I’ve heard several, but it’s gotta be “Daddy” by Korn for me. that song gives me chills no matter how many times I hear it. especially the “remember, I will always love you…” line
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Elegant_Spot_3486 t1_iua8yip wrote
Daddy is also mine. The music and the lyrics just make it eerie as hell.
modsaresmelly t1_iuaf30r wrote
The Disturbed version of 'the sound of silence' is pretty awesome.
foomer15 t1_iuahcz5 wrote
Dramatic-Ad-2581 t1_iuaix40 wrote
Waiting Around to Die by Townes van Zandt
Probably not the most haunting but up there for me. It paints tauma, depression, addiction, crime, and incarnation very well. The title reminds me of a piece of a lyric from another song "If you're dreaming of dying, you're not really living, darling..."
MissAngela66 t1_iuaiza6 wrote
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
JaymesGrl t1_iuak30u wrote
Agreeing. It's the angelic choir vocals at the start and the words "remember I will always love you, I'm your son". That creepy bass, the zipper and belt buckle sounds, the eerie vocals and words like "innocent child", some sinister phrasing "and on your flesh I'll eat". Then the chorus comes in with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Back to creepy and eerie verse. Chorus comes in fully unhinged. Song slows a bit only to end up making way for a genuine breakdown with real tears as the rest of the band gradually drop out, unsure of how to deal with their singer crying with rage and dispair. The song then ends with a tape recording of a woman singing what sounds like a lullaby a mother would sing to comfort their child.
It's hair raising through out. There are songs that reduce me to tears, but this one just leaves me in shock. Being raped as a child by a neighbour and having his parents refuse to believe him. That's a lot of trauma for anyone, let alone a child whose probably up to that point been naive about how nice the world is. The rawness and emotional weight behind that song makes it seem untouchable. That whole first album hits hard and as the closing track it stays in your brain whether you want it to or not.
sensaisean191 t1_iualwh2 wrote
Dance with the devil - immortal technique
Abject_Context_7670 t1_iuamf0m wrote
Devil's Playground by The Rigs
I-will-kill-them_ t1_iuas7rj wrote
Daddy by Korn by far. Also Dirty and Trash give me the creeps. I could pick a lot of Korn songs cuz there’s so much rage and pain packed into them. The angriest are probably - Chi, lies, ball tongue, good god, Mr. Rogers. Also songs from singers that commit suicide or overdose, like Linkin park, nutshell by Alice in chains, and pretty noose by soundgarden considering Cornell hanged himself.
aidenrosenb t1_iuat7ga wrote
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath, Screams of the Butterfly by Acid Bath, Gemini by Slayer and Monster by Meg & Dia
metalnxrd OP t1_iuax1yj wrote
the most haunting, bone-chilling, disturbing songs I’ve heard are:
Kim by Eminem
Daddy by Korn
Mother, My Body Disgusts Me by Swans
Frankie Teardrop by Suicide
Body Betrays Itself by Pharmakon
Engel by Rammstein
A Psychopath by Lisa Germano
Hamburger Lady by Throbbing Gristle
Jonestown Tea by Otep
Pretty by Korn
Insane by Eminem
Dance With the Devil by Immortal Technique
I-will-kill-them_ t1_iuayywp wrote
Forgot about pretty. Darker context than any other Korn song.
Sensitive_Maybe_6578 t1_iub1dp8 wrote
Hosier, Take me to the Church
GeorgeHowland t1_iub23zl wrote
Pirate Jenny sung by Nina Simone written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
BilliamGatesIII t1_iub4g62 wrote
Mine is daddy too. Such a disturbing song
boneman429 t1_iub7ry8 wrote
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
Puzzleheaded_Dish_85 t1_iub81on wrote
Pushit by Tool
Dumblond11 t1_iubh8gl wrote
"Down in a Hole"Alice in Chains, Unplugged version.Layne Staley.Good lord.Dude is laying it straight out...
driving_andflying t1_iubhuzo wrote
Not "The most bone-chilling," but close: Jen Titus' cover of "O Death."
(Edit to add:) "You Haunt Me" sung by Lisa Hannigan and Richard Hawley
"Laura Plays Piano" on the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack
pdub99 t1_iubip40 wrote
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan Stevens - https://youtu.be/ZWpvMm27WIM
FreezinPete t1_iubve02 wrote
Runaway train - soul asylum, makes me cry every time.
Music_For_All t1_iubzhqt wrote
Cookie_Knight_3 t1_iuc61e2 wrote
Underground by Cody Fry
jregal t1_iucebvr wrote
this! dude all my fam is navy or marines and it never fails that this gets drunkenly sung at every holiday. always gives me the creeps
Deez_nuts89 t1_iuclhgs wrote
Front-Geologist1184 t1_iudabiw wrote
For me it's the Swans Are Dead version of I Crawled by Swans. The way the music just creeps along slowly before exploding at the end is intense but it's Jarboe's vocals....frightening yet truly impressive.
palkopupa38 t1_iuela98 wrote
Apocalyptica-Bittersweet.
AIC_333 t1_iua4vzy wrote
Frogs by Alice In Chains or Kim by Eminem