I don't really know where to look for it. I really feel its been a missed opportunity for a lot of bands to not try something along these lines... or maybe I'm just an uneducated moron and there's a lot of horrific bone-chilling music out there and I just haven't heard it...
Keep in mind I don't listen too much to Black or Doom metal, though if they're good I can enjoy them. Most of the time when a listen to a Black metal band trying to sound frightening, they end up trying too hard and just become silly.
Probably the most unnervingly creepy albums I've listened to were Leprosy by Death and Beyond the Gates by Possessed, both in the death metal scene and both pretty early works in the genre.
I want to listen to something along those lines but I don't really know where to look for it. I really feel its been a missed opportunity for a lot of bands to not try something along these lines... or maybe I'm just an uneducated moron and there's a lot of horrific bone-chilling music out there and I just haven't heard it...