Witch House has to be the scariest of the experimental music genres. The Witch House genre got many of it’s scary elements due to it getting it’s inspiration from 90’s grunge bands, who were often considered scary. Witch House is also considered scary because of the low tones the use in there music that are paired with slowed down vocals and droning sounds. Witch House is also closely related to the Hip Hop sub genre, chopped and screwed, because of it’s use of 808 beats and the slowed down vocals. Another important aspect of Witch House is it’s use of melodic vocals. These vocals paired with the the hard slow beats create a feeling of unease for some listeners.
One major artists from the Witch House genre is the band Salem. Salem is considered to be the first music group to really define the Witch House music genre. Another popular music group from Witch House is Crystal Castles. Crystal Castles is arguably the most popular Witch House band to date. Crystal Castles have been able to gain a lot of mainstream attention due to their intense live shows.
Down below are a couple of songs and artist for you guys to look into. Also don’t be scared to get out there and find different artists from Witch House. After all Witch House shouldn’t be able to scare you too much.
- Crystal Castles – Suffocation
- BALAM ACAB – *CLIP*
- Crystal Castles – Plague
- BATHHAUS – Everything Maiden
- CRIM3S – SALT
- IC3PEAK – Cycle
- SALEM – Asia