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Post the darkest songs that you know



Bell on door ring, come on in Floyd observes my hairy chin Sit down chair don't be afraid Steamed hot towel on my face

I was shaved, I was shaved, I was shaved Barney ties me to the chair I can't see, I'm really scared Floyd breathes hard, I hear a zip Pee-pee pressed against my lips

I was shamed, I was shamed, I was shamed I sense others in the room Opie, Aunt Bea, I asume They take turns and cut me up I died smothered in Aunt Bea's muff
 
Darkest songs that I know probably has to be music by known killers / criminals, so in that case:





 



The song Got To Give It Up from the bands 1979 album Black Rose: A Rock Legend was an early cry for help from Lynott. While the band was recording this album, Phil started to take heavier drugs and drink a lot more. It was because of this Phil wrote Got To Give It Up about his struggle with his increasing addiction.


The band had just completed what would end up becoming their final studio album Thunder and Lightning. This is from the very first show of the tour supporting the yet to be released album on January 26th, 1983 at the Regal Theatre in Hitchins, England. The album would drop on March 4th. The Sun Goes Down was the third song off the record and this is the first time it was played live. Phil Lynott wrote this song about his drug addiction and in particular that of Heroin. During the song Phil says "Momma do not believe em. I am your son!" letting his mother know not to believe the tabloids stating Phil was in the midst of a problematic drug addiction including his use of Heroin.

On December 25th of 1985 Phil Lynott collapsed at his home in Kew, England. His mother discovered him not knowing at all about his dependence on Heroin. She contacted his wife Carolone who immediately knew what was going on and realized the situation was serious. His wife drove him to a drug clinic who realized just how dire the situation was and rushed him to Salisbury hospital where Phil was diagnosed with Septicaemia. The last words Phil were to ever speak were to his mother Philomenia while in hospital. Phil who was in and out of consciousness spoke to her and said "Merciful Jesus, what have I done to you, Ma?" and that was it. Phil slipped into a coma and died f pneumonia and heart failure due to septicaemia on January 4th of 1986 at the age of 36. This songs wouldn't as dark as they are if Phil was able to overcome his addiction but alas Phil was unable to do so and it cost him his life.

I suffer from major depression as a result of childhood sexual abuse and that led to me using heroin to cope which proceeded to turn into a pretty horrifying addiction that lasted for the majority of my 20's. Phil will always be the greatest songwriter in the world to me and those two songs spoke and still do speak to me on a personal level. While Phil was never able to overcome his drug addiction I myself was able to do so. I am now 35, clean and have no desire to touch that shit again
 


Dread, doom, apathy, paranoia, thick tension, being a prisoner in your own mind. Some adjectives to describe the track above.

The more I listen to Micks work the more I appreciate the ambient tracks to the main ones.

Bonus Track from DOOM Eternal



If you are impatient skip to about 3:39.
 
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I don't think much music is darker than Matt Elliott

This 20th year anniversary version of drinking songs is dark as fuck.




This one is about the Kursk sub that got stranded underwater and the whole crew slowly suffocated

"It's cold, I'm afraid, it's been like this for a day, the water is rising and slowly we're dying, we won't see a light again, we won't see our wives again"

 
 
 
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